University of Florida
Health Science Center’s
Jacksonville Campus
The Center for Simulation Education and Safety Research is one of the
largest medical simulation centers in the country.
University of Florida
Health Science Center’s
Jacksonville Campus
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Just north of Downtown Jacksonville lies the regional campus of the
University of Florida — the UF Health Science Center Jacksonville.
Its facilities intertwined within UF Health Jacksonville’s hospital and
outpatient buildings, the Health Science Center includes the UF
colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. Similar to its sibling
campus in Gainesville, the Health Science Center in Jacksonville
also includes a full UF library, dedicated clinical research facilities
and a medical simulation laboratory.
About 450 faculty members and 16 clinical departments comprise
the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville. More than 370 UF
medical residents and fellows train in Jacksonville in one of 44
medical specialty or subspecialty programs. Residencies and
fellowships are the final stages of a physician’s training before
going into practice.
In addition, third- and fourth-year medical students from UF’s main
campus in Gainesville complete rotations at UF Health facilities
in Jacksonville. Under the supervision of a physician, this allows
medical students to have hands-on training in the fundamentals
of patient care through multiple medical specialties, helping
students select their future fields of practice.
RESEARCH
In addition to patient care and education, research is the third
pillar of academic medicine. Physicians and residents at the
UF Health Science Center Jacksonville have completed more
than 550 clinical research studies, with community-based,
patient-centered projects often a major focus. The campus
received $21.5 million in research funding in 2016, with 72
percent of that money from federal sources like the National
Institutes of Health. Over the past four years, total external
funding has increased by 40 percent.
COLLEGE OF NURSING
The Jacksonville campus of the UF College of Nursing offers
an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing for people
who already hold a bachelor’s degree in another field.
While the college has Jacksonville faculty, it also employs
modern communications technology to offer interactive
teleconferenced seminars from the Gainesville campus.
Differentiating the college from other nursing schools in the
area, UF nursing students regularly work alongside pharmacy
students and medical residents in simulation scenarios aimed
at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication
and interprofessional teamwork skills.
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
The UF College of Pharmacy is ranked as the No. 1 pharmacy
college in the state by U.S. News & World Report. The college
features preeminent researchers who are leading major
medical breakthroughs in areas such as drug discovery and
development, pharmacometrics and systems pharmacology,
and precision medicine.
In 2017, the college welcomed
271 students into the professional
PharmD program. Of that group, 51
enrolled at the Jacksonville campus.
Students enjoy small class sizes
that allow them to build quality
relationships with professors and
classmates, as well as take advantage
of leadership opportunities.
Leon L. Haley Jr.,
“We are fortunate to have renowned
faculty physicians and research
experts among the hundreds of
dedicated personnel on our campus,” said Leon L. Haley Jr.,
MD, MHSA, CPE, FACEP, dean of the UF College of Medicine
– Jacksonville. “While providing exceptional patient care and
forging new discovery, they help ensure our trainees and
students receive all the support and resources they need
and ultimately have an educational experience that is second
to none.”
Dean of the UF College of
Medicine – Jacksonville