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OPENING SOON: HEALTH CARE BY
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE FACULTY
People who teach – and other news
FSU PrimaryHealth is on schedule to open its new
primary-care clinic in southwest Tallahassee this spring.
reflecting the quality of the medical
Faculty physicians began seeing pediatric patients in a
education provided for students at
temporary location at Sabal Palm Elementary School in the
The new clinic will be staffed by a team of FSU College
PA PROGRAM ENTERS NEXT PHASE
Students in the inaugural class of the College of Medicine s
School of Physician Assistant Practice began their clinical
months at the main campus in
practitioners. Medical and PA students will gain clinical is president-elect of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians.
experience under their supervision.
Among the faculty who will see patients at the clinic are
M.D.,
, assistant professor of family medicine and rural
health Mary Norton M.D.,
the regional campus locations, where they are learning under clinical sciences and Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews M.D.,
among
. They were
students chosen from among more than ,
applicants. Perhaps more significant, more than half of the
class members come from small towns fewer than
,
residents . The college s hope is that many will choose to
return and practice in Florida communities where they are
needed the most.
The third class, and each class thereafter, will include the
maximum enrollment of
, assistant professor of
, assistant professor of family medicine and rural health.
The class will graduate in December. The program s second
. That class begins studies in August.
Norton is a board-certified pediatrician, while Alexander and
Hogans-Mathews are board-certified family physicians. Alexander
Tallahassee, the students will spend a full year based at one of
the direction of faculty physicians and PAs.
Shermeeka
Hogans-Mathews
of Medicine physicians, physician assistants and nurse
three College of Medicine alumni Christie Alexander
training in regional campus communities in January.
class will begin clinical training in January
Mary Norton
fall and will be relocating to the new building soon.
the College of Medicine
After spending their first
Christie Alexander
This center will allow our faculty and students to help
address the many health-care needs of the area in line
with the mission of the school, focusing on underserved
communities, said Daniel Van Durme, senior associate
dean for clinical and community affairs. It will allow us to
practice what we teach
person-centered, evidence-based,
community- and population-engaged health care.