Dr. Rajalakshmi Cheerla, Associate Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, Clerkship Site Director and Family Medicine Residency Clinic Medical Director at the Baptist-UAMS Medical Education Program, delivered multiple presentations at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Conference on Medical Student Education in Atlanta last week.
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She was the lead presenter for a session on conducting an innovative preventive care workshop in clerkship education and for a roundtable discussion on effective clinical teaching in the patient’s presence. She was a co-presenter for a session on designing fourth-year electives in sports medicine.
Dr. Cheerla graduated from the UAMS Little Rock Family Medicine residency program in 2012 — the same class as our department chair, Dr. Shashank Kraleti.