Graduate Medical Education

Overview

Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University was established for the purpose of providing physicians and medical care to the people in the surrounding regions. Quillen College of Medicine is a publicly supported academic institution dedicated to excellence in medical care, biomedical research and health education. Graduate Medical Education (GME) plays a crucial role in obtaining these goals.

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Welcome

• Video Transcript: Quillen College of Medicine - Graduate Medical Education Introduction

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  [Speaker: Dr. Reid Blackwelder]
  Hello, I'm Reid Blackwelder, the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education here at the Quillen College of Medicine. It's another gorgeous day here in Northeast Tennessee. We're located in Johnson City, in the heart of the Appalachian Highlands. We're surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains and enjoy four full seasons and lots of fantastic outdoor activities, and we train outstanding Physicians.

  I'd like to introduce you to our residencies and our fellowships. In addition, there are Links at the bottom of the page that will give you additional useful information about our programs.

  The Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University is a publicly supported institution dedicated to the highest quality in medical education, biomedical research ,and health care to the region.

  Graduate medical education plays a crucial role in meeting these goals. Many of our residents fall in love with the area and choose to stay after finishing their training. However, our graduates can also be found improving lives across the country and around the globe.

  Our leadership and faculty are passionate about our mission and are actively involved in providing the best graduate medical education for residents and fellows.

  Quillen has 16 training programs ranging from Family Medicine to orthopedic surgery.

  Our residents and fellows rotate at the four major hospitals within the Ballad and VA systems, Johnson City Medical Center, Nicewonger Children's Hospital, Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport, and Bristol Regional Medical Center, as well as in numerous outpatient offices.

  Thank you for your interest in our residencies and our fellowships. I encourage you to explore the links in the navigation to get more details about all of our programs. We look forward to talking with you more soon.

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Quillen College of Medicine endeavors to meet community and regional needs. This effort includes identifying, creating and establishing excellent programs to accommodate those needs, and providing full support, with the comitment by the Sponsoring Institution, for the administrative, educational, financial, human and clinical resources, so to meet those needs in the future.

Our residency and fellowship programs are key in the education of medical students and the research activities of the institution by providing service, creating teaching and educational opportunities for the area, and ultimately improving the health care in northeast Tennessee and the surrounding Appalachian region.

The mission of the Office of Graduate Medical Education programs, and supported by our Sponsoring Institution are::

• To provide excellent training for both primary and specialist physicians, with emphasis on training primary care physicians to serve the rural environment;
• To promote an academic environment that nurtures both research and scholarly activity at both the resident and faculty level;
• To strengthen public/private partnerships with surrounding healthcare related institutions;
• To enhance delivery of patient care services to our region;
• To gain recognition by both the region's public and professional community as the center for excellent healthcare delivery and research in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia.