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Posted on 10/5/12 at 5:41 pm to mgmbamafan
Posted on 10/5/12 at 5:41 pm to mgmbamafan
Just a couple of points to add.
My diploma says University of Alabama School of Medicine.
My class was one of the last few with it as such. I was in med school when they made the switch on the patches that we wore on our white coats and the campaign began for an official UAB-SOM name.
I was told that the school of medicine moved to Birmingham for 1) patient volume, and 2) accessibility. However, the name was not changed to UAB School of Med at that time for several reasons: 1) at that time UAB did not have autonomy, 2) nationally, nobody new who UAB was, and 3) UASOM was using private hospitals (Hillman) for clinicals.
In time, UAB gained autonomy and its hospital/research exploded. Now most of the clinicals take place at UAB's hospital and most of the lectures are staffed out by UAB professors.
On another note, there is no independent medical school/branch in Tuscaloosa or Huntsville. All med students take 2 years of classes in Bham. Then ~50 students can do their clinical rotations (the remaining 2 years of med school) in Tuscaloosa or Huntsville.
My diploma says University of Alabama School of Medicine.
My class was one of the last few with it as such. I was in med school when they made the switch on the patches that we wore on our white coats and the campaign began for an official UAB-SOM name.
I was told that the school of medicine moved to Birmingham for 1) patient volume, and 2) accessibility. However, the name was not changed to UAB School of Med at that time for several reasons: 1) at that time UAB did not have autonomy, 2) nationally, nobody new who UAB was, and 3) UASOM was using private hospitals (Hillman) for clinicals.
In time, UAB gained autonomy and its hospital/research exploded. Now most of the clinicals take place at UAB's hospital and most of the lectures are staffed out by UAB professors.
On another note, there is no independent medical school/branch in Tuscaloosa or Huntsville. All med students take 2 years of classes in Bham. Then ~50 students can do their clinical rotations (the remaining 2 years of med school) in Tuscaloosa or Huntsville.
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Posted on 10/5/12 at 6:09 pm to CrimsonTideMD
How on earth did UAB get autonomy over the "University of Alabama School of Medicine" in the first place? That's like Auburn putting their engineering or veterinarian programs in Montgomery near AUM and AUM saying "frick you Auburn, it's on or near our campus so it's our program".
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