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Overview of YSM's Mission and Structure
Mission/Purpose
Education The school's unique curriculum, known as the Yale System, promotes teaching in small seminar, conference and tutorial settings, and calls for students capable of self-evaluation, independent thinking and investigation. For more information: Research “Basic” science research seeks out fundamental scientific knowledge that has no immediate practical application. “Applied” or “clinical” research takes the findings of basic research and applies them to specific treatments, drugs, etc. Yale's research projects cover a broad spectrum, from fundamental studies exploring new areas of biology, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, and informatics to clinical studies implementing cutting-edge techniques for improving the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. The following departments carry out basic research:
Yale's research mission has also benefited New Haven as the region emerges as one of the nation's new centers for biotechnology. More than $1 billion in private investment has flowed into some 20 biotechnology companies in the city with close to 1,000 people employed. All of these companies have affiliations with the Yale School of Medicine, many of them beginning as spin-offs of technology discovered in Yale laboratories. For more information: Clinical Care The following departments offer clinical care and are involved in clinical research:
For more information: Community Service Volunteer activities are available to students, faculty and staff through a variety of community outreach and service programs. They range from a collaborative effort between faculty, city police and public schools to enhancing the delivery of services to children affected by violence, to a mobile van program in which internal medicine physicians-in-training provide medical care to people at city soup kitchens. For more information: Support Functions For more information: Organizational Structure In addition to being a part of Yale University , the School of Medicine is also part of the Yale Medical Center. A major part of the Center, the Yale-New Haven Hospital (Y-NHH) is a 944-bed private, nonprofit facility that ranks among the premier academic medical center hospitals in the nation. It covers 1.9 million square feet and employs 6,000 people. The chief of each hospital section also heads the corresponding medical school department. In addition to YSM and Yale-New Haven Hospital , the Medical Center complex includes the School of Nursing, the Yale Psychiatric Institute, the Connecticut Mental Health Center, Pierce Laboratory and the VA Connecticut Healthcare, West Haven Campus System. Members of the professional staff of the VA hold Yale University appointments. John B. Pierce Laboratory scientists hold joint appointments with the School of Medicine, and offer medical students research and training opportunities in the environmental sciences and occupational health. YSM also maintains clinical affiliations with other outlying teaching hospitals in Connecticut : Bridgeport Hospital , Danbury Hospital , Greenwich Hospital , Griffin Hospital , Lawrence & Memorial Hospitals , Norwalk Hospital , St. Mary's Hospital, The Hospital of St. Raphael, St. Vincent’s Hospital and Waterbury Hospital . Facts and Figures The School of Medicine community consists of
In 2003, expenditures for research and training in the School of Medicine totaled more than $270 million dollars, and accounted for about 74 percent of the University-wide total. Since 1985, Yale University has consistently ranked among the ten institutions
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