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  Teaching hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A teaching hospital is a hospital which provides medical training to medical students and residents.
Medical students typically spend two or three years in a teaching hospital doing clinical training, after completing their preclinical training in the medical school of a university.
Although institutions for caring for the sick are known to have been around much earlier in history, the first teaching hospital however, where students were authorized to methodically practice on patients under the supervision of physicians as part of their education, was reportedly the pre-Islamic Academy of Gundishapur in the Persian Empire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Teaching_hospital   (249 words)

  
 Saidu Teaching Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saidu Teaching Hospital (commonly abbreviated as SGTH for Saidu group of teaching hospitals) is located in Saidu Sharif, Swat, NWFP, Pakistan.
Another hospital with the name of Saidu Hospital was founded in the capital of Swat Saidu Sharif in 1954, mainly for the female patients.
In September 2000, this hospital was declared as Saidu Group of Teaching Hospitals (SGTH) Swat for the students of Saidu Medical College (SMC) Swat by the Health Department, Government of NWFP, Pakistan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saidu_Group_of_Teaching_Hospital_Swat_Pakistan   (410 words)

  
 AAMC Teaching Hospitals
The U.S. health care system relies on teaching hospitals — and their clinics, emergency rooms, free-standing ambulatory care centers, chronic care facilities, hospices, and individual and group practices — for the clinical education of medical students and residents.
Teaching hospitals are providers of primary care and routine patient services, as well centers for experimental, innovative and technically sophisticated services.
The Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems (COTH) was formally established in 1965 to provide representation and services related to the special needs, concerns, and opportunities facing major teaching hospitals in the United States and Canada.
www.aamc.org /teachinghospitals.htm   (337 words)

  
 Saidu Teaching Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The central hospital was established in 1927, consisting of an OPD, Medical officer in charge, Dispensary, dressing room and two small wards for male and female patients.
In 1958, a 15-bedded children hospital was established in the already existing Red Crescent building adjacent to the Saidu Hospital.
In 1969, Swat was merged with Pakistan and in 1971, all the three hospitals (i.e.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saidu_Teaching_Hospital   (401 words)

  
 Teaching Hospitals, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School, Northwestern University
Otolaryngology resident rotation experiences at the following teaching institutions are designed to expose the resident to intensive clinical care experiences with adult and pediatric patients presenting with a wide variety of pathology, and from diverse cultural, ethnic and socioeconomic populations.
The hospital serves a population that is an ethnic and socioeconomic cross-section of the city.
The hospitals recently received the 1995 National Health Care Quality Award from the National Committee for Health Care Quality and were honored as one of the "Top 100 Hospitals" and "Top 15 Major Teaching Hospitals" in the nation.
www.oto-hns.northwestern.edu /hospitals.htm   (793 words)

  
 About Us-St. Louis University Hospital
University-affiliated hospitals are known for being on the forefront of modern medicine.
His goal was to build a hospital on the medical school campus that would serve as a humanitarian health care facility to meet the needs of patients with modest means.
The hospital was originally operated under the auspices of the Sisters of St. Mary.
www.sluhospital.com /CWSContent/sluhospital/aboutus   (1265 words)

  
 SARS in Teaching Hospital, Taiwan | CDC EID
Healthcare workers, hospital patients, and hospital visitors accounted for 18%–58% of all cases of SARS in the five countries with the largest outbreaks (1,2).
Third, many hospitals, particularly private facilities, were reluctant to report and admit patients with SARS during the early stage of the epidemic because of financial considerations and fear.
The hospital felt the brunt of the epidemic in Taiwan during early May 2003, which paralleled the severity of the SARS epidemic in Taipei (3,4,6).
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol10no10/04-0356.htm   (1027 words)

  
 Teaching Hospitals
The hospital is a major tertiary care center for the Borough of Brooklyn, housing regional centers for neonatology, cardiothoracic surgery, and kidney and liver transplantation.
Kings County Hospital Center, established in 1830 as a one-room infirmary, is now one of the largest municipal hospitals in the United States.
Kings County is the main teaching hospital for SUNY Downstate's neurology residents, fellows, and medical students.
www.hscbklyn.edu /Neurology/p2.html   (840 words)

  
 Trust Your Heart to a Teaching Hospital
About a third were seen at one of nearly 900 teaching hospitals, while about two-thirds sought care for their heart attack at one of about 3,500 community hospitals.
The teaching hospitals were also divided by size into minor and major institutions by analyzing the ratio of interns to patients.
People who are treated in teaching hospitals also lived longer than those who weren't, according to the study.
www.webmd.com /content/article/27/1728_61225.htm   (874 words)

