teaching hospital

noun

|Updated on: 30 Jun 2018

Definition of teaching hospital

: a hospital that is affiliated with a medical school and provides means for medical education

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Recent Examples of teaching hospital from the Web

West Suburban Medical Center is a 234-bed teaching hospital located on Oak Park’s border with Chicago, and employs more than 300 physician specialists.

— steve schering, chicagotribune.com, "OPRF Chamber leader to join West Suburban hospital board," 8 June 2018
Recognizing that teaching hospitals present specific challenges for patient safety, the leading medical education accreditation group has stepped up its oversight policies.

— max blau, STAT, "The next generation of doctors may be learning bad habits at teaching hospitals with many safety violations," 20 Apr. 2018
Le Monastère des Augustines, Quebec City, Canada A sleek spot to stay in the middle of Old Quebec City, this hotel occupies a wing of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec teaching hospital (built in 1639), the first on the continent, north of Mexico.

— alice newell-hanson, Condé Nast Traveler, "19 Hotels That Used to Be Churches, Temples, and More," 29 Mar. 2018
MacNeal, a 374-bed teaching hospital with more than 550 medical staff members, is now part of a regional nonprofit Catholic health system that includes Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood and Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park.

— alexia elejalde-ruiz, chicagotribune.com, "Loyola completes purchase of Berwyn's MacNeal Hospital; Presence gets absorbed by Amita Health," 2 Mar. 2018
Last year the penalty was levied on nearly half of the nation’s teaching hospitals.

— jordan rau, Washington Post, "Medicare Penalizes Group Of 751 Hospitals For Patient Injuries," 21 Dec. 2017

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First Known Use of teaching hospital

1933

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TEACHING HOSPITAL Defined for English Language Learners

teaching hospital

noun

Definition of teaching hospital for English Language Learners

: a hospital where people who are training to become doctors work and learn

Medical Dictionary

teaching hospital

noun teach·ing hospital \ ˈtē-chiŋ- \

medical Definition of teaching hospital

: a hospital that is affiliated with a medical school and provides the means for medical education to students, interns, residents, and sometimes postgraduates