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Naval Hospital Corps School
| Hospital Corps School, Great
Lakes, Illinois was one of the first two schools established at the
Naval Training Center, Great Lakes. It opened in Jan 1917, one month
before World War I. There were only twenty Hospital Apprentices in the
first class. The enrollment quickly increased to three hundred
Hospital Apprentices in April 1917 and grew to 2000 by August 1918. In 1941, enrollment expanded to meet World War II needs. In 1974, the present buildings were opened with an expansion of classrooms and office spaces completed in 1990. Additional barracks’ opened in 1993 and 1998. A laboratory training wing is due to open in September of 2000. The curriculum has varied in length and composition over the years. Currently, the course is fourteen weeks in length and includes medical fundamentals, emergency medical procedures, nursing procedures, general military training and health promotion topics. Additionally, students have two weeks practical experience in “hands on” nursing care before graduation. |