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		The Harvard Medical Community The Harvard medical community is a complex group of schools, hospitals and research institutions in which the Harvard University Faculty of Medicine conduct research, educate future physicians and scientists, and provide state-of-the-art patient care. The Harvard Faculty of Medicine work at the 1906 marble quadrangle that houses the administration of Harvard Medical School and six basic science departments and two social science and policy departments. The faculty also work in an additional 42 clinical departments based at the 17 affiliated hospitals and research institutions that are connected through the charter of the Harvard Medical Center. The faculty also work at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in a building adjoining the quadrangle. Each of the institutions maintains various degrees of autonomy, though a number are now linked through two large health care systems Partners and CareGroup, and all come together for the academic missions of teaching and research. This far-flung faculty produces an incredible depth and breadth in its ability to conduct cutting-edge research and to create innovations in medical education, with basic and clinical research and education occurring at most sites.
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