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Med Students Discuss Practicing Rural Medicine

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Med student Petra Kelseyand Dr. Eddie Lowe.

If you've gone to the doctor in the Big Bend area, at some point you've probably seen a med student shadowing a local doctor. What's in like to jump from medical school in the big city to providing healthcare in a rural area? On today's episode, we talk to Eddie Lowe, a second year resident at JPS in Dallas, and Petra Kelsey, a second year medical student from UTMB in Galveston. They're both working one month stint at the Marfa Community Health Clinic.

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