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A benchmark in medical education in Jacksonville occurred in 1969 with the formation of the Jacksonville Health Education Program, Inc. (JHEP). This was the first medical extension division of the UF College of Medicine. In 1971, the Duval Medical Center was renamed the University Hospital of Jacksonville.
The college was officially established in 1956. The founding Dean of the college was Dr. George T. Harrell. Dr. Harrell also founded the College of Medicine at Pennsylvania State University, becoming the first person to found two medical schools. In March 2009, the college received the largest donation in its history.
In the Spring of 2010, FAU launched its own independent medical school, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, as the 134th medical school in the United States. The inaugural class was welcomed in August 2011. In 2015, The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine earned full accreditation from the LCME for its MD degree. [2]
The medical school began clinical education in fall 2009 with a charter class of 41. The college's enrollment has increased in subsequent years and will reach 480 at full enrollment. [10] Full accreditation has been granted to the medical school, and the college has accepted applications for the fifth class of 120 students for Fall 2013 enrollment.
Medical education applies theories of pedagogy specifically in the context of medical education. Medical education has been a leader in the field of evidence-based education, through the development of evidence syntheses such as the Best Evidence Medical Education collection, formed in 1999, which aimed to "move from opinion-based education to evidence-based education". [2]
In the U.S., a medical school is an institution with the purpose of educating medical students in the field of medicine. [7] Most medical schools require students to have already completed an undergraduate degree, although CUNY School of Medicine in New York is one of the few in the U.S. that integrates pre-med with medical school.
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