  
 Teaching - Childrens Hospital Los Angeles CA
Teaching - Childrens Hospital Los Angeles CA To search for a specific phrase enclose that phrase in quotes.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has also established Versant Advantage, Inc., a not-for-profit, public benefit corporation committed to making fundamental contributions to the nursing profession by providing integrated web-facilitated education and training residency programs that elevate the standard of nursing care and improve the financial performance of healthcare institutions.
Hospitals throughout the country that have implemented the Versant RN Residency have experienced clinical, financial and quality benefits through significant reduction of first- and second-year new graduate turnover rates.
www.childrenshospitalla.org /11283.cfm   (257 words)

  
 Clinical Sciences - Auburn University - College of Veterinary Medicine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
These missions are fulfilled through the clinical education of veterinary medical students, interns and residents, postgraduate education of veterinarians; care of animal patients through community based and specialty referral services for veterinarians throughout the southeastern region; basic and applied research in animal health areas; and outreach programs for veterinarians and lay groups.
This faculty also teaches an array of graduate courses to the college wide graduate student population as well as provides advanced training and mentoring to the department interns and residents.
At least 50% of a faculty member's time is spent working in the hospital setting - seeing clients, diagnosing diseases, formulating treatment plans, overseeing the care of hospitalized animals, and teaching through one-on-one interaction with 4th year veterinary students, interns, and residents.
www.vetmed.auburn.edu /index.pl/teaching_hospital   (537 words)

  
 Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine: Veterinary Teaching Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Animal care is provided through a small animal hospital, a large animal hospital, and supporting laboratories and services.
And the hospital is staffed by veterinarians who are board certified in various specialty areas.
At Purdue University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, our clinical specialists are busy with patient care and often have very limited time between cases to return requests for information.
www.vet.purdue.edu /hospital.html   (191 words)

  
 TUSM Affiliated Hospitals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The hospital serves a population of nearly one million people and is recognized as a leading academic medical center.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital: The Newton-Wellesley Hospital is a 236 bed community teaching hospital serving the western suburban communities of Boston.
An extensive teaching program is directed toward all levels of professional education and includes regularly scheduled staff conferences, grand rounds, and specialty rounds.
www.tufts.edu /med/about/hospitals.html   (600 words)

  
 Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology - Advantages of Teaching Hospital
Teaching hospitals are affiliated with a medical school or a school of nursing or other health-related professions.
Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Children’s Hospital in St. Louis are teaching hospitals affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine.
Through the affiliation with a medical school, teaching hospitals are able to provide medical education, sponsor basic and applied research, and offer a broad range of clinical services, especially to indigent populations.
www.mir.wustl.edu /patient/internal.asp?NavID=359   (154 words)

  
 KSUCVM - Teaching Hospital
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VMTH) is pleased to offer two reduced-price programs to students and employees (faculty and staff) of the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Ownership is established by the case number and hospital record.
In order to provide this discount, the hospital expects to be fully involved in your animals’ health care.
www.vet.ksu.edu /handbook/hospital   (804 words)

  
 Large Animal Veterinary Teaching Hospital
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital cares for approximately 2800 -3200 large animals each year.
Most are horses and cattle, but we also care for many other pets and farm animals including, but not limited to, pigs, goats and llamas.
These animals come to the hospital with a wide variety of illnesses, yet have a common need for healing.
www.vet.uga.edu /hospital/largeanimal/index.php   (153 words)

  
 EVMS' Teaching Hospitals
The Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters is the only free-standing children's hospital in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has 186 beds.
Sentara Leigh Hospital is a 250-bed acute care facility located at the center of the growth corridor serving Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Chesapeake.
The hospital is known for its Institute of Video Surgery, offering state-of-the-art techniques for general, urological, gynecological and orthopedic surgeries; its Orthopedic Specialty Center, serving the majority of the area's joint replacement patients; and its advancements in outpatient diagnostics.
www.evms.edu /about/partners.html   (825 words)

  
 News Release: NC State Veterinary Teaching Hospital Offers Incentives for Canine Blood Donors
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital at North Carolina State University is offering dog owners incentives – free vaccinations, comprehensive health-care screenings, and lifetime blood transfusions – for their pets if the animals qualify as donors for a canine blood bank.
As a tertiary care facility, the Veterinary Teaching Hospital cares for the most seriously sick and injured dogs that are referred by area veterinarians.
Last year the Veterinary Teaching Hospital required some 358 units of blood, about half of which were used during surgeries while the remaining units were used for the blood transfusions needed in the treatment of various disorders.
www.ncsu.edu /news/press_releases/04_12/311.htm   (743 words)

