Where Discovery Creates Hope - October 2021
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In October’s edition of Where Discover Creates Hope, we explore how the University of Minnesota is changing rural healthcare across the state.
Through the Rural Physician Associate Program, Cassidy Peterson learned first-hand how crucial family medicine providers are in small towns like Staples.
“You get to see what it’s like to be a family doctor who does everything,” Cassidy’s mentor Dr. Lindsay Leveille said.
Cassidy, with the help of her mentors, built lasting relationships with patients, including with a mother during a difficult delivery.
The RPAP program is part of the reason Cassidy wants to stay in rural healthcare, where she’ll help patients stay close to home as they receive their care.
