VCOM 2016 Annual Report

Recruit from, Train in, Return to Rural Communities

VCOM’s Community Based Hospitals V COM partners with community-based hospitals and physicians to train medical students throughout the southern Appalachian region,

Virginia

including the rural and medically underserved areas of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Clinical training in these locations gives students the opportunity to cultivate patient relationships and truly provide patient-centered care, assuring that each patient receives the dedicated and innovative medical care they deserve.

West Virginia

17

VCOM Virginia

13

9 12

20

5

28

15 14 16

6

10

27

7

22

1 2 3

11

8

4

29

19

21

18

23

North Carolina

26

25

VCOM Carolinas

24

32

30

44

43

46

31

33

34

39

41

39

48

38

37

36

42

35

Alabama

South Carolina

50

45

Georgia

47

VCOM Auburn

49

Florida

51 & 52

28