VCOM View Vol 10 No 1

Student Reflections We asked students how it feels to be entering as the first class of students at the new VCOM-Louisiana campus.

progress forward to making this an exceptional medical school.”

While the inaugural class of VCOM-Louisiana has a couple of years of heavy studies ahead of them, soon enough they will become an integral part of the community along with the classes that follow them. In only a couple of years, the students will begin clinical rotations in hospitals and clinics across the state and region. In addition to the local impacts of these students, many will also take part in important research that will have national and even global impacts far into the future. VCOM-Louisiana is excited to expand its partnership with ULM in many areas, including collaborative research with ULM’s College of Pharmacy. The Future of Healthcare Support for VCOM-Louisiana is strong in the Delta and expresses the optimism that the community holds for the future of healthcare in this area. Many of the students (some with young families) brought their own hopes and dreams with the intention of planting roots in the Delta and becoming part of the solution for the physician shortage that has long plagued this region. ■ Becoming a Part of the Community

Kaitlin Crum Corinth, Mississippi “There is this stigma around new medical schools... that the education and training won’t be up to standard. However, since VCOM-Louisiana is the fourth campus of a well- established Osteopathic institution, that was never a concern for me.

They have worked extremely hard to incorporate all of the best suggestions given by the previous classes in order to give us the most extraordinary facilities and educational program, tried and true. Thus, I have no doubt that this campus will be the best campus yet, and I am extremely proud and excited to be a part of the inaugural class of VCOM-Louisiana! On my interview day, the faculty at VCOM treated me like royalty, and with more southern hospitality than any other school. I knew from just that one day that I would be coming into a family that supports me, encourages me, and truly wants the best for me. The new community I have already established here, even amidst the pandemic, already feels like home.”

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