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Class of 2025 Match Day is Friday, March 21st!
The mission of UA COMP FMIG is to:
The mission of UA COMP FMIG is to serve the community, inspire students to pursue family medicine, and prepare leaders for the future of healthcare. We will expose members to the specialty of family medicine, teach relevant procedural skills such as suturing and casting, host discussions on current topics in family medicine, and form relationships with family doctors and local family medicine residency programs. Additionally it is our goal to prepare medical students for the future of family medicine through exposure to full spectrum family medicine, dispelling myths, and educating students about continuity, coordination, and comprehensive care.
Goals:
"Our club serves to expose members to the specialty of family medicine, host hands-on clinics to teach relevant procedural skills such as suturing and casting, encourage student involvement in FMIG and community activities, host discussions on current topics in family medicine, and form relationships with family doctors and local family medicine residency programs.
Additionally, FMIG aims to highlight the breadth of family medicine and the impact the specialty can have on healthcare and health outcomes. Discussions with family medicine physicians and residents will help direct our members towards
Class of 2028 Student Leadership:
Jerry Ruvalcaba
Sage Liu
Faculty Advisors:
Dr. Kiana Espinosa
Family Medicine
Dr. Jacob Anderson
Past Leaders:
Lauren Schutz, Class of 2026
Nina Gautam, Class of 2026
Erin Howard, Class of 2025
Amy Arias, Class of 2025
Natalie Alteri, Class of 2024
nataliemalteri@email.arizona.edu
Fran Buranday, Class of 2024
Jessica Dong, Class of 2024
Prathima Harve, Class of 2024
prathimaharve@email.arizona.edu
Amaris Tapia, Class of 2023
Karishma Kothari, Class of 2023
Merrion Dawson, Class of 2022
MerrionDawson@email.arizona.edu
Alec Smith, Class of 2022
alecryansmith@email.arizona.edu
Cecilia Cruz, Class of 2021
Cornel Popescu, Class of 2021
Kaitlyn Simmons, Class of 2021
ksimmon1@email.arizona.edu
Past Club Activities 2016-2022
Fall 2022:
Primary Care Week
Splinting and Suturing Clinic
Fall 2021:
Career Night Meet and Greet
Primary Care Advocacy Town Hall
Spring 2021:
Navigating Social Determinants of Health and Telemedicine Lunch Talk
Lung Cancer in the Outpatient Setting Lunch Talk
Spring 2019
Family Medicine Subspecialties Panel
Casting Clinic
Family Medicine Community Volunteering Day
October 2018
Primary Care Week
Settings and Practices in Primary Care Lunch Panel
Full-Spectrum Family Medicine SIM night
Stations including: Suturing, Skin shave and punch biopsies, Circumcision, Knee aspiration
August 2018
Family Medicine Mixer
October 2017
Primary Care Week
Previous FMIG Events
Clinical Skills Night: Casting Clinic
Students learned upper and lower extremity casting and splinting, led by
Dr. Sarah Coles, Dr. Jake Anderson, and residents and faculty
from Phoenix residency programs!
Family Medicine Happy Hour
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