Journal of Regional Medical Campuses

Stepping up to the plate: An unexpected leadership opportunity during the Covid 19 pandemic

Sarah Fisher

William J. Crump

Univeristy of Louisville School of Medicine Trover Campus at Baptist Health Madisonville

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jrmc.v3i3.3239

Keywords: Sense of Place, Rural Health, Pandemic

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Abstract

Abstract

A regional campus graduate communicates in this piece her experience during the initial period of the COVID 19 pandemic. Her words highlight the importance of the “sense of place” that is the unifying theme of this rural regional campus.¹ She worked 3 years in our college rural scholar program and ultimately wrote the best summary of the community aspect of this experience.² She then completed our prematriculation and preclinical programs, and graduated from our clinical campus in 2015. She then completed an OB/Gyn residency at Geisenger, and returned home to practice, where she serves as a key faculty for our clerkship.

                                                           William J. Crump, M.D. Associate Dean, University of Louisville SOM Trover Campus