MCCH backs Murray- UK pre-residency program plan
By HOLLY WISE
Staff Writer
The Murray-Calloway County Hospital board of trustees unanimously agreed to support the collaborative effort of Murray State University and the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in a program that will allow a select group of third- and fourth-year medical students to complete their clinical practice in Murray.
“It's been shown that the best way to get medical students to consider a career in a rural setting is to have them get a lot of their clinical experience in a rural setting,” said Dr. Jay Perman, dean of the UK College of Medicine.
According to Perman, the program is for medical students who have completed their first two years of foundational basic sciences. “This is getting medical students ready for residency programs,” he said.
“What we would like to launch with the partnership of Murray State and probably with hospitals in the area (Murray and Paducah), is to identify probably a group of 10 students who, by various criteria, are likely to return to a more rural area in the state in which to practice,” he said.
Murray-Calloway Hospital board members eagerly discussed the possibilities of the program during their June board meeting.
Dr. Phillip Klapper told board members it's the “best news” he's heard and predicted that “it's bigger then the building project” due to the possibility of physician recruits.
For complete story, see today's Ledger & Times
Story created Jun 16, 2008 - 14:32:27 EDT.
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