MEDICAL EDUCATION QUALITY
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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