Questions / Answers
To what extent is training and education a part of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center?
Teaching is woven tightly into the fabric of life at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Education guarantees that we will continue to share our knowledge of how to improve children's lives, today and tomorrow. The Education and Training Department is committed to being the leader in education and training for improving child health.
As this region's only source for child health-care training for all medical professionals, we've trained more than 2,000 physicians and countless nurses and other health care professionals since 1926.
What is the relationship between the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center?
With the opening of the Children's Hospital Research Foundation in 1931, we began a formal affiliation with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine to ensure that teaching and research would always strengthen pediatric patient care.
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics is now based at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati and chaired by Thomas Boat, MD.
Physicians and researchers employed by Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati hold academic appointments at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and are responsible for teaching medical students during the pediatric rotations in the third and fourth years of training.
How many pediatricians practicing in Greater Cincinnati were trained at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center?
Today, about 80 percent of the pediatricians practicing in Greater Cincinnati received their training at Cincinnati Children's.
Our ongoing training includes one of the nation's largest pediatric residency programs; undergraduate medical and nurse education; graduate training in molecular and developmental biology and genetic counseling; fellowships in virtually every pediatric medical and surgical subspecialty; postgraduate training in psychology, developmental disorders and lab research; and clinical pastoral education and employee training.
In addition, Cincinnati Children's sponsors continuing education for faculty, community physicians and nurses, researchers, other health professionals, and parents. Every two years, we sponsor the Rachford Lectures, featuring physicians and scientists from around the world.
How many graduates of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine enter pediatrics?
Annually, about 15 percent to 20 percent of the graduates at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine enter pediatrics, compared to the national average of slightly more than 10 percent.
