Jefferson Medical College
2008; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 83; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1097/acm.0b013e318160ba8f
ISSN1938-808X
Autores ResumoIn 1824, when London and Paris each had just one medical school, Dr. George McClellan founded Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, the city’s second medical college. McClellan’s approach to medical education was based on supervised student participation in the care of patients, at that time a revolutionary approach. Students were quick to appreciate the merits of such instruction: 109 students matriculated in Jefferson’s first class, and the school grew quickly in the following years. An infirmary to treat the poor was opened in 1825. A 125-bed hospital, one of the first in the nation affiliated with a medical school, opened in 1877, and a school for nurses began in 1891. Graduate programs in the biomedical sciences and degree programs in other health professions were developed over the next century, leading to the integration of the medical college with the other colleges into Thomas Jefferson University in 1969. Jefferson offers both traditional medical education and joint-degree programs such as a six-year BS/MD, an MD/PhD, and an MD/MBA to its annual enrollment of approximately 1,000 medical students at its 13-acre campus in downtown Philadelphia. It has awarded more than 27,000 medical degrees and has more living graduates than any other medical school in the nation. The medical college’s 946 full-time faculty are also involved in research with annual grant funding approaching $100 million, and comprehensive patient care. Last year, 30,475 patients were admitted to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and the faculty practice plan cared for patients in 412,000 ambulatory visits. More than 1,800 volunteer faculty in 25 affiliated institutions throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware also support young physicians’ clinical education in a variety of health care settings. The Dorrance H. Hamilton Building, which appears on this cover, was completed in October 2007 to accommodate an increase in the medical student class size and to create an exciting educational focal point for the Jefferson campus. In addition to small-group classrooms and a 300-seat, technologically advanced auditorium, the 136,000-square-foot Hamilton Building includes three floors dedicated to a clinical skills and simulation center. The center includes 28 patient-examining rooms and separate simulation laboratories for acute care, multibed intensive care, obstetrics–gynecology, trauma, anesthesia, occupational therapy, and a surgical suite—all interconnected by state-of-the-art computer and video technology. Faculty from all of the university’s clinical disciplines teach and assess the clinical skills of trainees at the undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education levels. This involves the entire spectrum of clinical simulation techniques, ranging from standardized patients and anatomical models, to mannequin simulators, virtual reality procedural simulators, and simulated clinical environments. The facility is designed to be the crossroads for the clinical skills training of all Jefferson’s students and residents in the medical and health sciences, creating interdisciplinary teams well prepared to deliver safe, patient-centered care. For more information, please visit (www.jefferson.edu). Susan L. Ratner, MD, MS, FACP Senior Associate Dean Academic Affairs/Undergraduate Medical Education Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Telephone: (215)955-0704; e-mail: ([email protected])
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