五十年前, the 世界杯赌场盘口 launched a bold experiment in educating the medical leaders of the future.
经过多年的计划，超过8美元.8 million in federal funding and a charter class of 18 students, the doors of the UMKC 医学院 opened in 1971.
Fifty years later, that bold experiment is a cornerstone of Kansas City’s medical community.
这个月, the 世界杯赌场盘口 医学院 is kicking off its yearlong observance of the 50th 周年纪念日. A new logo, a special website and many special events will highlight the celebration. 主要事件包括:
- A series of distinguished guest lectures, including:
- 11月. 罗杰·布什，m.s.D., from University of California-San Francisco, speaking on rural health inequities.
- 11月. 17-19:西尔维奥·因祖奇，男.D., 从耶鲁大学, 分享与2型糖尿病相关的研究, insulin resistance and cardiovascular complications.
- 12月. 2 .哈里特·华盛顿, medical ethicist and Shearing Fellow at the Black Mountain Institute, 内华达大学, 拉斯维加斯, 谈医疗种族隔离.
- 12月. 9:肯尼斯·丘奇韦尔，M.D., from Boston Children’s Hospital, speaking on pediatric critical care (Noback-Burton Lecture).
- 2月. 11:吉塔·斯瓦米，M.D., 杜克大学, 谈产妇疫苗, COVID - 19孕妇, 早产干预措施.
- Special signage around the SOM campus and 50th-周年纪念日 themed touches for Match Day, Commencement and other signature academic occasions.
- 金禧50周年庆典, 定于6月4日, 2022, at the Loews Hotel in downtown Kansas City.
今天和过去一样, UMKC’s 医学院 is making a difference the health and wellbeing of Kansas City communities and beyond. 长期以来以其创新研究而闻名, humanities-focused education and unique medical programs – namely the accelerated BA/MD program where students enter medical school straight from high school and complete their degrees in six years – UMKC continues to graduate future leaders in health care. The school has been instrumental in founding Kansas City’s UMKC Health Sciences District, 它在哪里继续发挥主要作用.
“This is an exciting time for the UMKC 医学院, as we celebrate half a century of history and traditions,玛丽·安妮·杰克逊说, M.D.1978年医学院院长. “As our nation’s health care profession has evolved, so has the 医学院. We are bringing new technologies and innovations to the forefront that continue to solidify our standing as a leader in today’s medical education.”
自1971年以来, 近4,000 physicians and health care professionals across the United States have received their degrees from the 医学院. 多年来, additional programs added include master’s degrees in anesthesia, 医师助理, health professions education and bioinformatics, and graduate certificates in research and health professions education. In January 2021, the school opened its second campus in St. Joseph, Missouri, with a focus on rural medicine. 但 it is the school’s MD programs and its docent system of learning – where faculty physicians combine the best of apprenticeship instruction with small-group teaching, 指导, peer coaching and other techniques – that have withstood the test of time and continue to position the school as a trendsetter in medical education.
“Fifty years speaks to the longevity of the school, not to mention we have many physician leaders across the country that are graduates,” said 医学院 alumni association president Ralph Wuebker, M.D., ’94. “There is no doubt that UMKC is a top medical school!”
Marjorie Sirridge, M.D., one of the three founding docents and later dean of the medical school, once reflected on the early days: “I remember being tired a lot and sometimes discouraged when it seemed that we just couldn’t get it all done. 但, mostly I remember the challenge and the excitement of being part of a new adventure in medical education.”
事实上, it’s been an exciting adventure the past 50 years – and the next several months will celebrate the past, present and future of UMKC 医学院. 加入我们.