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100% Pass Rate for EM Graduates
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chattanooga, Tennessee   First  Emergency Medicine Residency Graduating Class Achieves100% Pass Rate on Written (Part I) Examination of the ABEM Certification Examination             David C. Seaberg, MD, FACEP, Dean of the University of Tennessee of Medicine Chattanooga and President of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and James H. Creel, MD, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga,  are pleased to announce that all six of the first graduating class (June 2011) have passed the written examination (Part I) of the American Board of Emergency Medicine Certification Examination:               First time pass rates are a key external metric by which the accrediting body, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), measure the quality of residency programs.             The Emergency Medicine Residency in Chattanooga is the only EM Residency in the statewide University of Tennessee Graduate Medical Education System.  It received initial accreditation in February 2008, and these six physicians began training on July 1, 2008.              The University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga is part of the statewide academic health system: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center.  The Chattanooga campus is separately accredited by the ACGME to sponsor residency and fellowship programs in a variety of specialties.  The primary clinical affiliated institution is Erlanger Health System.  For more information about the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga, visit: www.utcomchatt.org, or email lizjones@uthsc.edu.               As the flagship statewide academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to bring the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region, by pursuing an integrated program of education, research, clinical care, and public service.  In 2011, UT Health Science Center celebrates its centennial: 100 years advancing the future of health care.  Offering a broad range of postgraduate training opportunities, the main UTHSC campus is located in Memphis and includes six colleges: Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.  The UTHSC campus in Knoxville includes a College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, and an Allied Health Sciences unit.  In addition, the UTHSC Chattanooga campus includes a College of Medicine and an Allied Health Sciences unit.  Since its founding in 1911, UTHSC has educated and trained more than 53,000 health care professionals on campuses and in health care facilities across the state.  For more information, visit www.uthsc.edu.                   ###
Institutional Accreditation
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
NEWS   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chattanooga, Tennessee   Unversity of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga awardedContinued Accreditation Status              At its October 18, 2011 meeting, the Institutional Review Committee (IRC) of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) awarded Continued Accreditation Status to the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga with the maximum possible five year cycle until the next site visit (October 2016).   The The Chattanooga Campus also received Continued Accreditation with a five-year maximum cycle from its previous institutional site visit in April 2006.   The IRC commended the institution, denoting no citations or deficiencies, for demonstrating substantial compliance with the requirements for sponsoring residency and fellowship programs.              The ACGME is the national accrediting body responsible for overseeing the quality of graduate medical education.              The University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga is part of the statewide academic health system: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center.  The Chattanooga campus is separately accredited by the ACGME to sponsor residency and fellowship programs in a variety of specialties.  The primary clinical affiliated institution is Erlanger Health System.  For more information about the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga, visit: www.utcomchatt.org, or email lizjones@uthsc.edu.               As the flagship statewide academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to bring the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region, by pursuing an integrated program of education, research, clinical care, and public service.  In 2011, UT Health Science Center celebrates its centennial: 100 years advancing the future of health care.  Offering a broad range of postgraduate training opportunities, the main UTHSC campus is located in Memphis and includes six colleges: Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.  The UTHSC campus in Knoxville includes a College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, and an Allied Health Sciences unit.  In addition, the UTHSC Chattanooga campus includes a College of Medicine and an Allied Health Sciences unit.  Since its founding in 1911, UTHSC has educated and trained more than 53,000 health care professionals on campuses and in health care facilities across the state.  For more information, visit www.uthsc.edu.                   Updated 1/4/2012 ###
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