UMass Chan Medical School Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing Begins First Intake

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, 1986 - First class of 30 students matriculates. Over the decades, the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing program would incorporate the benefit of simulation methods including task trainers, manikins and standardized patients into its curriculum. By 2020, UMass Chan Medical School's Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing program sits among the top 1% of public nursing programs nationwide in the U.S..

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UMass Chan Medical School. A Leader in Service and Learning - SoutteReview - Newsletter of the Lamar Soutter Library. Issue 35, Spring 2011. Accessible online at https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/112667/ocm39025566-35.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

UMass Chan Medical School - Lamar Soutter Library - Office of Medical History and Archives. Historial Timeline of UMass Chan Medical School. Accessible online at https://library.umassmed.edu/omha/umms_timeline/

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