UAB Heersink School of Medicine students who will complete their clinical education at the College of Community Health Sciences attended an orientation at CCHS on April 30.
CCHS serves as a regional campus of the Heersink School of Medicine, providing the third and fourth years of medical school to a cohort of the school’s students.
The 37 students who attended the orientation will start their clinical education at CCHS in June on the College’s Primary Care Track.
The Primary Care Track is a medical education track that provides a strong foundation in clinical medicine through a longitudinal integrated model. As part of the track, medical students spend their third year in a longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC), where they follow a panel of patients over time and through different medical specialties and health-care settings.
During the orientation, the medical students received Basic Life Support training, participated in a suturing workshop and attended an online orientation with DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
“We are thrilled to welcome the incoming class of medical students,” said Krista Trimm, assistant director of clinical education at CCHS. “This group is exceptional, and we can’t wait to see the incredible contributions they will make to the College.”