The Office of Medical Education at UMass provides critical support to accomplish the School of Medicine's educational mission. The OME offers educational services, expertise, evaluation, and mentoring to both faculty and students. In addition to serving as the center of curriculum planning, the office supports a diverse number of courses and educational programs including the Physician, Patient and Society course, the Longitudinal Preceptorship Program, the Interclerkship Program, the Standardized Patient Program, the Summer Research Assistantship Program, the Senior Scholars Program, and the International Medical Education Program. We are also a center for innovation in teaching, including academic computing, medical education research, and the development and implementation of educational grants.