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23, 2003 | The geriatrics program at the
University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences has moved from #10 to #9 in the
annual ranking by the news magazine U.S.
News and World Report,
while the master’s degree program in the
UAMS College of Nursing also moved up
significantly for the second year in a
row.
“The annual rankings by U.S. News and
World Report are a good indicator of
how our peers regard us. We’re pleased
that our geriatrics and nursing programs
are so highly-regarded, since they are
essential to our mission of promoting
excellent hometown health care in Arkansas
while fostering basic and applied
research,” UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd
Wilson, M.D., said.
Ranked in the top 10 along with Johns
Hopkins, Duke, and Harvard Universities,
the Donald
W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
in the UAMS College of Medicine is one of
the only academic medical departments in
the nation dedicated to the care of senior
citizens. David A. Lipschitz, M.D., Ph.D.,
is director of the department and the
related Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging
at UAMS.
“We are pleased that our colleagues and
medical schools around the country
recognize that we are continuing to
strengthen our program. Our appointment of
Jeanne Yichen Wei, M.D., Ph.D., formerly
of Harvard Medical School, as executive
vice chair of the department and the
ongoing major support of the Donald W.
Reynolds Foundation have helped us
continue to grow,” Dr. Lipschitz said.
The nursing degree program moved from 46th
to 39th in the most recent
ranking, and shot up from 65th
to 46th last year. Dean Linda
C. Hodges, Ed.D., of the UAMS College
of Nursing commented, “Coming at
the same time as the college’s 50th
anniversary, this ranking is a wonderful
reminder that while we are dedicated to
filling the nursing workforce in
communities across Arkansas, our research
and innovative educational programs also
have earned the respect of our peers
across the nation.”
The College of Nursing fosters research
and advanced nursing education in
geriatric care through the Hartford Center
of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. The
college has been a leader in helping
working nurses complete bachelor’s
degrees in nursing through Internet-based
courses.
The ranking by U.S. News is based
on a survey of the 125 accredited medical
schools in the U.S. as well as 19 schools
of osteopathic medicine.
Deans and senior faculty members at
117 schools responded to the survey,
listing up to 10 top programs in various
specialties including women’s health,
rural medicine, and pediatrics. |
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