VCOM 2020 Annual Report

RURAL & COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Giving Back toOur Communities Learning How to Provide Locally-based Compassionate Care

Virginia Campus Ongoing Outreach • Preventive Medicine Community Outreach (PMCO) wellness screenings for local communities • Primary care services at free clinics by VCOM students and faculty mentors • Mini-Med Schools • Health and wellness programs at community events • Outreach programs to remote communities

Carolinas Campus Ongoing Outreach • Community wellness

Auburn Campus Ongoing Outreach • Mini-Med Schools • Health and wellness screenings at community events • Preventive Medicine Community Outreach (PMCO) wellness screenings for local communities • Monthly primary care services to rural communities without medical care • Living Well with Diabetes and Hypertension! program

screenings at community events, schools and service organizations • Mini-Med Schools • Primary care services at free clinics by VCOM students and faculty mentors • Living Well with Diabetes! program • Rural outreach medical care programs

1st- & 2nd-year students have around 16 one-day clinical experiences reinforcing the “team-approach” to medicine.

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