University of Tennessee Medical Center
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine (UTGSM) oversees residency and medical student education at UTMC.[2] UTMC first opened its doors on August 7, 1956, as the University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital.By the 1960s, the hospital acquired more facilities for research, patient care, and residency training.In 1971 the UT Board of Trustees allowed 20 senior medical students from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine to train at UTMC.Additionally, UTGSM provides clinical clerkship rotations and electives at UTMC for third and fourth year medical students of UT College of Medicine in Memphis.