VCOM 2023 Annual Report

Education Based in Rural and Underserved Communities V COM provides clinical instruction to its third- and fourth-year medical students by partnering with community-based hospitals throughout the Appalachian and Delta regions. Through exposure to rural and medically

hold 100 to 400 beds. They spend a minimum of three months in affiliated practices where core primary care training is available. Working under the guidance of faculty physicians at these clinical sites, students are well prepared for the rotations of the fourth year. These sites provide exposure to a more traditional academic health center and residency structure.

underserved areas, students receive significant hands-on clinical training where they also gain an appreciation for the many rewards of rural medicine.

Students spend six of the nine months of their third year in community-based hospitals that

Core Training Sites

42 total sites 29% in rural areas 59% in medically underserved areas/population Affiliate Sites with Rural Rotations

Military Training Sites

51 total sites

14 total sites

83% in rural areas

0% in rural areas

86% in medically underserved areas/population

7% in medically underserved areas/population

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