The Teaching Hospital: Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Evolution of Academic Medicine / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780071784016 Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC Publication date: 02/21/2014 Edition description: New Edition Pages: 480 Product dimensions: 11.30(w) x 14.50(h) x 1.50(d) The fascinating true story of Brigham and Women's HospitalFounded in 1913, the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital was the first medical institution since John Hopkins to foster clinical clerkships of medical students in the environment of a modern residency program. Forging a partnership with Harvard Medical School, the Brigham would become a major innovator in clinical research, implementing a new educational model that would inspire other hospitals for generations to come. In 1980 the Brigham merged with two other Boston medical institutions boasting their own profoundly important histories, the Boston Hospital for Women and the Robert Breck Brigham Hospital, to become Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). This rich and insightful account brings this remarkable story to life: the milestone achievements, medical breakthrou