| The Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Medicine is pleased to announce an educational relationship
with the Fairfax Hospital of the Inova Health System. Beginning
with the class matriculating in August 2003, 24 students were
selected to receive their M-3 and M-4 clinical training years
at Fairfax Hospital. Each applicant to the School of Medicine
will be asked to indicate one of the following three choices:
I would prefer to
do my clinical training in Richmond on the Medical College
of Virginia Campus.
I would prefer to do my clinical training at the Inova Fairfax Hospital
in Fairfax VA.
I would like to be considered
for either clinical training site.
Fairfax
Hospital has a long and rich tradition of educating interns,
residents, and medical students since it's inception over
40 years ago. Consistently ranking in the top 100 hospitals
in the United States, Inova Fairfax Hospital was selected
by U.S. News and World Report in 2006 as one of the
nation's best hospitals for cardiac surgery and cardiology, digestive disorders, geriatrics, gynecology, and endocrinology. The
hospital has Northern Virginia's only level one trauma center
for treating the most critically injured patients, one of
the nation's busiest obstetrics program and is one of only
six community hospitals in the nation offering the full spectrum
of organ transplantation.
More information
on the facilities at the Inova Fairfax Hospital is available
at:
www.inova.org/inovapublic.srt/ifh/index.jsp
The clinical educational
experience at Inova Fairfax Hospital will parallel the
experiences on the Richmond Campus. There will be seven
M-3 Clerkships with both full-time and volunteer community
faculty. Scheduled didactic lectures, teaching rounds
and conferences, and departmental grand rounds will
complement the large and varied patient population.
A full range of fourth year electives will be available
at Inova Fairfax Hospital, and students also have the
option of taking electives on the Richmond Campus and
elsewhere in the country.
Virginia Commonwealth
University is excited about the opportunity to offer clinical
educational experiences at Inova Fairfax Hospital. We hope
the students from Northern Virginia will find this opportunity
particularly appealing. The admissions committee does not use applicant preferences in their decision making. Students who indicate Fairfax Hospital as their preferred choice will be given the first opoportunity to participate. Once an applicant matriculates he/she will be asked to confirm their preference.
For further information,
please read the Inova Fairfax Hospital Frequently
Asked Questions. |
