For over a century, UM Health-Sparrow and Michigan State University have partnered to educate the next generation of health care providers in mid-Michigan. In 2010, that long and fruitful relationship was cemented with the signing of an affiliation agreement that expands research, medical education and clinical services, while attracting physician specialists and nurses to address the state’s looming shortages of health-care professionals.
Lansing has longstanding partnerships with MSU’s College of Human Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine and College of Nursing. The MSU-UM Health-Sparrow affiliation strengthens these programs through the formation of a Joint Academic Enterprise Committee to guide the implementation of key research, education and service collaborations.
UM Health-Sparrow serves as the clinical center for 20 residency programs offered in collaboration with MSU:
Our affiliation agreement was expanded in 2012 with the creation of the Center for Innovation and Research. MSU and UM Health-Sparrow researchers at the Center will seek new methods to continuously improve care and deliver Patient-centered, evidence-based best practices. For more information, click here.
Nursing education has been offered at Michigan State University since 1925, when a five-year program was instituted jointly between the School of Home Economics and the UM Health-Sparrow Hospital School of Nursing (1899-1961). Today, UM Health-Sparrow Hospital continues to serve as a clinical center for the training of MSU nursing students.