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EXPANDING IN IMMOKALEE
The Immokalee Health Education Site has grown by leaps and bounds. In 2017 students from all six regional campuses and the rural program completed rotations here in pediatrics, internal medicine, women’ s health, family medicine, geriatrics, electives and Summer Clinical Practicum. Doctoring 3 had its first FSU graduate teach in the course. The Clinical Health Psychology Postdoctoral Program continued to place its graduates in Florida and had its first fellow join the full-time faculty. Students for the undergraduate medical interpreter’ s certificate completed their practicum, adding to the interprofessional training. The SSTRIDE inaugural class completed its first year with attendance and test scores above the county average. Expansion was completed for the new FSU Center for Child Stress & Health. The center received a $ 3 million grant from SAMHSA, becoming a site for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network focusing on rural children. The faculty partnered with the Geriatrics Department and the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Partnership( GWEP) and offered monthly Grand Rounds for our clinical training partner, Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida( HCN). Research endeavors grew via collaboration with the departments of Biomedical Sciences and Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine. After Hurricane Irma hit, donations from all campuses poured in, and faculty and trainees were among the first to provide relief. The campus is now home to six full-time faculty, 15 community faculty, four postdoc fellows and seven staff supporting the educational, clinical and research activities. Elena Reyes, Ph. D., regional director for Southwest Florida; med. fsu. edu / Immokalee
Third-year student Ashley Kreher worked in Immokalee with Elena Reyes, left, to coordinate a women’ s and children’ s supply drive after Hurricane Irma.
Among those recognized in 2017 for five years of teaching excellence was Robin Albritton( M. D.,’ 07), shown here with now-fourth-year student Jennifer Rowe. Albritton grew up in Marianna, trained there in his third year and returned to his hometown to practice and to teach.
MARIANNA RURAL PROGRAM: DECADE OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE
The Rural Training Program in Marianna observed its 10th anniversary with a community celebration honoring faculty, community members and our partner, Jackson Hospital. Eight faculty physicians received 10-year teaching awards, and nine received five-year awards. Special presentations thanked Rosie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. John Trott and Pat Crisp for their tireless support of our students. The celebration was also a time to bid farewell to Larry Meese as CEO of Jackson Hospital, and welcome new CEO Jim Platt. May marked the graduation of Blake Davis, Rachel Rackard and Whitney Whitfield. They were the first students to participate in the transition from the traditional third-year block rotations to the Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship( LIC) model. Each student performed exceedingly well in the new model and matched with their first choice of residency programs. This year also marked the potential expansion of our rural medical education. Thanks to the efforts of Orlando Campus Dean Mike Muszynski, Citrus County( Crystal River) has become interested in partnering with the College of Medicine to provide a new rural training site in Central Florida. Much work remains, but this promises to be a positive step.
Anthony C. Speights, M. D., director of rural medical education; med. fsu. edu / marianna