Cardiff University School of Medicine

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established =1893
type =Medical school
dean=Prof David Wynford-Thomas
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city =Cardiff
state =Glamorgan
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website = [http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine]

Cardiff University School of Medicine was founded in 1893 when the Departments of Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Bacteriology were founded at University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (now Cardiff University), in the same year. Students finishing their preclinical studies at Cardiff went on to other medical schools to continue their clinical studies. Most went to University College Hospital in London, part of University College London to complete their clinical studies. In 1931, the Medical School established a separate identity as the Welsh National School of Medicine, and in 1984, its name changed to University of Wales College of Medicine. In 2004, University of Wales College of Medicine was re-united with Cardiff University, forming the Cardiff University School of Medicine. As of 2008 the medical schools accepts some 305 British medical students per year and an additional 25 students from overseas, making Cardiff one of the largest UK medical schools cite web|url=http://www.study-medicine.co.uk/index.php?pageid=stats|title=www.study-medicine.co.uk British Medical School Statistics|publisher=Study-medicine.co.uk|accessdate=2008-09-08] .

The Medical School is situated at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.

Curriculum

In 1995, the college introduced a new medical curriculum from which students should be able to combine and use knowledge, skills and judgement and develop appropriate attitudes to deliver a high standard of professional care.

Cardiff University offers an integrated medical course, whereby majority of the teaching is through lectures, but there also are problem-based learning, self-directed sessions and tutorials for demonstrations of clinical components.

Academic departments

The School's 21 academic departments are organised into three divisions: Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, Division of Community Specialties and Division of Hospital Specialties.

The pre-clinical years are mostly spent within the School of Biosciences at Park Place before moving on to the University Hospital at Heath Park for the remainder of the course. There are however a few teaching sessions within University Hospital during the pre-clinical years.

Research

The School has a strong reputation for research. Research facilities have recently been enhanced with the £11m Henry Wellcome Building for Biomedical Research in Wales. The building includes 4500 square meters of state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment for research into Infection & Immunity, Cancer Biology and Psychiatric Genetics, adjacent to a purpose-built Clinical Research Facility. The Henry Wellcome Building is the largest development of its kind ever undertaken in Wales and will be a flagship for biomedical research in Wales and the Principality.

Cardiff University hosts the Healing Foundation UK Centre for Burns Research in collaboration with the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery at Morriston Hospital, Swansea. [http://www.cf.ac.uk/news/articles/burns-research-centre-to-benefit-thousands-of-patients.html]

Alumni

There are many distinguished alumni of the Cardiff University School of Medicine. These include Professor Sir Keith Peters, who is Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge, where he is also the Head of the School of Clinical Medicine. Another distinguished alumnus is Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz. Professor Borysiewicz was Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department of Medicine at Cardiff University School of Medicine until 2001, when he became Principal of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. since 2004, he has been Deputy Rector of Imperial College London. Graduate Annapoorna Kini, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, has the distinction of performing more coronary interventions annually than any other woman in the U.S.

taff and Students

The School of Medicine welcomes around 320 undergraduates and around 80 post-graduates each year. The Dean of Cardiff University School of Medicine is Professor David-Wynford Thomas.

External links

* [http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medic/ Cardiff University School of Medicine's official website]

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