Johns Hopkins Medicine received acclaim for its new, innovative Urban Health Residency Program for medical students in a recent Baltimore Sun report. The program is the first of its kind in the U.S., adapting the curriculum to inner-city Baltimore and developing primary care physicians with backgrounds in treating the underserved.
The program's first class of students began July 1. According to Johns Hopkins' website, students are trained in the inner-city outpatient environment and receive dual certification in internal medicine and pediatrics to prepare them to treat patients of all ages.
Interns complete rotations in nontraditional urban settings, work in clinics and learn about healthcare financing. In addition to the dual certification, students also receive extended instruction on the topics of substance abuse, urban violence and psychiatric illness.
According to the Baltimore Sun report, the Department of Health and Human Services found approximately two-thirds of new physicians were moving on to careers in subspecialties.
Read the Baltimore Sun report on Johns Hopkins' Urban Health Residency Program.
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The program's first class of students began July 1. According to Johns Hopkins' website, students are trained in the inner-city outpatient environment and receive dual certification in internal medicine and pediatrics to prepare them to treat patients of all ages.
Interns complete rotations in nontraditional urban settings, work in clinics and learn about healthcare financing. In addition to the dual certification, students also receive extended instruction on the topics of substance abuse, urban violence and psychiatric illness.
According to the Baltimore Sun report, the Department of Health and Human Services found approximately two-thirds of new physicians were moving on to careers in subspecialties.
Read the Baltimore Sun report on Johns Hopkins' Urban Health Residency Program.
Read more about Johns Hopkins:
- Johns Hopkins Employee Charged with Patients' Identity-Theft, Leading to $600K Shopping Spree
- DC Hospital to Join Johns Hopkins
- Baltimore-Area Hospitals in Building Boom