“Help – I need a Doctor” will be the topic for the AAUW Nevada County Branch monthly program on Saturday, January 18th. Find out about the Sierra Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program, which is an accredited program aimed at attracting, training, and retaining family medicine resident physicians to rural Nevada County. The Program is a partnership of Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (SNMH), Dignity Health Methodist Hospital in Sacramento, and Chapa-De Indian Health.
Dr. Glenn Gookin, Director of the Sierra Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program, will be the featured speaker at the January 18th meeting. He co-wrote the grant enabling the rural residency program’s start in 2018. Dr. Gookin will be joined by Dr. Nicholas Sparr, one of the program’s first resident physicians in the midst of training. They will present how the Sierra Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program concept began, how it is working now, and the future goal of training the next generation of family physicians in Nevada County.
The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will be held 9:30-11:30 AM at Peace Lutheran Church, 828 W. Main Street, Grass Valley. Local radio station KNCO and Westamerica Bank are sponsoring the program.
For more than 85 years, the AAUW Nevada County Branch has been striving to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. AAUW membership is open to individuals with an associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a qualified educational institution. For individuals interested in participating in branch interest groups and other activities, but who have not had the opportunity to complete a degree, the Nevada County Branch offers “Friends of AAUW” membership.
For more information about the January program and AAUW Nevada County Branch, go to www.nevadacounty-ca.aauw.net .