Temple University (School of Medicine)

Located in the historic City of Philadelphia, where American medicine has its roots, Temple’s School of Medicine has recently celebrated its centennial anniversary. Throughout its history, Temple University School of Medicine has been known for its faculty’s uncommon interest in and concern for students, as well as its teaching hospitals and affiliates and its commitment to the highest quality of care for all people.

The Rev. Russell H. Conwell, the founder of Temple University, established a medical school for the “common man.” In order to accommodate the students’ day jobs, classes were held on nights and weekends, and total tuition and fees for the five-year program was a modest $635. Medical practitioners taught classes at College Hall, next to Pastor Conwell’s Baptist Temple on what we now call Main Campus. Samaritan Hospital, two miles up Broad Street, was the site of clinical instruction. Anatomical dissections on cadavers were performed in a hayloft and were delivered in pickle barrels.

The school opened on September 16, 1901 with 31 students, and was lit by gaslight. The faculty consisted of 27 lecturers, demonstrators, and instructors. According to admissions materials, “matriculates of academic or scientific colleges, or graduates of reputable high schools of the first grade, or a normal school established by State authority, of both sexes, are admitted to the first year class without examination.”

There were 15 required textbooks; the five-year curriculum required 700 hours of work each year; and the first entering class had 31 students. W. Wallace Fritz, MD, DDS, was the first Dean. He also served as Professor of Anatomy and Clinical Surgery.

Temple University School of Medicine takes pride in the excellence of its teaching, service and research programs.

The School has approximately 400 full time and 1000 volunteer faculty who teach 180 students in each medical class and approximately 150 graduate students. Its main campus is located at 3420 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is associated with the Temple University Health System and a number of academic affiliates throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . The Health System now encompasses Temple University Hospital (TUH) and its TUH-Episcopal campus, Temple University Children’s Medical Center, Jeanes Hospital , Northeastern Hospital , and a group of primary care physicians, Temple Physician Associates. Academic affiliates, all located in Pennsylvania, are the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Delaware County, Western Pennsylvania Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Mercy and Moses Taylor Hospitals in Scranton, Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, the Reading Hospital in West Reading and Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital in Johnstown .

The teaching and practice of humanistic medicine is central to the mission of Temple University School of Medicine. The School is a mecca for students and faculty who understand that medicine demands lifelong devotion to science, service, and heart.

Known for our culture of diversity, collaboration and innovation, Temple University School of Medicine was Pennsylvania’s first co-educational medical school (founded September 16, 1901). Many of our faculty and alumni have made their mark on medical history -- and as we begin our second century, we’re entering an exciting era of expansion and growth.

We are attracting nationally-known faculty at an unprecedented rate, along with students and residents of exceptional quality. We are expanding our portfolio of world-class interdisciplinary research centers. We are rolling out a new curriculum that will enhance our reputation for producing graduates with superior clinical skills. Moreover, by 2010, we will add a stunning, new $150 million education and research building to our complex, a new home for the School of Medicine.

Our urban campus includes a School of Pharmacy, a School of Dentistry, a College of Health Professions, and three hospitals: Temple University Hospital, Temple University Children’s Medical Center, and Shriners Children’s Hospital. We are recognized for providing exceptional primary care to an underserved community as well as for tertiary and quaternary services that draw patients, faculty, and students from near and far.

Temple has finalized plans for a stunning and spacious new medical school building that will embody our character and strength. The facility will be purpose-specific, yet open and flexible to invite collaboration between disciplines and among faculty and students as medicine and curricula evolve. It will be a living, working symbol of our commitment to a brilliant future -- for our students and faculty, for our patients and community, and for medicine.

Facilities that are commensurate with the quality of the School's students, faculty, and research enterprise are essential to our ability to meet ever-changing medical and educational demands. Support of the new medical school building will fortify our efforts to attract and retain superior students and faculty and grow vital research programs at Temple.

