New Georgia Health Sciences University campus in Rome will focus more on specific patients
by The Augusta Chronicle
Jun 19, 2012 | 1099 views | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend | print
A new clinical campus of Georgia Health Sciences University in Rome will focus on specific patients rather than blocks of exposure, an approach that a Harvard expert says will improve clinical medical education.

Research shows that this approach greatly improves students’ compassionate care and satisfaction while traditional programs might drive them in the other direction, said Dr. David Hirsh, the director and co-founder of Harvard Medical School’s Cambridge Integrated Clerkship.

Hirsh spoke Monday in Rome to those who will help found the clinical campus, set to open in 2013.

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Click here to read an earlier Rome News-Tribune story about the Georgia Health Sciences University and the school's take on medical training practices.
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