Remaining Relevant in a Different Clinical Culture
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For some our patient panels are somewhat homogenous. However, the culture at large that surrounds us is diversifying at a pace we have never experienced before. Having greater cultural competence will lead to an improvement in care. Understanding that future physician need to be better equipped for this changing landscape is an understatement. There will need to be a collective effort from medical institutions, residency programs, physicians in active practice, and medical recruiters. Students and residents are more likely to return to the areas in which they have grown-up or trained. Targeting high performing students in these medically deprived areas is the only way we can truly cause lasting progressive change.
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Abraham Hardee DO, Ph.D. – Dr. Hardee graduated from the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) in Blacksburg, Virginia where he also earned a Ph.D. in International Health Education (Site: Honduras). He completed a Family Medicine Residency at Lewis Gale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, Virginia. Dr. Hardee is currently the Chief Medical Officer of the Community Health Center of the New River Valley as well as the Associate Chair for Primary Care for Rural and Medically Underserved Populations at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA.
Disclosures: None