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The LC3 program pairs COMP students “Just listening and hearing their stories and
with a patient for all four years of the their encounters with their patients has been
students’ schooling. so touching,” Barnes added. “They’ve also
done capstone works where they’ve actually
“This program is centered around pairing a painted pictures. They’ve written poems
student with an individual patient that is about their interactions with their patient.
living with a chronic disease, with the goal of They’ve written letters directly to their
gaining the patient’s perspective of living patients. Some of them have done research
with that disease and also giving them an that has been award-winning and recognized
environment to begin communicating with nationally. So I’m very proud of our 2017
patients, sharing LC3 students.”
in their individual
patient’s view of The LC3
what type of program is now
health care they one of a growing
would like to see, number of
and also serving Longitudinal
as a health care Track Programs
coach to improve on COMP’s two
their overall campuses in
care,” said Pomona,
COMP Assistant California and
Dean of Culinary Teaching held at Loma Linda Teaching Kitchen. Lebanon, Oregon.
Longitudinal and COMP also offers
Experiential Learning Edward Barnes, MD, the Lifestyle Medicine Track, the Global and
FACP. Community Health Track and the Rural
Health Track. Other tracks are in
The COMP Class of 2017 was the first class development or just starting, such as the
to complete the four-year LC3 program. Applied Anatomy Track.
“They are very near and dear to my heart “With the introduction of the Longitudinal
because I’ve seen them grow, and they’ve Tracks Program, we immerse them into the
also helped LC3 grow,” Barnes said. “They community very early in their training, and
took the risk on a pilot program that had no with that immersion they get experiences
real foundation at the time and they helped with patients, they get experiences with
build it into the success that it has become different communities, they get experiences
today. in kitchens. We found that by making them
Continued on page 16
Ended our bovine clinical Community leaders gathered at
skills lab in a good moo-d! Western University of Health Sciences
WesternU is steer-ing us in in Pomona, California Monday, Sept.
the right direction! 11, 2017 to honor those who died in
#westernuway the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
@drmoore.studentvet https://news.westernu.edu/westernu-
holds-sept-11-memorial-5/
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with a patient for all four years of the their encounters with their patients has been
students’ schooling. so touching,” Barnes added. “They’ve also
done capstone works where they’ve actually
“This program is centered around pairing a painted pictures. They’ve written poems
student with an individual patient that is about their interactions with their patient.
living with a chronic disease, with the goal of They’ve written letters directly to their
gaining the patient’s perspective of living patients. Some of them have done research
with that disease and also giving them an that has been award-winning and recognized
environment to begin communicating with nationally. So I’m very proud of our 2017
patients, sharing LC3 students.”
in their individual
patient’s view of The LC3
what type of program is now
health care they one of a growing
would like to see, number of
and also serving Longitudinal
as a health care Track Programs
coach to improve on COMP’s two
their overall campuses in
care,” said Pomona,
COMP Assistant California and
Dean of Culinary Teaching held at Loma Linda Teaching Kitchen. Lebanon, Oregon.
Longitudinal and COMP also offers
Experiential Learning Edward Barnes, MD, the Lifestyle Medicine Track, the Global and
FACP. Community Health Track and the Rural
Health Track. Other tracks are in
The COMP Class of 2017 was the first class development or just starting, such as the
to complete the four-year LC3 program. Applied Anatomy Track.
“They are very near and dear to my heart “With the introduction of the Longitudinal
because I’ve seen them grow, and they’ve Tracks Program, we immerse them into the
also helped LC3 grow,” Barnes said. “They community very early in their training, and
took the risk on a pilot program that had no with that immersion they get experiences
real foundation at the time and they helped with patients, they get experiences with
build it into the success that it has become different communities, they get experiences
today. in kitchens. We found that by making them
Continued on page 16
Ended our bovine clinical Community leaders gathered at
skills lab in a good moo-d! Western University of Health Sciences
WesternU is steer-ing us in in Pomona, California Monday, Sept.
the right direction! 11, 2017 to honor those who died in
#westernuway the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
@drmoore.studentvet https://news.westernu.edu/westernu-
holds-sept-11-memorial-5/
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