teaching hospital

American

noun

a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.

teaching hospital British

noun

a hospital that is affiliated to a medical school and provides the students with teaching and supervised practical experience

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The Pitt is a teaching hospital where the residents learn lessons medical schools don’t teach.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025

The Seattle Times this month published a story in Pacific NW magazine about WSU-CVM’s teaching hospital.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024

On the first day of this strike, I went to a major teaching hospital to find out how it planned to cope in the days ahead.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024

Because I had given birth in a teaching hospital, a resident tried the procedure to stop the bleeding first.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023

The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world, a place where the sick were treated and young doctors learned their craft, as well as a fine ob- servatory to track the heavens.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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