I wrote some time ago that UT was rumored to be planning a medical school in Austin.  Well, we seem to be getting closer and closer to an announcement.  There are four possible locations for the medical school and many people in Austin are endorsing it.  UT is a huge school and Austin is a large city.  Having a medical school here makes a lot of sense.  Researchers at UT are salivating about the idea of a medical school close to campus.  City officials are probably pretty excited about the jobs a medical school would bring, both during the time of construction and actual employees at the school.

Both Seton and Brackenridge Hospitals would probably like to see a UT medical school here.  Brackenridge is the only Level II Trauma Center in the Austin area.  The closest Level I Trauma Centers to Austin are in San Antonio and surprisingly at Scott and White in Killeen.  Seton, which does a lot of teaching, operates the University Medical Center at Brackenridge.  UT Austin opening a medical school could help raise the Trauma Center at Brackenridge to a Level I.  A Level I Trauma Center is able to provide the highest level of emergency care of any hospital.

Another medical school was talked about recently in the Austin news.  Round Rock is supposedly going to get a Texas A&M medcial school program.  Scott & White already has a partnership with A&M.  A new Scott & White hospital was built in Round Rock just east if IH 35 recently and would be a great place to put students for practical work.