  
 What's a Teaching Hospital?: U-M Mott Children's Hospital
A teaching hospital, or academic medical center, is a hospital that is affiliated with a major medical school.
Affiliated with the University of Michigan Medical School – one of the leading research-oriented medical schools in the nation – C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is recognized nationally and internationally for excellence in clinical care, teaching and research.
Commonly referred to as the “training ground” for the next generation of physicians, teaching hospitals educate medical students and house officers under the supervision of staff and faculty representing a broad range of medical and surgical specialties.
www.med.umich.edu /mott/pvguide/expect_teach.html   (352 words)

  
 A Teaching Hospital - Childrens Hospital Los Angeles CA
With its 73-year affiliation with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), Childrens Hospital is one of the nation’s premier teaching hospitals, attracting candidates from across the country and training a host of other medical professionals (See sidebar).
CHIME will unite all of the hospital’s medical education efforts, from clinical experiences for medical students to lifelong learning for physicians; invest in the resources to expand these efforts; and monitor other professional training programs.
At Childrens Hospital, everyone is a teacher and a student to some degree.
www.childrenshospitalla.org /14158.cfm   (1233 words)

  
 Colorado State University James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital
I have been an equine clinician for over 16 years at the hospital and have served as the Assistant Department Head in the main clinical department of the veterinary college for the past 5 years.
As with most faculty at the hospital, approximately half my time is spent evaluating horses and performing surgery within the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and the other half is dedicated to teaching veterinary students, publishing academic articles and conducting research.
These other faculty duties are the reason that clinicians within our hospital are not available to see client horses every day or every week of the year as occurs in most private practices.
csuvets.colostate.edu /equinehospital   (477 words)

  
 Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital
A Veterinary Teaching Hospital is a large veterinary clinic, usually associated with Universities, established to train veterinarians and veterinary nurses.
Because the people who teach these budding veterinarians have postgraduate qualifications and a wealth of clinical experience, we are fortunate to be able to also offer referral services to members of the public.
You should view a Veterinary Teaching Hospital in exactly the same way as a large ‘human’ hospital where there are lots of junior doctors (house surgeons and registrars) assisting senior staff.
vethospital.massey.ac.nz /faq.asp   (731 words)

  
 Small Animal Teaching Hospital
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital cares for approximately 16000 small animals each year.
Most are cats and dogs, but we also care for many other pets including, but not limited to, birds, rabbits, ferrets, pocket pets and reptiles.
These companion animals come to the hospital with a wide variety of illnesses, yet have a common need for healing.
www.vet.uga.edu /hospital/smallanimal/index.php   (153 words)

  
 Careers - Children's Hospital Boston
We at Children's Hospital Boston are dedicated to the quality care of children and their families.
In support of this mission, Children's strives to be the leading source of research and discovery, seeking new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of childhood diseases as well as to educate the next generation of leaders in child health.
Children's Hospital Boston is unique for many reasons--its patients and their families, its staff, its research, teaching, community support, and its commitment to providing the highest quality health care possible.
www.childrenshospital.org /careers/Site2115/mainpageS2115P0.html   (511 words)

  
 Public Teaching Hospital
The U.S. health care system relies on public teaching hospitals and their clinics and emergency departments, free-standing ambulatory care centers, chronic care facilities, hospices, and individual or group practices for service to vulnerable populations and the clinical education of physicians and other health care professionals.
Thus, medical school and teaching hospitals have formed a dynamic partnership for health care, clinical education, and research application.
Thus, these teaching hospitals are essential not only because they are the "classrooms" for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals, but also because they can use new therapies, surgeries, and technologies to treat and cure patients.
www.hcmc.org /medcenter/publicteachinghospital.htm   (329 words)

  
 Teaching Hospital. Faculty of Veterinary
The new Teaching Hospital is located close to the main Faculty building in the University Campus of Espinardo.
The Hospital provides a prefect teaching forum and training environment for veterinary students, post-graduate students, intern and residents.
The Hospital is open from 10:00 a.m to 19:00 p.m (monday to friday).
www.um.es /veterina/english/hospital.php   (127 words)

  
 Korle Bu Teaching Hospital - Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is the premier and leading national referral hospital in Ghana.
It serves as the teaching hospital of the College of Health Sciences, of the University of Ghana.Built in 1923, the hospital has a bed capacity of 1,600 and 3,000 members of staff.
In 1990, the two (2) teaching hospitals in the country were vested with semi-autonomy and have since been run by management boards.
www.korlebuhospital.com   (434 words)

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