academic medicine and underserved communities

[blackgirlmd]

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I just have a quick quesiton.
So I would like to work in underserved communities, but I would also like to work in an academic based medicine group (like residency training, attending physician, etc). Does this sound conflicting? I am asking because a secondary question has asked me to note this.

Also, maybe I am misunderstanding what academic based medicine is.

 

[TheRhymenocerous]

Nope. Plenty of universities are affiliated with county hospitals.

 

[blackgirlmd]

Nope. Plenty of universities are affiliated with county hospitals.

thanks! So would that be considered academic based medicine?

 

[TheRhymenocerous]

thanks! So would that be considered academic based medicine?

Yep! At the hospital where I work, all the doctors are employees of both the university and the county hospital. A lot of them divide their time between clinical medicine and research.

 

[blackgirlmd]

Yep! At the hospital where I work, all the doctors are employees of both the university and the county hospital. A lot of them divide their time between clinical medicine and research.

thanks so much! I was so confused lol

 

[WedgeDawg]

There also exist many academic medical centers in underserved communities (CUMC, USC-Keck, EVMS, etc)

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

NYU's affiliation with Bellevue is another example.

 

[Psai]

A lot of the academic centers are located in underserved communities