Newswise — NEWARK, N.J. – The University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and St. George’s University School
of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, announced today that they are negotiating a
partnership agreement under which UMDNJ would actively collaborate in the
education and training of third- and fourth-year St. George’s medical students
in rotations at New Jersey hospitals. UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School will
assume the lead role for the University in developing and executing this agreement.
St. George’s, whose diverse student body
includes American students, currently has affiliation agreements with
approximately 15 hospitals throughout New Jersey where approximately 350 third-
and fourth-year students are enrolled in clinical training rotations. Following
graduation, students generally move into hospital residency programs to begin
their careers as physicians, and many apply for residencies at New Jersey
hospitals. The agreement will specify the manner in which UMDNJ will enhance
students’ preparation for those residencies.
It is anticipated that the agreement will
be completed within the next several weeks.
The agreement is expected to call for the
creation of an Affiliation Oversight Committee, which will be responsible for
the planning efforts and strategic priorities of UMDNJ, UMDNJ-New Jersey
Medical School and St. George’s University. The Affiliation Oversight Committee
would report both to Robert L. Johnson, M.D., dean of UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical
School, and Stephen Weitzman, M.D., dean of St. George’s School of Medicine.
Dean Johnson commented, “The projected
significant shortage of physicians has become a major concern for the New
Jersey healthcare community. With this agreement, we will draw upon our
abilities as educators to positively address the physician supply by helping
the state produce a greater number of well-qualified physicians.”
Charles R. Modica, J.D., chancellor of St.
George’s University, stated, “St. George's is privileged to be a partner with
UMDNJ and New Jersey Medical School so that our shared goals and objectives can
be pursued to expand and further diversify the physician workforce in New
Jersey.
“We at St. George's are committed to
expanding and even further improving the quality of our undergraduate and
post-graduate training,” he added. “This collaboration with UMDNJ and New
Jersey Medical School will enable us both to share our experience and our
expertise to better serve the people of New Jersey by providing medical
graduates who are truly prepared to practice in the 21st century."
St. George’s University School of Medicine,
established in 1977, is located in Grenada, West Indies. Presently, more than
1,000 graduates are licensed to practice medicine and surgery in New Jersey.
There are 250 St. George's graduates in residency programs in New Jersey
including 40 at UMDNJ–The University Hospital.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey (UMDNJ) is the nation's largest free-standing public health sciences
university with more than 6,000 students attending the state's three medical
schools, its only dental school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, a
school of health related professions, a school of nursing and its only school
of public health.
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