ABSTRACT: Connectedness, Sense of Community, and Academic Satisfaction in a Novel Community Campus Medical Education Model.
PURPOSE:
Developing a sense of community and establishing connectivity are important in enhancing learners' success and preventing their sense of isolation. The A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (SOMA) has implemented a novel approach to medical education in which, beginning in the second year, students are geographically dispersed