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The Focus Group Facilitator Training prepares participants to ensure that all focus group participants’ voices are heard and communicated authentically back to stakeholders.

UMass Med News: Dr. Thomas Lincoln received the W. Lester Henry Award for Diversity and Access to Care from the American College of Physicians.

All graduating Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health (PURCH) track students successfully matched to residency programs, with a majority choosing to train in primary care which is experiencing a nationwide physician shortage.

On Friday, March 19, 2021—Match Day—87 applicants learned that they matched to one of ten ACGME-accredited residency programs at UMass Medical School-Baystate.

The Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health (PURCH) track celebrated its first Residency Match day with its inaugural class of students, including three who matched to residency programs at UMMS-Baystate.

Yesterday, fourth-year PURCH medical students joined their UMass Medical School-Worcester classmates for their Capstone presentations—a culmination of their work over four years in medical school on a topic they are passionate about.

UMass Med News: Kendall Burdick, Class of 2023, was awarded a one-year $5,000 Medical Student Research Grant for her study of the effect of geographic and racial factors on access to pediatric trauma care.

Kevin White, born at Baystate Medical Center and raised in Springfield, was the first student in the PURCH track. Now he's the first to learn where he matched for his residency.

Two health professions students received Baystate Health's 3rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Semester of Service Awards. The $750 awards will  be used to provide health education and resources to food pantry clients and outreach to individuals with  mental health and substance use disorders.

In December 2020, the Baystate Health Nurse Residency Program received dual recognition by the ANCC Practice Transition Accreditation Program® (PTAP) as an Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program (IRAP) through the Department of Labor.