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USSTRIDE QUICK FACTS

The College of Medicine also has been able to track 480 participants in the university-level SSTRIDE program ( USSTRIDE ). The program accepts a total of 50 college students a year from FSU , Florida A & M University and Tallahassee Community College , as well as students who have graduated from college and are interested in applying to medical school , and those who are working in rural , minority or medically underserved communities . USSTRIDE students receive an intensive clinical training experience , an externship , an opportunity to be employed in a physician ’ s office or clinic for uninsured patients , and serve as mentors for SSTRIDE students .

480 participants

tracked through 2019

60 % went on to attend medical school

60.7 % attended Florida State University College of Medicine

22.9 % attended graduate school

93.7 % chose science , math or a major related to healthcare in graduate school

206 participants

who were tracked through the completion of medical school

61.2 % were accepted into a primary-care residency program

111 participants

who became practicing physicians were tracked

41.4 % practicing in underserved areas

45 % practicing in Florida

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