American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine & Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Extend Medical Student Education Agre...
January 03 2017 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC)
and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (Bronx-Lebanon) have signed a
10-year affiliation agreement to enable AUC medical students to
complete clinical training in the hospital. This agreement builds
on a six-year collaboration that has enabled more than 1,000 AUC
students to train at Bronx-Lebanon, the largest voluntary
not-for-profit healthcare system serving the South and Central
Bronx areas of New York.
“Bronx-Lebanon provides critically-needed care for an ethnically
diverse and medically-underserved patient population. Students who
rotate there develop clinical skills while being exposed to how
socioeconomic conditions and situations impact patients’ health,”
said Heidi Chumley, M.D., executive dean and chief academic officer
at AUC. “This is an excellent training opportunity for our
students, and a major component of the pipeline of new doctors to
address New York’s physician shortage.”
Through the agreement, each year 48 AUC students will be able to
complete 48 weeks of core clinical rotations with Bronx-Lebanon’s
departments of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics,
general surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry. Another 52
elective rotations will be available each year of the agreement.
Under the supervision of Bronx-Lebanon physicians and residents,
AUC students will take patient histories, conduct physical
examinations, present cases and assist with medical procedures.
As part of the agreement, AUC will provide financial and
technical support for the development of an onsite medical
simulation center. The center will include six exam bays, adult and
adolescent simulation rooms, and a learning facility—all of which
will be available to rotating medical students.
AUC has clinical training affiliations with 21 U.S. hospitals
and health systems, and Bronx-Lebanon is the university’s largest.
In 2016, 268 AUC students trained at the hospital. Nearly 200 AUC
graduates currently practice in the state of New York.
About American University of the Caribbean School of
Medicine
Founded in 1978, American University of the Caribbean School of
Medicine (AUC) is one of the oldest medical schools in the
Caribbean. Dedicated to developing physicians with a lifelong
commitment to patient-centered care, AUC embraces collaboration,
inclusion, and community service. With a campus in St. Maarten,
affiliated teaching hospitals in the United States and the United
Kingdom, and internationally-recognized faculty, AUC has a diverse
medical education program for today’s globally-minded physician.
More than 6,000 graduates of AUC are providing care around the
world. AUC is part of DeVry Education Group (NYSE:DV). For more
information visit aucmed.edu or follow AUC on Twitter
(@aucmed).
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