Office of Academic Affiliations

The 2021 Minority Summit will highlight VA clinical training opportunities, scholarships, loan programs and research grants. It aims to explore ideas and strategies to increase the diversity of VA’s health workforce.

Student Nurse Day honors student nurses, approximately 25,000 of whom train at VA each year. Registered nurse and nurse practitioner residents are critical to VA and nation’s nursing workforce.

In the latest edition of the Standing Ready podcast, Dr. Murray Levin recalls his early days in the 1950s as a medical school resident in a VA hospital and shares his insights about the partnership between Northwestern and the VA during his time there.

VA proudly joins other federal agencies recognizing National Minority Health Month. Time to raise awareness about the health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minority populations.

VA - the nation’s largest education and training platform for health professionals - nearly 70% of all U.S. physicians at some point in their careers. Nearly 75,000 medical students and residents.

Navy Veteran Gabriel Carrillo enlisted fellow medical students to help vaccinate thousands of Veterans during Durham VA’s vaccine blitz – all while pursuing his medical and law degrees at Duke University.

Policy Memorandum Number 2, signed Jan, 30, 1946, provided the legal basis for affiliations between VA and the nation’s medical schools, launching a long tradition of collaborative partnerships.

VA’s affiliations with the medical education community result in training [...]

It’s our mission to train and educate the next generation [...]