Educational resources and services
The five health sciences schools and the Massey Cancer Center are integral to VCU’s overall mission. Collectively, these units serve the needs of the citizens of Virginia for:
- Transmission of knowledge related to health services.
- Continuity in the supply of health care professionals.
- Accessibility to comprehensive and quality health care services.
- Development and dissemination of new knowledge for the advancement of the health sciences.
VCU Health Sciences is committed to educational programs directed toward meeting the state’s health needs. Programs are dedicated to maintaining and updating the competency of health professionals as well as preparing graduates to enter the health professions. Educational programs are supported by several academic disciplines, the teaching hospital, carefully selected off-campus health facilities and an institutional commitment to effective teaching.
The VCU Medical Center also is committed to a comprehensive program of patient care: to demonstrate excellence in practice as a model for students, to provide a base of study designed to improve patient care, to meet the needs of patients in its hospital’s service area and to offer highly specialized services in clinical areas of demonstrated expertise.
The research programs are designed to develop new knowledge in areas ranging from the molecular level through clinical procedures to health care delivery and outcomes. Their goal is to serve as a model for students in the spirit of inquiry and the application of the scientific process to patient care and to focus interdisciplinary efforts on problems amenable to the scientific approach.
