At the University of Colorado Denver,
you'll find that academic pursuit has special significance --
for you and for those you ultimately will help. In addition
to a unique combination of curriculum, instruction and environment,
you’ll find the direction and guidance necessary to apply
all your talents and make your studies as fulfilling as your
chosen profession. Please click on the links below for more
information about your topic of interest.
HSC schools offer a variety of degrees and certifications
for talented and driven professionals in medicine, dentistry,
nursing, pharmacy, graduate studies and physician’s assistant
programs.
School of Dental Medicine
In this nationally recognized, award-winning program, students
graduate with the ability to offer a broad range of dental services.
It is the most selective dental school in the U.S. -- with more
than 900 applicants annually for only 46 positions in the freshman
class. In a program unique in the country, the 165 dental students,
as a graduation requirement, also provide an academic year's
dental clinical care to underserved populations throughout Colorado.
Home to the region's only University-based dental implant center,
the School pioneers research in oral cancer, salivary gland
disease, neurobiology and pain control.
School of Medicine
With approximately 750 students, the University of Colorado
School of Medicine is nationally and internationally respected
for its education, research, patient care and community service
programs. Faculty members teach and care for patients at the
University of Colorado Hospital and affiliated hospitals, working
side by side with nearly 800 graduate doctors who are in training
in medical specialties and generalist care at the university.
In addition to providing exceptional patient care and education,
the medical school's greatest achievement, perhaps, has been
the ability to attract gifted faculty and students who bring
national renown to the school. The school's physicians and research
scientists have pioneered breakthrough medical advances that
have become national and world models.
School of Pharmacy
As drug products become more potent, more complex and more numerous,
the need for pharmacists to assume a more active role in consultation
and patient counseling has increased remarkably. The University
of Colorado School of Pharmacy is one of the nation’s
top-ranked pharmacy schools and is committed to pharmaceutical
education, research and patient care. The school's more than
500 doctoral and graduate students learn about the chemical
and physical properties of medicinal agents, the biology of
disease and the actions of drugs on the human body, while pursuing
either a doctor of pharmacy or PhD degree. The school
also provides continuing education programs to pharmacists and
other health practitioners throughout the state.
Graduate School
At the University of Colorado Denver Graduate
School, students learn to push the frontiers of human health
and disease in more than a dozen basic science, clinical and
nursing disciplines. In conjunction with the CU School of Medicine,
the Graduate School offers a joint MD/PhD in the medical scientist
training program which develops investigators with a broadly
based knowledge of both basic and clinical biomedical sciences.
The school's personal mentor-student emphasis provides a distinctive
learning experience. Among distinguished alumni of the school
is Tom Cech, PhD, 1989 Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry.
College of Nursing
Ranked 15th in the nation in overall excellence, the pace-setting
University of Colorado School of Nursing enrolls nearly 700
undergraduate and graduate students. The philosophy that drives
the school -- that knowledge of human responses and natural
healing processes balances technological advances and biomedical
treatments and cures -- shapes its programs. In 1986, the School
of Nursing established the Center for Human Caring -- the nation's
first formal program to undertake a systematic and comprehensive
study of the art and science of caring medical treatment.
Continuing Medical Education
The University of Colorado School of Medicine provides continuing
education opportunities for physicians and other healthcare
professionals worldwide. The mission is to enhance the knowledge,
skills and performance of physicians and other healthcare professionals,
and in the process, to improve the health care of the populations
they serve.
Allied Health
Programs
The Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant (CHA/PA) is a
primary care PA with specialized training in the care of infants,
children and adolescents as well as training in the care of
adult patients. Program graduates are prepared to provide
comprehensive medical care to patients of all ages and practice
under state and national guidelines established for all PAs.
Graduates are employed in many settings including managed care
organizations, community health centers, physician’s offices,
public health agencies, hospitals, school based adolescent clinics,
emergency departments and rural and inner city health care delivery
sites.
Graduate Medical Education
The University of Colorado School of Medicine and Affiliated
Hospitals provide Graduate Medical Education training in over
60 specialties and subspecialties. The GME site is dedicated
as a resource for prospective and current housestaff, as well
as for faculty and staff of the Anschutz Medical Campus in the
administration of these training programs. For housestaff, information
on stipends, benefits, ECFMG, and policies affecting house officers
and their training is available. In addition, a copy of the
current housestaff manual is provided in Adobe© PDF format.
Allied Health Programs
Colorado School of Public Health
COMIRB
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