[1] In 2012 MUSM developed a third site in Columbus, Georgia at which students could elect to complete their third and fourth years of training.

MUSM adopts a mission that is heavily directed towards training future physicians and health professionals to meet the primary care and health care needs of rural and medically underserved areas in the state of Georgia, and as such, prospective matriculants must be Georgia residents.

In addition to the Doctor of Medicine degree offered by MUSM, a number of other degree programs are available through this institution:[3] Since its foundation in 1982, Mercer University School of Medicine has adopted a discussion based pre-clinical curriculum in lieu of the more traditional lecture format.

[5] As of 1988, Atrium Health Navicent became the fourth hospital in the state of Georgia to function as a Level 1 Trauma Center.

The Medical Center is an established teaching hospital, which has housed an ACGME accredited Family Medicine residency program since 1972.