2017 annual report - Florida State University College of Medicine

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A DECADE LATER: COLLEGE
OF MEDICINE ALUMNI
MEETING THE MISSION
When College of Medicine Dean John P. Fogarty
travels around the state meeting with interested
constituents, he often tells them: “This is a medical
school with wonderful stories to tell. Now we have the
numbers to back them up.”
Florida State graduated its first M.D.s in 2005. There
were 27 of them.
Fourteen of those M.D.s completed a residency
program in 2008 and entered practice – the first M.D.
alumni from Florida State to start providing patient care.
Ten years later, a clear portrait has emerged from the
numbers that (for good reason) are carefully tracked.
When Fogarty tells listeners the College of Medicine is
achieving his mission, he’s got numbers to back it up.
There may be no more important outcome measure for
a medical school to share than, “What kind of doctors
are you producing?”
You can read about that outcome measure for Florida
State on these pages. FSU medical alumni are caring
for patients throughout Florida and are practicing
in locations that historically struggled to recruit new
physicians. FSU doctors are in rural communities
(Apalachicola, Blountstown, Bonifay, Clermont,
Marianna and Quincy, to name just a few). They’re
working in hospitals that provide care for a large number
of uninsured, underinsured and otherwise medically
underserved patients (a few examples include
St. Vincent’s in Jacksonville, Jackson Health System in
Cutler Bay and Miami, and Florida Hospital in Orlando).
They’re practicing in a variety of specialties, and more
than half of them are concentrating on primary care – an
essential part of the college’s mission to be “responsive
to community needs.”
The College of Medicine carefully selects students
interested in our mission. It teaches them in a unique,
community-based medical education program designed
to foster mission-related outcomes.
Ten years after the first FSU physician entered practice,
it’s worth asking if the approach is working. Fogarty
certainly will tell you that it is, but here are the outcomes.
Decide for yourself.