Monmouth Medical Center
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| Established: | 1887 |
| Type: | Regional Medical Center |
| Location: | Long Branch, New Jersey, US |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | [1] |
Monmouth Medical Center, in Long Branch, New Jersey is one of New Jersey’s largest community academic medical centers and is an academic affiliate of Philadelphia’s Drexel University College of Medicine. It provides Post-graduate education via several medical residencies in addition to serving as a location for some of Drexel University's Medical clerkships. Monmouth is Drexel’s largest major academic medical affiliate in New Jersey. It is also part of the larger Saint Barnabas Health Care System.
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[edit] History
[edit] The hospital
Monmouth Medical Center is a not-for-profit, 527-bed, regional tertiary care teaching hospital located in Long Branch, New Jersey. Monmouth’s service area represents a population of nearly 1 million year-round residents in Monmouth, and portions of Ocean and Middlesex counties. Admissions total more than 19,000 annually, and emergency visits total nearly 43,000 a year. Annual outpatient clinic visits top 126,000.
[edit] Accreditation and awards
Monmouth Medical Center is accredited with commendation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and is a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The Dental medicine residency is accredited by the American Dental Association. All other residencies are accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
The hospital was recently recognized as a Distinguished Academic Medical Center among an elite group of the nation’s nine leading teaching hospitals, by Press Ganey. Additionally, Monmouth Medical Center had recently earned a ranking on Solucient 100 Top Hospitals – Performance Improvement Leaders award, recognizing Monmouth Medical Center for its clinical outcomes and patient safety. In 2006, the Department of Radiology received recognition in the publication Medical Imaging as a runner-up for "Best Freestanding Imaging Center or Group"[1]
[edit] Education
In 1945, Monmouth established its first residency program – in orthopaedics – to meet the needs of physicians returning from World War II trained in treating battlefield trauma.
Half of the residents enter practice after graduation, while the others enter some of the most competitive fellowships in the United States. Today Monmouth has 110 residents in nine accredited residency programs.
[edit] Graduate medical education
- Dental Medicine Residency
- Diagnostic Radiology Residency
- General Surgery Residency
- Internal Medicine Residency
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
- Orthopedic Surgery Residency
- Pathology Residency
- Pediatric Medicine Residency
- Podiatric Medicine Residency
[edit] Monmouth University Medical Scholars
This program allows incoming Freshman of Monmouth University a track directly tailored toward Medical School. Students are pre-selected, enter a rigorous Pre-medical, undergraduate course of study and are guided by way of special advisors and preceptors at Monmouth Medical Center. If successfully completing the program with desired GPA and MCAT scores, they are ensured acceptance at Drexel University College of Medicine.[2]
[edit] The campus
Monmouth Medical Center covers 21 acres, two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, in Long Branch. The hospital’s main building is comprised of 16 wings that occupy a total of 735,000 square feet, in addition to 16 other buildings totaling 185,100 square feet. These include apartments for resident physicians, a privately operated day care center, Ronald McDonald House, and a professional and educational building.
[edit] The Altschul Medical Library
Located within the hopital, this colllection serves as the major information resource for the faculty, residents and students in the Department of Medical Education and staff of Monmouth Medical Center. The Library houses 4000 monographs, 7000 reels of microfilm, 2000 bound volumes, and subscribes to 300 journals.
The Library is a member of the Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative and National Network of Libraries of Medicine. It participates in the National Library of Medicine Docline and has interlibrary loan arrangements with 100+ hospitals and universities throughout New Jersey.
[edit] Monmouth County area
Monmouth County is located on the northernmost portion of the New Jersey Shore. It is directly south of New York City and is considered part of the NYC Metro area. The county is known to have one of the highest Per-Capita Incomes for the United States.
The area is known for several artistic communities (Red Bank, Long Branch, Asbury Park) as well as its beach access. The area is often frequented by visitors for its ocean resort appeal as it has been since America's early years. Noteably, it was the site of the largest battle in the Revolutionary war and it predated Hollywood as a popular area for film-making.[3]
[edit] Monmouth Medical Center Foundation
This organization, started in 1982, is a volunteer group that fundraises through various functions to help provide charitable care to the community it serves.[4]
