A teaching hospital is a hospital which provides medical training to medical students and residents. Medical students typically spend two to three years in a teaching hospital doing clinical training, after completing their preclinical training in the medical school of a university. Residents (also called "registrars" in the United Kingdom, Australasia and South Africa) are physicians who have completed medical school and are enrolled in speciality training.
Teaching hospitals often have strong links with a nearby medical school and its associated university (such as Addenbrooke's Hospital with the medical school of Cambridge University and Groote Schuur Hospital with the University of Cape Town). A university-affiliated or university-owned hospital is sometimes known as a university hospital.

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The American television shows Chicago Hope, ER, Scrubs, House, and Grey's Anatomy all take place in teaching hospitals (Chicago Hope Hospital, County General Hospital, Sacred Heart, Princeton-Plainsboro, and Seattle Grace, respectively).