Well. The scholarship I have requires me to practice rural primary care, which is what I want to do anyway. My research during grad school was about comprehensive community health centers, and I plan on opening one in my rural hometown.
How do I go about getting a mentor for this type of thing. It's a huge project and desperately needed back home. I've wanted to do this for years, but I don't know how. I know it's early to be thinking that far ahead, but I want to start making those connections so I will have an idea of where I'm going.
A comprehensive community health center is a huge building that has all primary care services under one roof: Adult medicine, pediatric medicine, OB/GYN, dentist, optometrist, laboratory, X-ray, and patient education center. I'd also like to include a psychiatrist.
It's like a one-stop shop. 🙂 the research suggests the impact of these centers improve the health of the communities they serve because they are able to administer interventions that other providers aren't able to do, as well as increasing access to care.
Make sense?
