Academic History (Page 2 of 2)
In the 1940s, the nurses’ training program at the University of
Colorado became affiliated with National Jewish, bringing nursing
students to the hospital for basic and advanced courses in TB nursing.
Programs for medical students, residents and physicians were also
enhanced, attracting many young and talented people to the hospital.
After World War II, the hospital was designated by the United
Nations World Health Organization as its official United States
training site for TB control specialists from all parts of the world,
including China, India, Czechoslovakia, the Philippines, England,
France and Israel.
Fellowships
With growth and talent dominating the scene at National Jewish in
the 1960s, many young physicians throughout the world began to vie for
fellowships in the hospital’s training program. In addition to the
rotation of medical students from the university through the various
services, residencies and fellowships were available in clinical areas,
including chest medicine, chest surgery, pediatric chest diseases, or
in asthma and allergy. Fellowships were also available in clinical
research in cardiovascular physiology and in experimental and clinical
pathology.
Throughout the institution, research was intertwined with the
training of the next generation of researchers through post-doctoral
training programs.
TB Course
In 1963, National Jewish piloted a training program that was soon to
become an internationally acclaimed postgraduate course in clinical
management and control of TB. This TB Course was to supplement the
residency and fellowship program which had already trained thousands.
Professional Education and CME
During the 1990s, professional education opportunities expanded to
include more live workshops, high quality printed materials and
Web-based interactive training. By 1999, National Jewish had produced
more than 90 professional education programs serving 6,000 individuals.
Today, these programs reach over 15,000 healthcare professionals
annually.
Decade of Innovation
In 2007, the National Jewish board approved a new strategic plan
which called attention to personalized healthcare as an emerging trend,
enabled by technology, knowledge of genetics and biology, economics and
consumerism. Personalized medicine presented opportunities to enable
healthcare practices to be increasingly patient-specific by taking into
account individual differences in health states, disease processes and
outcomes from interventions.
With this strategic plan, a continued emphasis on research and
education of the next generation of leaders in medicine and science
would ensure that National Jewish remain preeminent in its areas of
focus.
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