Minnesota program aims to strengthen the pipeline from military medic to medical doctor
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Growing up in New Prague, Lauren Kitner was interested in science. After high school, she joined the Minnesota National Guard as a medic.
“It seemed really interesting to be able to learn how to take care of patients in more resource-limited environments,” she said, adding that working alongside physicians as a medic “solidified” her interest in a medical degree.
Now in her first year of medical school, Kitner is in the second cohort of a University of Minnesota program designed to help military medics become doctors. Her goal is to specialize in emergency medicine.
The program’s director of education and training, Chris vanBrenk, joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about the path from military service to an M.D.
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