Carolinas Medical Center Brings UNC School of Medicine to Charlotte
Charlotteans are over-joyed at the prospect of expansion of more medical positions for the area. The University of North Carolina (UNC) System has formally approved establishing a branch campus of the UNC School of Medicine in fall, 2011 at Carolinas Medical Center (CMC), a division of Carolinas Healthcare System. The University will initially bring 12 new third- and fourth-year students to Carolinas Medical Center for clinical rotations.
CMC, the southeast's largest Level I Trauma Center, has committed to spending $4 million to build classroom and administrative space as the first of four phases of the expansion process. The cash-strapped Chapel Hill-based medical school has plans for a $68 million, 110,000-square-foot facility on the hospital campus. This cost-effective way to start a medical school in the largest city in the nation without one is exciting to the residents of Charlotte, whose largest employer is CMC's parent company, Carolinas Healthcare System.
Carolinas Medical Center has, for more than 50 years, provided medical training for residents. The hospital-based teaching practice is grounded in the tradition and experience of the residency programs as well as the absolute latest in scientific medical advances and state-of-the art operating room, pediatric, obstetrics and intensive care equipment and training. CMC also has a decades-long partnership with the UNC School of Medicine, from which many of their residents complete their university work.
The plan to bring a branch of one of the nation’s top medical schools to Charlotte has been in the making for years. Medicare covers the bulk of funding for most residencies, but that government funding has been frozen nationwide since 1997. Together UNC and CMC have a plan that will finally bring a long awaited, top medical training program toCharlotte. Best of luck to the first class of students arriving in the fall!
Source: Charlotte Business Journal
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