Clinical Education - Teaching and Connecting
 
 January - March  2017:
Western Maryland Clinical Preceptors representing 
Dentistry, Medicine, Nurse Anesthetist, Pharmacy, and Physician Assistant 
DONATED 6,640 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TEACHING  and
Shared Knowledge & Skills with 34 students/1 resident  from 5 Disciplines and 7 Programs
 
Quarter 3
CLINICAL EDUCATION STUDENT POST ROTATION SURVEY
Strongly Agree /Agree
My clinical skills, knowledge, and cultural competency in working with rural, underserved patients were enhanced
 9 5%
I made positive contributions to my preceptor's practice/patients
100%
My preceptor demonstrated appropriate professional skills.
100%
My preceptor provided appropriate supervision/teaching
100%

Priscilla Mpasi, MD , University of Maryland 3rd year Pediatrics Resident, completed a rotation with Children's Medical Group, Cumberland.
 
Dr. Mpasi (center) met recently with Joy Taylor (left),  AHEC West HPV P roject Specialist, and Terri Socha, Clinical Education Coordinator, to share her experience and to explore continued connections to AHEC West and rural communities.  
 
Dr. Mpasi has been selected for the Health Policy Fellowship with National Clinician Scholars Program (formerly Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars). She will be at the University of Pennsylvania pursuing health policy-relevant research  and building community partnerships with the aim to improve health care delivery and increase positive health outcomes (www.medupenn.edu/nationalcsp/).  She will also have a clinical appointment at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), delivering primary pediatric care to the underserved community in the city.   


Kristen Lancaster, UMSOM 4th year student (holding puppy at left) completed an April rotation with K. Jill Ciccarelli, MD (holding puppy at right) Family Medicine, in Williamsport, MD. Kristen begins a residency in Pediatrics in July.




University of Maryland PRIMARY CARE TRACK program
  • Of the 12 medical students who completed Primary Care shadowing in Western Maryland in 2014,  10 returned to Western Maryland for their 3rd or 4th year rotations,  and 
  • FOUR of the students matched into Primary Care Residencies. 
  • Twelve Primary Care Track students in the class of 2020 are coming to Western Maryland for their 2-week Primary Care Track shadowing this summer.
AHEC  West
 
 
 
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