Marshall University's family medicine students stay in Appalachia

I cross posted this to GD.

Thank you, Marshall University School of Medicine!!

http://www.marshallparthenon.com/news/view.php/851568/Family-medicine-students-stay-in-Appalac
The Parthenon (Marshall University, Huntington, WV)
October 15, 2014
Family medicine students stay in Appalachia

Every family medicine resident of Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine who graduated in June for the family and community health residency program will practice medicine in Appalachia.

Dr. Stephen Petrany announced that seven of eight graduates are now practicing in West Virginia, and four of those are practicing in federally qualified health centers in rural areas of West Virginia, according to a Marshall Health press release. The other graduate will be practicing in rural North Carolina in a federally qualified health center after practicing for several months with the Indian Health Service in South Dakota.

W. Mitchel Shaver, residency director for the department, said the School of Medicine trains residents to work in rural areas and effectively keeps physicians in the state.

“We train our residents to work in different settings, through rotations of different locations and community interaction,” Shaver said. “We have our residents take part in setting up health assessments of rural communities to see what the healthcare needs are in those local communities and develop individual plans so that the residents could see themselves incorporated into their practice.” ....

MORE of the story at http://www.marshallparthenon.com/news/view.php/851568/Family-medicine-students-stay-in-Appalac