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It is a private, not-for-profit medical center that serves as the teaching hospital for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) pediatric medicine, surgery, psychiatry, research and residency programs. The medical staff consists of UAB faculty and Children's full-time physicians as well as private practicing community physicians.
In 1945, the Medical College of Alabama was moved from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham and the university's medical center was founded. [5] In November 1966, the Extension Center and the Medical Center were merged to form the "University of Alabama in Birmingham", an organizational component of The University of Alabama.
UAB Hospital (also known as University Hospital) is a 1,207 bed tertiary hospital and academic health science center located in Birmingham, Alabama.It serves as the only ACS verified Level I Trauma Center in Alabama, [2] and is the flagship property of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the UAB Health System, a part of the University of Alabama System.
The initial curriculum outline was presented in 2008 via the SCORE web portal and focused on the competencies of patient care and medical knowledge, however, the site expanded to the six physician competencies. [3] In 2010, the portal became a subscription-only product. By 2012, >95% of general surgery training programs subscribed to SCORE.
In Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States general surgery is a five to seven year residency and follows completion of medical school, either MD, MBBS, MBChB, or DO degrees. In Australia and New Zealand, a residency leads to eligibility for Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons .
Medical resident work hours refers to the (often lengthy) shifts worked by medical interns and residents during their medical residency. As per the rules of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in the United States of America, residents are allowed to work a maximum of 80 hours a week averaged over a 4-week period.
A pair of University of Alabama graduates give each other a high five Friday, May 5, 2023, at Coleman Coliseum. The university graduated more than 5,700 people in the Spring Commencement exercises.
The health service organization coordinates with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System as a training site for medical residents and to provide patients with diagnostic tests and procedures not provided onsite. In addition, many of the specialty clinics are staffed by UAB faculty who practice part-time at the facility.