Founded in 1961, the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) is composed of the School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, John Dempsey Hospital, the UConn Medical Group and UConn Health Partners and University Dentists. The Health Center provides health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and public service. The Health Center's 206-acre campus is in the historic community of Farmington. With approximately 5,000 employees, the Health Center is Connecticut's 16th largest employer.

Each year, about 320 students work toward their medical doctor's degree and 160 toward their doctor of medical dentistry degree. In the years since UCHC graduated its first students in 1972, 1,329 men and women have received their D.M.D. degree; 2,819 their M.D. degree.

UCHC uses Questionmark™ Perception™ to create and deliver high-stakes exams to medical and dental students as well as lower-stakes tests and faculty evaluations. Questionmark Secure is used for delivering 10 to 15 high-stakes exams every semester, each consisting of up to 150 questions. First and second year students take exams in three to four courses a semester. Courses such as Organ systems 1, 2, 3 and Human Biology all require students to take a four to five-hour comprehensive assessment that can include multiple choice, drop down, essay, multi-part essays.