title: University of Maryland Medical System: American medicine's first teaching facility reinvents the academic hospital.
abstract: The University of Maryland Medical School, established in 1807, focused on bedside teaching. This emphasis has continued and expanded through the growth of University Hospital and, ultimately, the University of Maryland Medical System, such that Maryland can now boast of a superb medical care system providing excellent medical education and research opportunities in a patient care setting.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Schimpff
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Rapoport
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000266:history*; D008396:Maryland; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*