Teaching hospitals. University challenge.
The position of large teaching hospitals in the NHS is being challenged by changing patterns of medical education and the expansion of services offered by acute hospitals. The clinical activity of teaching hospitals is now similar to that of district general hospitals. The future of teaching hospitals may lie in becoming centres of research excellence.
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NHS Laison Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine.
D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D004497:Education, Dental; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013222:State Medicine; D014146:Training Support; D006113:United Kingdom; D014852:Wales