Primary Care Scholars include 2 from Tuscaloosa Campus
The Primary Care Scholars Program is a strategic initiative aimed to keep medical students interested in primary care careers by providing them mentors, career modeling and academic opportunities. Two of the inaugural class are from the Tuscaloosa Campus. Continue reading
New medical students welcomed to campus
Thirty-one University of Alabama School of Medicine students, who will spend their third and fourth years of clinical training at the College of Community Health Sciences, recently attended an orientation session in Tuscaloosa. For training of medical students, the College … Continue reading
Rural Medical Scholars glean advice from rural health expert
Doctors who practice in rural areas must be leaders in their communities and not only care for their patients but work to address poverty, education and economic development issues, said Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield, the Peter Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health. Continue reading
Primary Care Scholars chosen
For the half-dozen UAB School of Medicine students chosen as the inaugural Primary Care Scholars, being part of a community and providing care over the life of a patient were common motivations to enter a field that many students have turned away from in recent years.
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Through these Doors: Changing the Face of Medicine
Fifty years after the “stand in the schoolhouse door” and the integration of the University of Alabama, the College is looking back on the progress made in diversity in medicine and medical education. Continue reading
CCHS provides medical students with knowledge and experience
Take a look at what the College, which is also the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Campus, offers medical students. Continue reading
UA professor expands knowledge of telemedicine
Telemedicine is a key component to providing specialty care in rural areas, said one University of Alabama professor. Medical services in rural counties are generally provided by primary care physicians, said Dr. Lloyda Williamson, an associate professor in the College of … Continue reading
Local physician joins faculty
H. Joseph Fritz, MD, has joined the College as an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine, where he will work with residents in hospital and clinic settings. Fritz received his medical degree from The University of Alabama School … Continue reading
Third-year students elected to membership in honor medical society
Only a select group of medical students are elected to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society each year and only a few are elected as juniors. Three medical students who are receiving their clinical training at the … Continue reading
Ellis, Hammond selected for prestigious fellowships
Jared Ellis, MD, and Angela Hammond, CRNP, were accepted into prestigious fellowship programs with North Carolina universities for the 2013-2014 academic year. Ellis is assistant director of the College’s Family Medicine Residency and an assistant professor in the Department of … Continue reading
