The students are now in the second of six
rotations this year; each rotation lasts 6-8
weeks. During their third year of medical
school, they’ll rotate through internal medicine,
family practice, surgery, pediatric, OBGyn
and psychiatry, giving them a broad educational
experience in all fields of medicine.
The local campus also opens the door to
teach for other area physicians who’ve
dreamed of academia. At each regional campus,
medical students spend time with local
physicians, who serve as clerkship faculty
and mentors, shadowing them as they see
patients at their offices, in hospitals and other
medical facilities along the Treasure Coast.
Their days are spent in physicians’ offices,
walk-in clinics and hospitals; their nights are
spent studying.
FSU’s intent is growing new doctors who
will plant their roots in Florida. “These are
young people we want to stay on the Treasure
Coast. Studies show that often medical students
will want to live where they’ve
trained—they’ve made lasting relationships
and formed bonds,” says Bertolette. “We’re
hoping that more residency slots will be
approved by the Legislature, so after spending
two years here, the medical students can continue
training in-state during their residency.”
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