The purpose of the School of Medicine of Mercer University is to provide an education for future physicians who will meet the health care needs of Georgia. The School currently has an enrollment of 314 with 278 faculty members, led by  Dr. Martin Dalton, dean. The School offers the following degrees: Doctor of Medicine, Master of Family Services, Master of Family Therapy and Master of Public Health.

For the Doctor of Medicine degree, the curriculum in the first two years is problem-based and clinically oriented. Students study the basic sciences in an interdisciplinary fashion in small groups. Also during the first two years, students begin learning clinical skills while working with simulated and real patients.

The final two years of the curriculum are largely spent in clinical clerkships in affiliated hospitals. These clerkships include internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry. During all four years, students participate in primary care preceptorships in communities throughout Georgia.