University of Michigan Health System
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The University of Michigan Health System is the medical unit of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Already one of the largest health care complexes in the world, the university, in 2005, unveiled a development master-plan for the medical campus that is expected to add 3 million square feet (270,000 m²) to the existing 5 million square feet (450,000 m²).
The current complex includes both the U-M Medical School, which opened in 1850, and the first university owned and operated hospital in United States history.
In 2004, total sponsored research expenditures was about $300 million. In 1956, James Neel created the first department of human genetics at a medical school in the United States.[1]
The system has three hospitals, including University Hospital, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, and Women's Hospital. There are also approximately thirty health centers, 120 outpatient clinics, and an HMO called M-CARE. M-CARE currently is in the process of being purchased by Michigan's leading health care provider Blue Cross Blue Shield. The sale of M-CARE is still pending regulatory approval and is expected to be finalized on December 31, 2006. The system also operates three helicopters and a Cessna jet in a medical evacuation program titled Survival Flight.
[edit] Institutional Milestones
- The University of Michigan Medical School opened its doors in 1850 and became U-M’s first professional school.
- The first class of medical students paid $5 a year for two years of education.
- The first woman graduate, Amanda Sanford, received her Medical School degree in 1871.
- In 1871, W. Henry Fitzbutler – the son of a slave – became the first African American to graduate from the Medical School.
- By the late 1870s, the School increased its academic term from six months to nine months.
- In 1880, the School adopted a three-year curriculum, introduced laboratory instruction and assigned formal grades.
- n the late nineteenth century, the School embarked on a mission to involve students as active participants in their education, rather than passive observers. It also taught students how to acquire and interpret information. Both teaching approaches were radical for the time.
- In 1899, the School successfully introduced the concept of the clinical clerkship. Because U-M owned its own hospital, such clerkships were set up directly at the UM hospital. Other medical schools had previously tried to incorporate such clerkships into their curriculum, but privately owned hospitals would not allow medical students to touch their patients.
- At the beginning of the twentieth century, the School led efforts to revise and improve medical curricula by doubling the length of the program for the M.D. degree and by integrating clinical rotations into every student's course of study.
- In the current era (2006) approximately 700 medical students work toward their M.D. degree.
- The School has more than 9,000 graduates and 9,000 M.D.s and M.D./Ph.D.s who completed their residencies and/or fellowships at Michigan.
[edit] References
- ^ New U-M Center for Genetics in Health and Medicine will help bridge the gap between science and medicine (3-20-2006). UMHS Press Release at www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2006/geneticscenter.htm.
[edit] External links
- University of Michigan Health System
- University of Michigan Medical School
- Health and Medical Resources Directory for the University of Michigan
- Other UM Health and Medical Resources
- Survival Fight
- UM Health System Facts and Figures
- Rankings and Honors
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