Monmouth Medical Center
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Monmouth Medical Center, in Long Branch
, Monmouth County
, 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 clerkship
s. Monmouth is Drexel’s largest major academic medical affiliate in New Jersey. It is also part of the larger Barnabas Health.
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".
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.
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.
. The hospital’s main building comprises 16 wings that occupy a total of 735000 square feet (68,283.7 m²), in addition to 16 other buildings totaling 185100 square feet (17,196.4 m²). These include apartments for resident physicians, a privately operated day care center, Ronald McDonald House, and a professional and educational building.
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.
Long Branch, New Jersey
Long Branch is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 30,719.Long Branch was formed on April 11, 1867, as the Long Branch Commission, from portions of Ocean Township...
, Monmouth County
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 630,380, up from 615,301 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Freehold Borough. The most populous municipality is Middletown Township with...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, is one of New Jersey’s largest community academic medical centers and is an academic affiliate of Philadelphia’s Drexel University College of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine is the medical school of Drexel University. The medical school has the nation's largest enrollment for a private medical school, and represents the consolidation of two medical schools: the nation's first medical school for women and the first U.S. college of...
. It provides Post-graduate education via several medical residencies in addition to serving as a location for some of Drexel University's Medical clerkship
Medical clerkship
In medical education, a clerkship, or rotation, refers to the practice of medicine by medical students during their latter years of study. Usually, the first half of medical school trains students in the classroom setting, and the second half takes place in a teaching hospital...
s. Monmouth is Drexel’s largest major academic medical affiliate in New Jersey. It is also part of the larger Barnabas Health.
History
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 in addition to the large population of tourists who are visiting. Admissions total more than 19,000 annually, and emergency visits total nearly 43,000 a year. Annual outpatient clinic visits top 126,000.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".
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.
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
Monmouth University Medical Scholars
This program allows incoming Freshman of Monmouth UniversityMonmouth University
Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956, and later Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter....
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.
The campus
Monmouth Medical Center covers 21 acres (84,984.1 m²), two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, in Long BranchLong Branch, New Jersey
Long Branch is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 30,719.Long Branch was formed on April 11, 1867, as the Long Branch Commission, from portions of Ocean Township...
. The hospital’s main building comprises 16 wings that occupy a total of 735000 square feet (68,283.7 m²), in addition to 16 other buildings totaling 185100 square feet (17,196.4 m²). These include apartments for resident physicians, a privately operated day care center, Ronald McDonald House, and a professional and educational building.
The Altschul Medical Library
Located within the hopital, this collection 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.