Stanford Medical school is a part of Stanford University and is placed at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California, next to Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Medical school ( or Cooper Medical College as it was firstly named) was started in San Francisco, California and then in 1959 it moved to the Stanford Campus. The institution has one of the lowest student-faculty ratios. Students have classes in small groups, which makes the school even more attractive. Students of Stanford Medical school are in charge of two free clinics: Arbor Free Clinic in Menlo Park and Pacific Free Clinic in San Jose. They also perform various translational and biomedical research which is a result of adoption of new methods, discoveries and interventions by the curriculum. The main target of the new curriculum in 2003 is to emphasize on research, investigation, and self-direction.
The mission of Stanford Medical school is to become a leading research-intensive center that improves health due to leadership and joint discoveries and providing new technologies into medical care, education and research. The school received two Nobel prizes only in the past year, which proves the high level of intellectual exploration at the school.
When it comes to ranking, the school is always among the leading ones. Due to given opportunities for student investigations students apply for a number of grants and scholarships in the sphere of research. On the basis of medical school survey, in 2007 Stanford got the 7th position for research
Dwelling on the history of the School, it is worth mentioning that in 1908, the Cooper Medical College in San Francisco, CA became an official institution of Stanford University. The school grew in its size and received better for providing cutting edge clinical care. In the 1950’s, the Stanford Board of Trustees arrived at a decision to move the school in Palo Alto. After that event medical students made major contributions to clinical and basic science, rising the reputation of Stanford international to a world level.
In the 1980’s the Medical School started to expand in size. A new clinic, which included 20 new operating rooms was built in in 1989. The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital was started in 1991. These a lot of other constructions More construction is underway now to bring new teaching and clinical opportunities. The Clark Center houses, which were recently finished also serve to the development of the research at the University, which is carried due to innovation.