BRIGHT IDEAS


Revamping medical education


EVEN BEFORE ENTERING medical school, Keeley Ewing-Bramblett, MD, knew she wanted to practice family medicine. Her mother is chronically ill and “just knowing the impact family medicine made in our lives, I didn’t even consider anything else.” That made the three-year medical degree for students commit- ted to primary care at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine a perfect fit for the native Texan. In- stead of spending the typical fourth year of medical school searching for a specialty, she jumped into a guaranteed residency training spot through the Family Medicine Accelerated Track (F-MAT). Clay Buchanan, MD, also gravitated toward the program after trading in a law career to pursue family medicine. They were part of F-MAT’s first graduating class of eight who started their residencies in July. When they finish, that’s eight doc- tors who will join the Texas physician workforce one year sooner than most and with less medical school debt. In Texas, the average four-year student graduates with about $170,000 in loans, according to Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) data.


BY AMY LYNN SORREL


December 2013 TEXAS MEDICINE 21


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