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3 new physicians to precept in the Southern region

    The University of Kentucky recently appointed physicians Rebecca P. Chatham, Ginny Lee Gottschalk and Jimmye Shannon Perkins M.D. to the Community-based Faculty as assistant professors of family medicine.

    Members of the community faculty allow students to observe and work with them in real-life settings. Students gain valuable experience in the practice of medicine by learning from physicians as they treat their patients.

    Dr. Chatham and Dr. Gottschalk  join Dr. Richard J. Hempel of Family Medicine Clinic of Danville. Dr. Hempel is a long-time UK community faculty.

   Dr. Perkins is on staff at Williamsburg Family Medicine in Williamsburg .

    The coordination of a student’s clinical rotation with a Community Based Faculty member is primarily the responsibility of Southern Kentucky AHEC ( Area Health Education Center ).

    While the clinical educational experience provides valuable medical training, it also allows students to be exposed to rural medicine with the goal of bringing them back to the area when they complete their education and begin to practice medicine.