University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

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The Medical Sciences Building, main building for the Faculty of Medicine, built on the site of the old building where Banting and Best did their pioneering work on insulin

The older McMurrich building at the Faculty of Medicine

The Gerstein Science Information Centre, the main library serving the Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, founded in 1843 as a school of medicine. More than 5,000 faculty members engage in a combination of research, teaching, administration, and clinical practice across the University of Toronto Campus, the faculty's nine fully-affiliated teaching hospitals (at 11 sites), the city of Toronto's department of public health, and a large number of community affiliated hospitals and organizations. After the Faculty of Arts & Science, the Faculty of Medicine has the largest budget and number of students (more than 6,000).

The Medical Sciences Building was designed by Peter Goering and completed in 1969.

[edit] Faculty

• Faculty (2002-2003)
  • Total Academic Faculty 5,016
  • Faculty Full Time 1,964
  • Tenure/ Tenure Stream 210
    • % Female 38
• Students (2003-2004)
  • Medical Students 766
  • Medical Radiation Sciences 360
  • Postgrad Clinical Trainees 1338
  • Postgrad Clinical Visa Trainees 615
  • Masters - MSc 764
  • Professional Masters 525
  • PhD 819
  • Continuing Education Registrants 20,000

[edit] Programs

The Faculty of Medicine offers a variety of programs, some of which lead to degrees including B.Sc., M.H.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. and M.D. The postgraduate medical education program, which trains doctors in various specialties, includes 68 subject programs. Research training leading to an M.Sc. or Ph.D. degree is offered in 16 departments.

• Undergraduate Medical Education Program
• Undergraduate Teaching at the Faculty of Arts & Science
• Undergraduate Program in Medical Radiation Sciences
• Postgraduate Medical Education
• Graduate Education Programs
• Continuing Education

[edit] Hospitals

Fully Affiliated Teaching Hospitals

• Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
• Bloorview Kids Rehab
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Hospital for Sick Children
• Mount Sinai Hospital
• St. Michael’s Hospital
• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
• University Health Network
• Women's College Hospital

Community Teaching Hospitals

• North York General Hospital
• St. Joseph's Health Centre
• Toronto East General Hospital
• Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario

[edit] See also

• University of Toronto

[edit] External links

• University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Website
• University of Toronto Medical Society - official web site of the U of T's medical students.

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