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medical education

NashVillager Podcast: Nashville med schools

By Catherine Sweeney

October 28, 2024

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When was our city’s first medical school established? Plus the local news for October 28, 2024.

Filed Under: Health Care, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: medical education, Vanderbilt

Belmont simulation lab aims to prepare the next generation of medical workers

By Catherine Sweeney

August 28, 2024

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Belmont University built a new simulation center for future medical workers. Future physicians will train there, and they’ll be sharing this space with other disciplines, like nursing, pharmacy and physical therapy.

Filed Under: Education, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Belmont University, medical education, medical school, medical workforce, nurse shortage, physician shortage

Why HCA Is Taking On Hundreds More Physician Residents Each Year

By Blake Farmer

July 5, 2019

Listen HCA is welcoming its largest class of residents and fellows, with nearly 1,500 new doctors working in sites around the country. The for-profit hospital chain has quietly become the nation’s biggest sponsor of graduate medical education.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, medical education

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