Tomorrow's doctors are being trained right here in Central Texas. Combining real world clinical experience with quality, personalized instruction, medical residents are gaining the skills they need to build successful careers in medicine.
A 30-year agreement between the Seton Family of Hospitals and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston provides the foundation for the Graduate Medical Education program at Seton. The partnership between Austin's largest healthcare provider and the oldest medical school in Texas will expand the current graduate medical education program at Seton and facilitate the development of new specialty education opportunities in the area. UTMB currently has about 50 residents who do their clinical training in Austin.
Seton and UTMB are expecting to train more than 200 residents by 2010 which is good news for the Central Texas region, since most physicians practice in the area where they complete their residency. Now residents training in Austin will not only improve access to care in the present, but also will help to address the future health needs of the area’s growing population.
As part of the agreement, UTMB assumes sponsorship and management of all five graduate medical education programs at University Medical Center at Brackenridge over the next three years. These include obstetrics/gynecology, internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics and psychiatry.
News and Events
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Seton Associates Graduate from Medical Interpreting Training Program
July 23, 2008The Spanish Bilingual Assistants: Introduction to Medical Interpreting is a sixty-hour course designed to train bilingual health care workers to assist medical professionals in communicating with their Spanish-speaking patients and their families.
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While UMC Brackenridge Research Links Bicycle Helmets and Injury, Alcohol Use Determined More Dangerous
May 29, 2008Researchers at University Medical Center at Brackenridge,release the preliminary results of a year long study about bicycle helmets and injuries.
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First Major Medical Research Gathering held at the CEC at UMC Brackenridge
May 14, 2008More than 170 researchers and medical leaders came together in Austin recently to share ideas and research.
Seton is proud to have four hospitals – the only hospitals in Central Texas - that have earned the