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VA, medical school affiliations shape health care<\/h1>\n

Celebrating 70 years of academic affiliations<\/h2>\n

Click here<\/a><\/strong> to watch a video.<\/p>\n

Dr. Karen Sanders, a long-time VA physician and deputy director of the department\u2019s Office of Academic Affiliations, plays a large role in how the partnerships between VA and the nation\u2019s medical school have developed and served Veterans for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe VA has a huge training mission right now,\u201d Sanders explains in the video above.\u00a0 Through the Office of Academic Affiliations, VA operates the largest largest health professions education program in the United States, including nearly 120,000 trainees annually in more than 40 different health professions.<\/p>\n

Sanders\u2019 first experience at the VA was as a medical student and it was an experience that changed her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI walked into the VA in Providence, Rhode Island,\u201d Sanders recalled. \u201cThey handed me a stack of cards, like 20 cards, and said \u2018These are your patients, Doctor.\u2019\u00a0 That\u2019s how I started in the VA. And here I am 30 some odd years later.\u00a0 I was hooked.\u00a0 I was hooked on Veterans. I was hooked on the VA system. I was hooked on the care we provided. I was hooked on the ability to teach and train and do research.\u201d<\/p>\n

VA\u2019s academic affiliations strengthen VA\u2019s healthcare systems, provide training for the nation\u2019s healthcare workforce, and prepare many for healthcare careers. VA\u2019s Office of Academic Affiliations continues to maintain and expand close relationships with institutions of higher learning to provide advanced clinical training in physician education, nursing, dentistry, psychology, social work, optometry, dietetics and nearly 40 other health care professions.<\/p>\n

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Author<\/h4>\n

Ken McKinnon<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n

Ken McKinnon is the video team leader on VA’s Digital Media Engagement team. He has a 45-year career in journalism and government service, 13 years with Florida newspapers, 10 as a press and communications director on Capitol Hill, and 22 with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs. He is the proud son of a career Marine Master Sergeant who served in World War II and the Korean War.<\/p>\n

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