A-OPTICgram - A-OPTIC Newsletter

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In This Issue:

Residency Spotlight:

Norton Community Hospital, Inc.
- Internal Medicine Residency

Local Links

What To Do In Norton

Dates & Reminders

Norton Community Hospital

LOCAL LINKS:

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	City of Norton, VA Website
	Virginia State Tourism Website

DATES & REMINDERS

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All meetings begin at 12 p.m. Eastern Time unless otherwise noted.

February 1
- Residents and Interns Sub-Committee Meeting. All trainees should try to attend. There will be a speaker from National Health Services Corps to give information about having student loans paid for doctors who practice in underserved areas.

February 8
- OGME Committee Meeting.

February 8
- Executive Committee Meeting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.

February 17
- Grand Rounds. Dr. Thompson from LMU DCOM will present OMM for ENT and Allergies.

The landscape surrounding Norton, VA is breathtaking.

RESIDENCY SPOTLIGHT

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	Norton Community Hospital, Inc. Internal Medicine Residency
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Norton Community Hospital Inc.—Internal Medicine Residency is currently celebrating its ninth year of training. Click here to find it on Mapquest.

The strength of the program is its hands-on approach with direct responsibility in patient care.

Enthusiasm for teaching from physicians to support staff to administration, results in a supportive, family-like atmosphere that is very conducive to learning.

Core rotations are completed at Norton Community Hospital, with availability of subspecialty rotations with affiliates in northeast Tennessee and Southeastern Kentucky.

Norton Community Hospital takes great pride in training young physicians for the local rural, medically underserved area. This dedication has resulted in an increase in quality care for southwest Virginia and the surrounding area. Norton Community Hospital offers the benefits the benefits of rural living with the opportunity to train in a modern and progressive hospital.

Graduates of the program are fully competent to practice internal medicine in either the hospital or ambulatory setting.

AOA OPPORTUNITIES
- Approved Internships and Residencies

PLENTY TO DO IN & AROUND NORTON

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Southwest Virginia's Spearhead Trails Initiative

FIND IT ALL HERE!
The SVSTI is a great source of information about what to do in the Norton Area. On the website you'll find detailed maps and links to the areas most popular attractions. Click here to see the site...

Hiking, biking, kayaking, rock climbing, camping, hunting, fishing and basically any other outdoor enthusiast's sport is at home in Southwest Virginia. The environment is a treasure here. If you enjoy the outdoors, then you'll love Norton and the surrounding area!
Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. Southwest Virginia has been defined alternatively as all Virginia counties on the Appalachian Plateau, all Virginia counties west of the Eastern Continental Divide, or at its greatest expanse, as far east as Blacksburg and Roanoke. Another geographic categorization of the region places it as those counties within the Tennessee River watershed....read more...

The Jefferson National Forest and all of its beauty is close to Norton.

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