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Mayo Clinic has been educating allied health caregivers for more
than 100 years.
The following highlights illustrate many events that have contributed
to Mayo’s development as a leader in health sciences education:
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- William Worrell Mayo emigrated from England
and eventually became a family doctor in southern Minnesota. Two
of his five children attended medical school and returned to join
his practice. They pioneered the concept of a medical team working
together, now known as group practice.
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| 1883 |
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- A tornado devastated Rochester. Dr. W.W. Mayo
joined the Sisters of Saint Francis to care for the injured. From
this collaboration came Saint Marys Hospital – now one of
the largest teaching hospitals in the world.
- Mayo’s first health-sciences professional
– Edith Graham Mayo – was trained as a nurse anesthetist
in 1889.
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| 1920 - 1930 |
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- In 1906, Saint Marys Hospital Training
School for Nurses was founded. The Colonial Hospital Training
School for Nurses was established in 1918. While neither
school exists today, Mayo offers many nursing clinical,
advanced and continuing education programs. A training program
in dietetics was also started.
- Doctors from throughout the world began to travel
to Rochester to learn the innovative approaches to medical practice
and surgery being developed by William and Charles Mayo –
the Mayo brothers.
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| 1930 -1960 |
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- In 1936, the Mayo Physical Therapy Program was
established, setting the standard for education in its field.
Programs in clinical pastoral education and medical social service
were begun to address patient care needs.
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| 1960 - 1980 |
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- Health care underwent major transformations in
clinical practice and technology leading to creation of Mayo programs
in cytotechnology, nuclear medicine technology, occupational therapy,
pharmacy services, recreational therapy, respiratory therapy and
surgical technology.
- In 1972, Mayo Medical School opened the doors
to its first class of students.
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| 1980 - 2000 |
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- Changes in health-care delivery led to new programs
in medical laboratory technology, clinical neurophysiology, radiation
therapy, radiography and diagnostic medical sonography.
- In 1984, the Minnesota Higher Education Board
approved Mayo Clinic as a degree-granting institution for M.D.
and Ph.D. degrees.
- The Nurse Practitioner Program, offered in partnership
with Winona State University,
was launched in 1994.
- MSHS marked its 25th anniversary in 1998 with
the creation of the Mayo School of Health Sciences Alumni Association.
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| 2003 |
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- Mayo School of Health
Sciences flourishes as a leading provider of
undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate health sciences
education.
- The name "Mayo Clinic College
of Medicine" is introduced to represent the far-reaching
education and research programs at all three Mayo Clinic
campuses.
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