Oct. 14, 2014

School of Medicine celebrates National Primary Care Week

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By Anne Dreyfuss
C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research

The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine hosted a robust week of programming to celebrate National Primary Care Week last week. The Student Family Medicine Association coordinated the event that was designed to highlight practice opportunities, as well as the roles and significance of primary care for patients and communities.

This year’s event featured several distinguished guest speakers who discussed timely topics, including important policy issues pertaining to primary care, health disadvantages in the U.S., health care access issues in the U.S., and the important role that non-medical doctor clinicians serve in primary care delivery.

Chris Lillis, M.D., discussed the ways physicians can influence health care policies. Lillis is a private practice internist in Fredericksburg, Md. and the Virginia director of Doctors for America.
Chris Lillis, M.D., discussed the ways physicians can influence health care policies. Lillis is a private practice internist in Fredericksburg, Md. and the Virginia director of Doctors for America.
Medical students viewed and discussed a documentary on Remote Area Medical, an organization that delivers free health care to thousands of people a year.
Medical students viewed and discussed a documentary on Remote Area Medical, an organization that delivers free health care to thousands of people a year.
Steven Woolf, M.D., shared key panel findings from the Institute of Medicine’s report “U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health.” Woolf served as a study panel chair and co-author of the report. During his lecture, he expanded upon the panel’s findings that, on average, Americans experience higher rates of disease and injury and die sooner than people in other high-income countries.
Steven Woolf, M.D., shared key panel findings from the Institute of Medicine’s report “U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health.” Woolf served as a study panel chair and co-author of the report. During his lecture, he expanded upon the panel’s findings that, on average, Americans experience higher rates of disease and injury and die sooner than people in other high-income countries.

 

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