Education
The trust is a joint venture partner in University of East Anglia’s School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, including undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. A five-year MB/BS programme began in September 2002 with an intake of over 160 students a year.
There are strong links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) centred in the medical school with the appointment of Chairs in Primary Care, Education, Epidemiology, Cancer Studies. The medical school has close links with Health Economics, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Epidemiology, and the School of Biological Sciences where there is a Chair in Cancer Studies.
The trust is also home to the Norwich Radiology Academy one of only three national Radiology training centres established jointly by the Department of Health and Royal College of Radiologists.
The UEA School of Nursing and Midwifery’s Edith Cavell building on the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital campus opened in 2006. This provides teaching facilities for Nursing and Midwifery education.
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