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Following residency, Claxton moved to Maine and co-founded Family Healthcare Associates, a family medicine practice, with his colleague and friend Peter Elias in 1978. He practiced for almost forty years before retiring. [2] [1] In 1987, Claxton was named the first Maine Family Physician of the Year by the Maine Academy of Family Physicians.
Collectively, graduates of medical schools with AHEC programs were more likely to choose primary care residency positions than graduates of medical schools without AHEC programs. AHECs provided continuing education programs for health practitioners in medicine (122,750), dentistry (14,140), nursing (96,990), pharmacy (7,730), and allied health ...
The Central Maine General Hospital Training School was established in 1891. It was a diploma-granting school until 1977, when it began offering a two-year nursing degree under the name Central Maine Medical Center School of Nursing and earned accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. It was renamed again in 2007 ...
The Central Maine Medical Center is a hospital located at 300 Main Street in the city of Lewiston, Maine. It serves most of Androscoggin County, including Lewiston and Auburn, Maine and various small and medium-sized communities. It is designated as a trauma center.
Founded in 1978, the college is part of the University of New England and grants two degrees: the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree and a Master of Medical Education Leadership. According to U.S. News & World Report, UNECOM graduates the 6th most physicians of any U.S. medical school that go on to practice in a primary care specialty ...
The number of students entering family medicine residency training has fallen from a high of 3,293 in 1998 to 1,172 in 2008, according to National Residency Matching Program data. Fifty-five family medicine residency programs have closed since 2000, while only 28 programs have opened. [30]
Maine also hosts numerous private baccalaureate colleges such as Husson University, Unity Environmental University, and Thomas College. There is only one medical school in the state, the University of New England's College of Osteopathic Medicine, and only one law school, the University of Maine School of Law.
Dr. Edward H. Hill (c. 1844–1904) was a physician who founded Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine. [1]He was born in Harrison, Maine in about 1844 and attended Bridgton Academy, Bates College (1863) (then called the Maine State Seminary) and Harvard Medical School (1867).