Tristen Ripley, MS III
Left: Tristen Ripley, MS III, and
Jennifer Bergeron, MS III, are the
first students to join the Cary
Medical Center and Pines Health
Services staff as part of the Tufts
University School of Medicine and
Maine Medical Center LIC Program.
The 3rd year medical students
began their nine-month clerkship
program at Cary and Pines in
June, working with a number
of physicians in a wide range of
clinical programs. The program
provides for a unique innovative
curriculum that offers clinical
training experiences in Maine and
exposes medical students to the
unique aspects of practicing in a
rural setting as well as training in a
major tertiary medical center.
Jennifer Bergeron, MS III
by exposing the students to such an
engaging rural practice of medicine
that it will encourage them to consider
establishing their practice here in
Maine.”
In order to participate in the program,
Cary and Pines have to offer a wide range
of clinical programs. The core programs
include Pediatrics, General Surgery,
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Family
Medicine and Internal Medicine. Regen
Gallagher, D.O., Chief Medical Officer
at Cary said the fact that the hospital
and physician practice offers this wide
range of clinical specialties and a rural
setting was the key in Cary and Pines
being selected for the program.
“It is very unique that Cary Medical
Center and Pines Health Services (a
Federally Qualified Health Center)
have established such a collaborative
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