Two articles selected from the current issue of Rochester Medicine magazine describe programs unique to the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. In one, Matt Malek, a medical student, describes his efforts to improve health in a remote village in Honduras where Rochester physicians and medical students have worked for several years. The second article details educational changes at the School of Medicine and Dentistry aimed at dealing with a predicted shortage in primary care doctors.
A Year in Honduras
A medical student learns about healing while he works on the basic needs of water, nutrition and education for the people of San José
Disappearing Docs
Active mentors and enhanced practice experiences could motivate more physicians to choose primary care, ease predicted shortage
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