Transforming hospital into teaching facility a complex process

The creation of a residency program at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas illustrates the exacting nature of physician training, and the complexity and precision required to turn a community hospital into a teaching institution. Officials at MountainView and the University of Nevada School of Medicine are creating new educational and research programs to allow for the training of 150 residents per year. Converting MountainView into a teaching hospital gives the facility cachet and prestige, but accreditation takes years of effort. Here are the key numbers: Officials went public with the project in June. The first residents won't have their surgical booties on the ground until June 2016. The programs will not reach their target goal of 150 residents until 2019.