Classrooms in the new facility will allow current trends in medical education to supplement traditional methods of teaching. Today's teaching methods focus more on flexible, small group learning spaces that are wired for current technology requirements. The new building will facilitate the use of high-tech "dry" labs where technology simulates the wet lab experience, and enable small group instruction in "breakout rooms" to support lectures.

A combined library for the Health Sciences Center will bring together medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and related health professions in a contemporary setting. This state-of-the-art library will offer increased seating, study areas for groups and individuals, more shelf space, multimedia technology, additional computer terminals, plug-in data ports, wireless technology, and 24-hour accessibility. The library will provide a welcoming environment for students to engage in individual and small group study with immediate access to information resources.

Up-to-date research space will stimulate the collaboration that is at the core of today's breakthroughs. Interdisciplinary research is quickly becoming the primary incubator for new therapies. Temple's new research space will allow researchers to operate in a flexible, integrated laboratory setting where they can share equipment and ideas. The new building will provide 249,000 square feet of research and laboratory space that will significantly enhance the School's clinical and basic science research enterprise and help attract the most respected physician-scientists.

From such modest beginnings, Temple University School of Medicine has emerged as a school of national reputation. One in every five people who applies to medical school in the United States applies to Temple. Some 708 graduates are on faculty at medical schools across the nation, 31 are department chairs, 2 are deans. Temple grads don’t stray far from their alma mater – many physicians in the Philadelphia region graduated from Temple – but others head biotechnology firms across the land, and other serve as doctors in countries as far away as Hong Kong, Israel, and the Ivory Coast.

The education of medical students at Temple University School of Medicine includes a solid foundation in the fundamentals of basic and clinical science. The first two years are taught in an integrated approach, closely tying basic science concepts to clinical medicine, professionalism and medical ethics. The clinical years are marked by extensive hands-on experience in caring for patients. The new Clinical Simulation and Skills Center allows students to learn basic clinical skills in a safe learning environment throughout the curriculum. Thus, graduates are exceptionally well prepared to pursue residency training.

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School of Medicine Courses

FIRST YEAR

A Doctoring course, to run throughout the curriculum, will enable students to learn the basics of history-taking, physical exam skills and professionalism. The course uses clinical cases to integrate the teaching and evaluation of clinical skills with the basic science concepts in each of the blocks, and utilizes the Clinical Simulation and Skills Center to aid learning through interactive clinical scenarios. Faculty preceptors will provide individualized mentoring and career advising.

* Structural Anatomy
* Elements of Bioscience
* Body Systems 1, 2 and 3 (3 blocks)
* Basic Principles of Immunology, Pathology and Pharmacology

SECOND YEAR

Year 2 focuses on the causes, mechanisms, identification and treatment of major human diseases.
The Doctoring course will enable students to practice and improve their clinical skills through closely supervised rotations in both ambulatory and hospital settings.

COURSES :

* Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
* Cardiovascular System
* Respiratory System
* Musculoskeletal System
* Gastrointestinal System
* Central Nervous System
* Renal System
* Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine
* Hematology and Oncology
* Special Topics including a Case-based Step 1 Review and Preparation for the Clinical Years

THIRD YEAR

During Year 3, beginning in late May of the second year, students rotate through core clerkships.
The third year Doctoring course emphasizes career advising, evidence-based medicine and clinical decision-making.

COURSES :

*Ambulatory Medicine
* Family Medicine
* Internal Medicine
* Neurology
* Obstetrics and Gynecology
* Pediatrics
* Psychiatry
* Surgery

FOURTH YEAR

In Year 4, beginning in May, students can focus on areas of interest through a large variety of electives, and enhance their clinical skills through two sub-internships, Surgical Subspecialties, Intensive Care and Radiology.

COURSES :

* Surgical subspecialities
* Intensive Care / Anesthesiology.
* Radiology
* Emergency Medicine
* Sub internship

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