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Some have asked us why the name "MedRounds"? Students at The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine are taught that the first hospital rooms were built in a circular arrangement within the famous Hopkins Dome. Johns Hopkins was the first medical school to require a four year college degree before matriculation and implemented the first post-graduate residency training program for physicians. When the medical students and residents followed their attending physicians during teaching rounds, they walked from bed to bed, in a circular fashion. Hence, the term "medical rounds" and "teaching rounds" have been used synonymously with medical education for over 100 years.
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