CCBD: Education
A fundamental mission of an academic medical center is the education of future physicians. The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders incorporates training initiatives into every aspect of its clinical care and research activities.
The CCBD has been on the forefront of clinical education and is the first pediatric subspecialty service at Children's Medical Center Dallas to designate divisional education coordinators who oversee all levels of medical education for medical students and pediatric residents and act as course directors for the pediatric hematology-oncology CME course co-sponsored by UT Southwestern and Children's each October.
UT Southwestern also has developed a highly respected pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship training program, designed to prepare pediatricians for the unique challenges involved in caring for children with cancer and non-malignant blood disorders such as hemophilia and sickle cell anemia.
