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We urgently need to increase access to health care in rural areas.
Primary care is not failing because medical students lack compassion or dedication. It’s failing because we have built a system that relies on the goodwill and conviction of a few rather than the shared commitment of all of us.
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We do not close roads for being less-frequently travelled. Hospitals, like roads, constitute critical infrastructure which allow for people to live and play in rural communities across the country.
“We are excited about the opportunity, supported by our legislature, to expand the presence of the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine to a new campus in rapidly growing Southern Utah,” said Bob Carter, senior vice president for health sciences. “This will open new pathways for students from this region to be inspired to build a long-term medical career in this part of the state and directly serve the healthcare needs of their community.”
And when the day finally came, the good news spread quickly through the Navajo Nation in Canyon De Chelly, Arizona: “There’s a Navajo doctor coming back.”
What can one student from rural Colorado and one from suburban Detroit learn from each other about delivering care to underserved patients? Rachel Pernick and Tashi Hackett discuss their respective upbringings and how those life lessons inform their medical education, their collaboration with programs like TRUE and RUUTE, and their future outlook at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah.
Depression during pregnancy and following childbirth is common. Many parents — up to 80% of new mothers — experience feelings of sadness, hopelessness or unworthiness, sometimes referred to collectively as the “baby blues.” But when these symptoms intensify and persist, they can impair a mother’s ability to care for her baby and for herself.
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