Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Established: 1893
Type: Private
Endowment: US$ 1,913.2 Million [1]
Dean: Edward D. Miller
Faculty: 3,697 [2]
Students: 1,240 (482 MD and 758 PhD) [2]
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Campus: Urban
Website: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., is the academic medical teaching and research arm of Johns Hopkins University. The School of Medicine is widely regarded as one of the best medical schools and biomedical research institutes in the world. Located in East Baltimore, it is affiliated with Johns Hopkins Hospital, its major teaching hospital, as well as several other community sites, including the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Sinai Hospital, Howard County General Hospital and Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The East Baltimore campus of Johns Hopkins University is home to the School of Medicine, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the School of Nursing. The campus comprises several city blocks, radiating outwards from the Billings building of the Johns Hopkins Hospital with its historic dome.

For years, Johns Hopkins has been the nation's top medical school in the amount of competitive research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health. According to U.S. News and World Report, Johns Hopkins and Harvard Medical School have consistently been the top two medical schools in the nation, rotating into the top spot periodically.[3] Its major teaching hospital, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, has been ranked as the best hospital in the United States every year since 1992 by U.S. News and World Report.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has served as the model for most American medical schools since its founding in 1893,[4] and has been home to many "firsts"; it was the first medical school to require its students to have an undergraduate degree. It was also the first graduate-level medical school to admit women on an equal basis as men. Mary Elizabeth Garrett, head of the Women's Medical School Fund, was a driving force behind both of these 'firsts.' In addition, Sir William Osler, the first professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins and the physician-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital was responsible for establishing the residency system of postgraduate medical training, where young physicians were required to "reside" within the hospital to better care for their patients.

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[edit] Curriculum

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[edit] Service-Learning

[edit] Incentive Mentoring Program

The Incentive Mentoring Program was founded as a student-group to prevent nearby teenagers at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Baltimore, Maryland) from failing high school. It has since attained 501(c)(3) non-profit status and continues to be run by medical students. Students involved in the program form deep connections with Dunbar students and the Baltimore community. They develop an appreciation for urban health issues and the personal struggles of Baltimore families that prepare them to be strong patient advocates.[5]

[edit] History

Toward the end of the 19th century, American medical education was in chaos; most medical schools were little more than trade schools. Often, it was easier to gain admission to one of these than to a liberal arts college. With the opening of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1889, followed four years later by The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins ushered in a new era marked by rigid entrance requirements for medical students, a vastly upgraded medical school curriculum with emphasis on the scientific method, the incorporation of bedside teaching and laboratory research as part of the instruction, and integration of the School of Medicine with the Hospital through joint appointments.

Hopkins medicine counts many "firsts" among its achievements during its early years: the first major medical school in the United States to admit women; the first to use rubber gloves during surgery; the first to develop renal dialysis and CPR.

Two of the most far-reaching advances in medicine during the last 25 years were made at Hopkins. The Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes gave birth to the genetic engineering industry and can be compared, some say, to the first splitting of an atom. Also, the discovery of the brain's natural opiates has triggered an explosion of interest in neurotransmitter pathways and functions. Other accomplishments include the identification of the three types of polio virus and the first "blue baby" operation, which opened the way to modern heart surgery. Hopkins also was the birthplace of many medical specialties, including neurosurgery, urology, endocrinology and pediatrics.

[edit] Notable Past and Present Faculty

[edit] Nobel laureates

[edit] In popular culture

[edit] References

  1. ^ Financial Statement.
  2. ^ a b Hopkins Pocket Guide 2007.
  3. ^ U.S. News and World Report Rankings of Medical Schools in the United States
  4. ^ Ludmerer, Kenneth. The Development of American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care. Accessed July 8, 2007
  5. ^ Incentive Mentoring Program. Incentive Mentoring Program, Inc. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
  6. ^ Dr. House Bio.
  7. ^ ABC Hopkins.
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