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FORT PIERCE: SHARPENING
THEIR FOCUS
The College of Medicine was built around the idea of
community medicine, so much of what happens at each Backus Museum and Gallery in Fort Pierce and learned how
regional campus revolves around the community. “visual thinking strategies” apply to patient care. “To the roar
For example, Sheriff Ken Mascara, a former chiropractor,
DAYTONA BEACH: ‘SHAPING
THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE’
participated in an exercise of musical chairs, to demonstrate
Bayshore Elementary in Port St. Lucie. M.D. and PA the importance of focus. The lesson: ‘A wealth of information
students provided weight and height assessments to over creates a poverty of attention. Learn to master your attention
150 participants. Students also collected donations after and you will be in command of where you focus.”
International in Fort Pierce. In addition, students collected
first physician assistant class, was responding to a significant school supplies for the PACE Center for Girls in Fort Pierce,
social problem. The third- and fourth-year students helped the answering their questions regarding careers in medicine.
Volusia County Medical Society host an event on physician
“We also were reminded how much our communities
death by suicide. Among the participants were Pamela Wible, appreciate our students,” said Campus Dean Juliette
a physician and nationally recognized speaker on the topic; Lomax-Homier. “We were invited to the Treasure Coast
Clay Wittman, whose son Matt died by suicide when he was an Indo-American Physicians Annual Meeting, where they
FSU medical student; Delicia Haynes, a family physician on presented $2,000 to two students in need – to defray the
the Daytona Beach clinical faculty with experience in medical costs of interview travel. The Medical Executive Committee
student and physician depression; and a nurse whose physician of Lawnwood Medical Center directed a similar amount to
employer died by suicide. The event fostered excellent dialogue. two students who attended high school here on the Treasure
“We continue to see the fruits of our labors with the addition
of our alumni to our medical community,” said Campus Dean
Coast.”
Community Board member Vernon Smith, who owns a
Luckey Dunn. “We now have over 200 alumni who have passed radio station, let the students discuss a health item on the air
through this campus, and 15 alumni who are practicing in our area. – and, just like that, “Medical Minute” was born. Morning
“We concluded 2019 with the graduation of the PA Class
of 2019. We look forward to the arrival of the PA Class of
2020, the graduation of the M.D. Class of 2020 and the
arrival of the M.D. Class of 2022. What an honor it is to
shape the future of medicine in Volusia County and beyond.”
of their classmates,” Lomax-Homier said, “a few brave souls
invited the campus to provide pediatric assessments at
Hurricane Dorian and delivered them to Missionary Flights
One of the highlights of 2019, in addition to welcoming the
Finally, on a lighter note: The students took a trip to the
host Larry McKay coached the students on succinctly
presenting information in 55-second sound bites.