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2017 annual report - Florida State University College of Medicine

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MEDICAL EDUCATION QUALITY<br />

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EXPANDING IN IMMOKALEE<br />

The Immokalee Health Education Site has grown by leaps and<br />

bounds. In <strong>2017</strong> students from all six regional campuses and the<br />

rural program completed rotations here in pediatrics, internal<br />

medicine, women’s health, family medicine, geriatrics, electives<br />

and Summer Clinical Practicum. Doctoring 3 had its first FSU<br />

graduate teach in the course. The Clinical Health Psychology<br />

Postdoctoral Program continued to place its graduates in <strong>Florida</strong><br />

and had its first fellow join the full-time faculty.<br />

Students for the undergraduate medical interpreter’s certificate<br />

completed their practicum, adding to the interpr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

training. The SSTRIDE inaugural class completed its first year<br />

with attendance and test scores above the county average.<br />

Expansion was completed for the new FSU Center for<br />

Child Stress & Health. The center received a $3 million grant<br />

from SAMHSA, becoming a site for the National Child<br />

Traumatic Stress Network focusing on rural children. The<br />

faculty partnered with the Geriatrics Department and the<br />

Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Partnership (GWEP)<br />

and <strong>of</strong>fered monthly Grand Rounds for our clinical training<br />

partner, Healthcare Network <strong>of</strong> Southwest <strong>Florida</strong> (HCN).<br />

Research endeavors grew via collaboration with the<br />

departments <strong>of</strong> Biomedical Sciences and Behavioral Sciences<br />

and Social <strong>Medicine</strong>. After Hurricane Irma hit, donations<br />

from all campuses poured in, and faculty and trainees were<br />

among the first to provide relief.<br />

The campus is now home to six full-time faculty, 15<br />

community faculty, four postdoc fellows and seven staff<br />

supporting the educational, clinical and research activities.<br />

Elena Reyes, Ph.D., regional director for Southwest <strong>Florida</strong>;<br />

med.fsu.edu/Immokalee<br />

Third-year student Ashley Kreher worked in Immokalee with<br />

Elena Reyes, left, to coordinate a women’s and children’s supply<br />

drive after Hurricane Irma.<br />

Among those recognized in <strong>2017</strong> for five years <strong>of</strong> teaching excellence<br />

was Robin Albritton (M.D., ’07), shown here with now-fourth-year<br />

student Jennifer Rowe. Albritton grew up in Marianna, trained there in<br />

his third year and returned to his hometown to practice and to teach.<br />

MARIANNA RURAL PROGRAM:<br />

DECADE OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE<br />

The Rural Training Program in Marianna observed its 10th<br />

anniversary with a community celebration honoring faculty,<br />

community members and our partner, Jackson Hospital.<br />

Eight faculty physicians received 10-year teaching awards, and<br />

nine received five-year awards. Special presentations thanked<br />

Rosie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. John Trott and Pat Crisp for their<br />

tireless support <strong>of</strong> our students. The celebration was also<br />

a time to bid farewell to Larry Meese as CEO <strong>of</strong> Jackson<br />

Hospital, and welcome new CEO Jim Platt.<br />

May marked the graduation <strong>of</strong> Blake Davis, Rachel<br />

Rackard and Whitney Whitfield. They were the first students<br />

to participate in the transition from the traditional third-year block<br />

rotations to the Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) model.<br />

Each student performed exceedingly well in the new model and<br />

matched with their first choice <strong>of</strong> residency programs.<br />

This year also marked the potential expansion <strong>of</strong> our rural<br />

medical education. Thanks to the efforts <strong>of</strong> Orlando Campus<br />

Dean Mike Muszynski, Citrus County (Crystal River) has<br />

become interested in partnering with the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />

to provide a new rural training site in Central <strong>Florida</strong>. Much<br />

work remains, but this promises to be a positive step.<br />

Anthony C. Speights, M.D., director <strong>of</strong> rural medical education;<br />

med.fsu.edu/marianna

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