Prairie View A&M University’s Undergraduate Medical Academy (UMA) held a Mini Grand Round on March 29. The speaker was Tamare’al N. Ross, M.D. According to Dr. Dennis Daniels, director of UMA, Mini Grand Rounds, held monthly, are an exchange of medical information, clinical practice delivery, research challenges and discoveries, and ideas that enhance the relevance of academic study.
“The importance of the Mini Grand Rounds is to expose students to physicians and other select healthcare providers such as dentists, veterinarians and medical researchers, and their respective areas of medical specialty and research focus. Students also learn about the requirements for the areas of practice along with an illustration of the routes to a similar goal. They receive a connected view of our healthcare delivery system and physicians, dentists, veterinarians and researchers, and their contributions
to the health of a patient. Lastly, the Mini Grand Round identifies mentors and opportunities for clinical shadowing and research opportunities,” said Daniels.
In addition to serving patients at Houston CareNow Urgent Care Clinic, Ross provides free physicals for the local chapter of Boy Scouts of America and local pediatric patients in the Free Pediatric Clinic sponsored by the Department of Family and Community Medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, as well as the American Medical Association.