Alliance to Promote Biomedical Education

A partnership to form a new biomedical education program for clinical investigators and physician-scientists has been announced by Case Western Reserve University (CWRU, Cleveland, OH, USA) and The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF).

In 2004, the new Cleveland Clinic College of Medicine of CWRU will enroll its first entering class, composed of up to 40 students from a national and international pool of applicants. The college will not duplicate the existing M.D. program of the CWRU School of Medicine. Fewer then 2% of US doctors are currently prepared to perform clinical research, according to the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine.

Doctors and scientists at the two institutions will work together to develop a pioneering curriculum that prepares students for careers as clinical investigators and doctor-scientists. Instruction will take place at both CCF and CWRU, as appropriate. CWRU will award degrees, which will note students' completion of the college's physician-investigator program. CCF and CWRU have agreed that research grants from the US National Institutes of Health to support work by CCF-based investigators should be awarded to and administered by the Cleveland Clinic College of Medicine. These wards will be included in the total research support for the CWRU School of Medicine, which is about US$174 million.

"This historic partnership will have a significant impact on medicine, research, and education,” said Floyd D. Loop, M.D., CEO of CCF. "Together, the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University will raise the visibility and scale of these activities.”




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