FA L L 2019, V OL . 15, ISSU E 1
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A medical home
by Ron Hartung
The College of Medicine’s mission to be “responsive to
community needs” and a teaching model espousing team-
based medicine have come to life in a new primary-care health
center in southwest Tallahassee. FSU PrimaryHealth is part
medical practice and part classroom – just as it was intended.
Alumni thriving in fast-growing practice
by Ron Hartung
Adam Langley and Gary Visser were exercise physiology
majors at Florida State, attended medical school together and
graduated from the same residency program. Naturally, they
decided to start a new medical practice – together.
The ageless anatomy instructor
by Ron Hartung
The first big hurdle for new medical students comes in the
anatomy lab, where visions of practicing medicine meet
the cold reality of a mentally, emotionally and physically
demanding profession. No wonder FSU medical students
take comfort in a kind, compassionate – and slightly older
– anatomy professor who shares copious amounts of both
wisdom and encouragement.
headlines
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Science, People and Places
rounds
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Checking up on our alumni
first person
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“Every minute that I was
captured, I thought about being
a physician.”
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FSU PrimaryHealth, the College of
Medicine’s new primary-care health
center, provides an ideal opportunity for
the clinical exam room to double as a
classroom where M.D. and PA students
can see what patient-centered care looks
like. Joedrecka Brown Speights (seated,
center) is one of many faculty physicians
who teach while providing patient care.
Photo:
Colin Hackley
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