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The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) is a four-year allopathic medical school in Roanoke, Virginia, that matriculated its first class of 42 students in August, 2010. The creation of a new medical school through the partnership of an established public research intensive university, Virginia Tech, and an established private health system, Carilion Clinic provided a rare opportunity to craft a high-impact research curriculum, unique in both design and delivery. As part of the new curriculum, the faculty created a comprehensive four-year, longitudinal, research program that integrates the principles and practice of active participatory research into both basic and clinical science education and ultimately into the lifelong application of evidence-based medicine to patient care.
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LaConte, L., Johnson, T.A., Vari, R.C. et al. Research Immersion at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine — An Integrated Curriculum Producing Scientist Physicians for the Future of Healthcare. Med.Sci.Educ. 23 (Suppl 1), 122–134 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341817
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