Wright State-Lake program to focus on rural practices

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Wright State University-Lake Campus is adding a medical program that focuses on rural practices. Dr. Margaret Dunn, dean of the Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, spoke to about 20 lake campus faculty, staff and local hospital representatives about building a clerkship program (similar to an internship) at the campus for medical students and eventually implementing a full, four-year medical program at the campus.

“I feel strongly that if you educate a physician to be capable to be practicing in a rural environment, in a resource-constrained environment, you’re preparing someone who can do a fabulous job of taking care of people anywhere,” Dunn said.

Read the article from the Celina Daily Standard.