College of Community Health Sciences

FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY
One out of seven Alabama family physicians graduated from our residency — one of the largest family medicine residencies in the U.S.

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IMPROVING HEALTH IN YOUR COMMUNITY

We are dedicated to improving and promoting the health of individuals and communities in Alabama and the region through leadership in medical education and primary care; the provision of high quality, accessible health care services; and scholarship.

On Rounds:
The Journey to Better Health

The 2017 issue highlights how CCHS is creating opportunities for access in rural communities.

Big Tobacco in the Big Apple:

How New York City Became the Heart of the Tobacco Industry…and Anti-Smoking Activism

Tuscaloosa Longitudinal
Community Curriculum

TLC² lets third-year medical students experience an innovative medical educational model called a longitudinal integrated clerkship.

DEAN RICHARD H. STREIFFER, MD
Dr. Richard H. Streiffer, dean of CCHS, presented the first session of the Mini Medical School lecture series, put on by CCHS for UA’s OLLI program. Since the series kicked off in January 2016, nearly 30 lectures have been presented to OLLI participants and the public on health issues and advances in medicine and research. Learn more at cchs.ua.edu/minimedschool.

Life is busy—really busy. Have you noticed how time flies, how we can’t seem to get around to things anymore?

It’s true at work, as well. In health care and in medical education, the demands feel particularly brutal to many—unending patients with complex social or mental health issues and inadequate resources and time to help; a deluge of regulatory and compliance issues; students and residents with their learning, and often their interpersonal, needs; more and more to master and to click in the electronic medical record systems we now use; and the continual explosion of knowledge to absorb.