Amanda Luberto, Cronkite News 12:14 p.m. MT June 2, 2017<\/p>\n
Mayo Clinic and ASU announce a new Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. Hannah Gaber\/azcentral.com <\/p>\n
The Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Scottsdale boasts new technology, including touch screens and interactive labs.(Photo: Mayo Clinic) <\/p>\n
Dr. Amit Shah smiles as he demonstrates the new technology at the Mayo Clinics new medical school campus in Scottsdale. <\/p>\n
There is no center stage in the middle, (with) just a person beaming down information at you, as many of us unfortunately learned in medicine, he said. <\/p>\n
Shah, the schools associate dean for faculty affairs, shows off classrooms armed with big-screen monitors and simulated office settings equipped with cameras so teachers can watch and provide feedback to the students. <\/p>\n
The school plans to open in July. A spokeswoman said more than 3,000 students applied, but the school only accepted 50 students. The campus will serve as a sister school to the companys location in Rochester, Minnesota. <\/p>\n
Shah said the school will provide a new way to learn the practice of medicine. <\/p>\n
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Youre not smart anymore as a physician because you know some small detailed fact, Shah said. Youre great as a physician if you know how to communicate to patients, to work in teams and how to access information. <\/p>\n
The medical school will feature cadaver labs set up with touch-screen technology. A monitor, the size of a human, mimics a body on a table and allows students to interact with it. And the campus includes a student lounge with a ping-pong table so students can de-stress. <\/p>\n
In a 2016job report, health care was one of the fastest-growing job sectors in Arizona. However, experts said the state needs more doctors. <\/p>\n
Arizona ranked 34th in active medical physicians per 100,000 residents, illustrating the states doctor shortage, according to a November 2015 study by theAssociation for American Medical Colleges. <\/p>\n
Matthew Benson, a spokesman for theArizona Hospital and Health Care Association, said keeping doctors within Arizona is extremely important. <\/p>\n
That is a long standing problem, he said. Getting the individuals who train here, who go to medical school here, to stay here. <\/p>\n
Shah said he hopes adding a medical school at the Mayo Clinic could help ease that shortage. <\/p>\n
Because were in Phoenix, you have lots of opportunities to be involved in patient care, he said. Your clinical training is not just at Mayo Clinic, we have partnerships. <\/p>\n
Students in the program also can earn a masters degree from Arizona State University in health care delivery, which trains students to create doctor, patient bonds. <\/p>\n
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