Thomas Jefferson University
| Thomas Jefferson University | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1824 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Philadelphia |
| president | Stephen K. Klasko |
| Students | 3,202 (2014) |
| Foundation assets | 614.3 million US dollars (2008) |
| Website | jefferson.edu |
Thomas Jefferson University is a private university in Philadelphia . The university consists of six colleges : Sidney Kimmel Medical College , Jefferson College of Biomedical Sciences , Jefferson College of Health Professions , Jefferson College of Nursing , Jefferson College of Pharmacy, and the Jefferson College of Population Health .
history
The university began in a medical school founded in the early 19th century by George McClellan and others. At that time, there were only four medical schools in the United States: Columbia University , University of Pennsylvania , Harvard University, and Dartmouth College .
McClellan's group applied for a medical school to be added to Jefferson College in Canonsburg in 1824 . The application was approved and Jefferson Medical College was established in Philadelphia with administrative and financial responsibility in the hands of the faculty. The first degrees could be taken in 1826 and twenty people were presented with their MD certificate on April 14, 1826 in the Tivoli Building . The Jefferson Medical College received an independent charter in 1838, separating from Jefferson College .
The Jefferson Medical College concept also included clinical instruction as an important part of education. For this reason, the Tivoli Theater , the school's first home, had rooms to receive patients. This concept of an outpatient clinic to treat patients with student involvement was introduced here for the first time in a medical school in the United States. Later there were collaborations with the Philadelphia Hospital and the Pennsylvania Hospital.
Soon there was insufficient space in the Tivoli Theater and in 1828 the Ely building was erected. There was also a lecture hall in the basement and an amphitheater for operations on the upper floor. In 1877, a hospital was built where clinical lectures and operations were held in the pit . This hospital was the second hospital in the United States to be affiliated with a medical school. It had an amphitheater with 700 seats, was able to accept 441 inpatients and treated 4659 outpatients in the first year of operation.
In 1841, Jefferson Medical College was teaching some of the greatest professors of the time. Among them were John K. Mitchell , Robley Dunglison , Joseph Pancoast , Thomas D. Mothers , Charles D. Meigs , Franklin Bache, and Robert Huston . With Samuel D. Gross returned in 1856 a graduate of the year 1828 at the Jefferson Medical College back, who had acquired a reputation as a pathological anatomist and surgeon in the meantime.
The Thomas Jefferson University was founded in the 1969th She established the new charter for the university together with its components: the Jefferson Medical College , the College of Allied Health Sciences (now the College of Health Professions ), the College of Graduate Studies and the Jefferson Medical College Hospital .
In January 2007, the University sold the painting The Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins for 68 million US dollars to the Philadelphia Museum of Art , which together with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts acquired.
In May 2017, the university announced that it would merge with Philadelphia University . The name of the university will continue to be Thomas Jefferson University .
Colleges
The Jefferson Hospital Training College for Nurses was founded in 1891. Today it is the Jefferson College of Nursing and offers courses in nursing with degrees from Bachelor to PhD degrees.
In 1967 the College of Allied Health Sciences was founded. It was an attempt to offer academic programs for other health professions. These include life sciences, couple and family therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, medical assistants, and radiology. Known today as the Jefferson College of Health Professions , it offers bachelor to doctorate degrees.
The Jefferson College of Biomedical Sciences offers courses and programs in basic and translational biomedical science leading up to the Ph.D. , lead to a master’s degree and to the completion of certificate programs.
In 2008 the Jefferson College of Pharmacy was founded. The Doctor of Pharmacy program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmaceutical Education.
The Jefferson College of Population Health was also founded in 2008. It is dedicated to researching strategies related to the health and quality of life of population groups.
The Jefferson Medical College was in 2014 after a donation of 110 million US dollars by Sidney Kimmel in Sidney Kimmel Medical College renamed.
Jefferson University Hospitals
The university is with the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City Philadelphia which was founded in 1825, the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience also in Center City, the Jeffersons Methodist Hospital and the Jefferson at the Navy Yard both in South Philadelphia and the Jefferson at Voorhees in South Jersey connected.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson University ( Memento November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ College and University Endowments Over $ 250-Million, 2007. Chronicle of Higher Education. Aug. 29, 2008. Page 28.
- ↑ a b c d e A brief history of Thomas Jefferson University ( Memento December 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d e f g History - Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University. In: jefferson.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Thomas Eakins - The Gross Clinic - Art . In: The New York Times . 2007, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com ).
- ^ Philadelphia University to Change Name ... Again . In: NBC 10 Philadelphia . ( nbcphiladelphia.com ).
- ^ Welcome to Jefferson. In: jefferson.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Sidney Kimmel Foundation Gives $ 110 Million to Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University. In: jefferson.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2017 .
- ^ About Us - Jefferson University Hospitals. In: jefferson.edu. hospitals.jefferson.edu, accessed November 5, 2017 .
Web links
- Thomas Jefferson University website
- Additional primary resources from the Jefferson History Collections from the Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson University
