Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
The Johns Hopkins University was the first research university in the United States. Founded in 1876, it was a whole new educational enterprise. Its aim was not only to advance students' knowledge, but also to advance human knowledge generally, through discovery and scholarship. The university's emphasis on both learning and research - and on how each complements the other - revolutionized U.S. higher education. Today, The Johns Hopkins University has ventured from its home in Baltimore to countries throughout the world - China, Italy and Singapore, among many others. It remains a world leader in teaching, patient care and discovery.

"Medicine is learned by the bedside and not in the classroom ... See and then research, compare and control. But see first." - William Osler, the first chief of medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the founder of the institution's residency program.

More than a century ago, Baltimore merchant Johns Hopkins left behind $7 million after his death, along with a mandate that would change the face of medical education throughout the United States and beyond. The money should go to build a hospital and a university of the highest stature in the heart of Baltimore, Md., a place where all patients-rich or poor, black or white, male or female-could receive care.

From the institution's beginnings in 1876, Hopkins leaders have understood that to practice medicine, young physicians need frontline training alongside veteran physicians whose knowledge and experience provides the best means of fighting disease. Our faculty believes that to best grasp illness, our student-physicians must also understand the patients who are afflicted and constantly be searching for better treatments, newer answers and greater ideas. It is a crucial aspect of improving health across the world, and it's what medical education at Johns Hopkins is all about.

About the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

• Founded in 1893
• Located in Baltimore, Md.
• 2,448 full-time faculty
• 1,249 part-time faculty
• 9,504 employees
• 482 medical students
• 85 percent of students receive financial aid
• Consistently ranked among the top medical schools in the country

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Admissions
M.D. Program
This Web site provides comprehensive information on applying to the M.D. program at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Online applications, admission requirements, financial aid, even information on the benefits of campus life at Johns Hopkins. International student information is also available.

M.D./Ph.D. Program
Information on pursuing a degree as a medical scientist or academic physician at Johns Hopkins. Prospective students will find the outline of curriculum requirements particularly helpful.

Graduate Programs
The Web site for the Office of Graduate Programs at Johns Hopkins University. Information on all graduate programs is available.

Allied Health Professionals
The Johns Hopkins Hospital Allied Health Programs offer several opportunities for students interested in pursuing a health career in an environment that promotes both professional and academic excellence.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Modern American medical education started at Johns Hopkins over a century ago when the founding physicians of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine created a revolutionary medical curriculum that, for the first time, integrated a rigorous program of basic science education with intensive clinical mentoring. Today, Johns Hopkins' medical curriculum combines basic science education and clinical instruction with community-based learning.

Continuing Medical Education
The goal of the Johns Hopkins Office of Continuing Medical Education is to present new research knowledge and its application to health care and disease prevention through continuing medical education activities for physicians and other health caregivers. Under the clinical and scientific guidance of the Johns Hopkins faculty, the CME office sponsors varied learning opportunities for medical professionals.

Graduate Medical Education
The Office of Graduate Medical Education provides services and interprets policies that apply to clinical training programs and their trainees. The Associate Dean and the office staff interface with clinical training program directors and department chairs, as well as with the Housestaff Council and individual trainees. The Assistant Dean for Compliance works with training program directors to interpret, implement, and insure compliance with ACGME and GMEC policies.

School of Medicine M.D. Admissions
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is an international leader in the education of physicians and clinical scientists in biomedical research and in the application of medical knowledge to patient care. In addition to its M.D. program, the School of Medicine offers Ph.D. and master's degrees, as well as a combined M.D./Ph.D.

The excitement of discovery and medical innovation is a prime animating force at Johns Hopkins. Daily, colleagues come together to explore new ideas and to cross-fertilize ongoing research. Basic scientists in our School of Medicine uncover the underlying mechanisms and elements of life and health, while our clinical scientists develop new knowledge, techniques and technology for patient care. Their creative research brings to the School of Medicine more National Institutes of Health research funding than to any other medical school.

People come to Johns Hopkins medical facilities from around the world, confident that they will receive the best, most comprehensive, most cost-effective care available anywhere.

The inter-relationship among teaching, research and patient care that was created at Hopkins more than a century ago by the founding physicians of the School of Medicine remains as effective today as it was at its initiation. Here, ideas continue to be honed, tested, debated, taught to others and applied for the benefit of the human race.

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