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	Hornbuckle Receives Spot In Top Health Program BOAZ – April 18, 2010 Snead State Community College sophomore L.A. Hornbuckle of Morgan City has been named an intern in the 2010 Huntsville Rural Pre-medical Internship Program sponsored by the Alabama Family Practice Rural Health Board. She is a graduate of Arab High School and is majoring in Pre-Nursing. She is the daughter of Radford and Nikkia Hornbuckle of Morgan City. This eight-week program begins June 1 and will give students experience in rural primary care by providing experiences beyond those available in a large institution or urban environment. The program will be hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Huntsville Regional Medical campus. Each student will be awarded a $2,000 stipend to compensate for housing, transportation, and other needs. “This opportunity will give me some valuable hands-on experience in the field of family practice medicine and an understanding of the importance of doctor-patient relations,” said Miss Hornbuckle. Miss Hornbuckle, who played two years for the Lady Parson Volleyball Team, will live in Huntsville for the first four weeks of the program working at the medical school campus and shadowing physicians representing various areas of medicine. She will return to her hometown for the following three weeks and shadow a local rural family practice physician. “We’re very proud of L.A. for earning this unique opportunity. She has been a wonderful student and a true leader on our campus. I’m certain she will use this experience to pursue a successful career, and we’re honored that she chose to begin her educational career at Snead State,” said SSCC President Dr. Robert Exley. During the last week of the internship, she will return to Huntsville to continue working with fellow interns to create a poster and presentation on a rural health care issue that will be heard by physicians, residents, medical students, and medical staff. Besides the four weeks of primary care shadowing and four weeks of didactic and clinical experience with UAB’s clinics and hospital services, she will also receive tutorials on the MCAT and Medical School Application Preparation, as well as taking field trips to local hospitals. From 2004 - 2009, there have been 74 students in the Rural Pre-medical Internship program, of which 69 percent who have finished their undergraduate work went on to medical school.

Hornbuckle Receives Spot
In Top Health Program

BOAZ – April 18, 2010
Snead State Community College sophomore L.A. Hornbuckle of Morgan City has been named an intern in the 2010 Huntsville Rural Pre-medical Internship Program sponsored by the Alabama Family Practice Rural Health Board. She is a graduate of Arab High School and is majoring in Pre-Nursing.

She is the daughter of Radford and Nikkia Hornbuckle of Morgan City.

This eight-week program begins June 1 and will give students experience in rural primary care by providing experiences beyond those available in a large institution or urban environment. The program will be hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Huntsville Regional Medical campus. Each student will be awarded a $2,000 stipend to compensate for housing, transportation, and other needs.

“This opportunity will give me some valuable hands-on experience in the field of family practice medicine and an understanding of the importance of doctor-patient relations,” said Miss Hornbuckle.

Miss Hornbuckle, who played two years for the Lady Parson Volleyball Team, will live in Huntsville for the first four weeks of the program working at the medical school campus and shadowing physicians representing various areas of medicine. She will return to her hometown for the following three weeks and shadow a local rural family practice physician.

“We’re very proud of L.A. for earning this unique opportunity. She has been a wonderful student and a true leader on our campus. I’m certain she will use this experience to pursue a successful career, and we’re honored that she chose to begin her educational career at Snead State,” said SSCC President Dr. Robert Exley.

During the last week of the internship, she will return to Huntsville to continue working with fellow interns to create a poster and presentation on a rural health care issue that will be heard by physicians, residents, medical students, and medical staff. Besides the four weeks of primary care shadowing and four weeks of didactic and clinical experience with UAB’s clinics and hospital services, she will also receive tutorials on the MCAT and Medical School Application Preparation, as well as taking field trips to local hospitals.

From 2004 - 2009, there have been 74 students in the Rural Pre-medical Internship program, of which 69 percent who have finished their undergraduate work went on to medical school.