Baystate PURCH Program Puts Focus on Population Health
Like most first-year students, Kathryn Norman entered medical school in August not knowing exactly what to expect. But there were certainly some things she never expected. Like a curriculum that included a visit to the Hampden County jail in Ludlow, where she and fellow classmates talked with inmates about their health and well-being and learned first-hand how social issues and mental-health conditions have impacted their lives and put them on a path to incarceration.