{"id":43226,"date":"2011-07-18T15:17:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T19:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=43226"},"modified":"2011-08-04T15:20:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T19:20:13","slug":"a-symbiotic-relationship-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/07\/a-symbiotic-relationship-3\/","title":{"rendered":"A Symbiotic Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Medical student Yvonne Chu and Dr. Joseph Babiarz, Student Continuity Practice (SCP). (Lanny Nagler for UConn Health Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This story is the eighth of a multi-part series on the history of the Health Center. The entire series can be read at the <\/em>Health Center\u2019s 50th Anniversary website<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The UConn School of Medicine and area hospitals have always benefited from one another\u2019s existence. With the University\u2019s hospital so small, the medical school and its residency programs have depended on Hartford Hospital, the Hospital of Central Connecticut (formerly New Britain General), and Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center to give their students and residents exposure to a wide range of patients and conditions. Physicians at those hospitals have always given generously of their time and expertise to help educate the physicians of the future, purely out of dedication to their profession.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had so few clinical resources when we started,\u201d says former Associate Dean Eugene Sigman. \u201cCommunity hospitals from the beginning made major contributions to the teaching of medical students. In the early days, they gave much more than they got.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople should recognize the phenomenal cooperation the Health Center has always had from all the other hospitals,\u201d says\u00a0Peter Deckers<\/a>, former dean of the medical school. \u201cWe could not have delivered the educational product without them. We have been the beneficiaries of excellent, long-standing relationships, educationally.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the presence of an academic medical center has benefited area hospitals, as well.<\/p>\n

While echoing the importance of the contributions made by area hospitals, former Associate Dean Dr. Carl \u201cFritz\u201d Hinz Jr., adds, \u201cIn time, they [community hospitals] profited from having residency programs under the aegis of the University. Specialties and subspecialties became stronger because of the University presence. This strengthened them in their role of providing high-quality care in the community. Ultimately, there was a symbiosis.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This story is the eighth of a multi-part series on the history of the Health Center. The entire series can be read at the Health Center\u2019s 50th Anniversary website. The UConn School of Medicine and area hospitals have always benefited from one another\u2019s existence. With the University\u2019s hospital so small, the medical school and its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[94,2074],"class_list":["post-43226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 12:54:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43226"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43231,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43226\/revisions\/43231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43226"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=43226"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=43226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}