Pub. 8 2024 Issue 2

RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT Jordan Rawlings, DO A Bit About Dr. Rawlings I grew up as the oldest of three boys in Cary, North Carolina. I went to undergraduate school at BYU where I studied classics with an emphasis in Greek and Roman history. While there, I met my wonderful wife who has been an awesome support throughout this medical journey. After graduating from BYU, we returned to North Carolina, where I attended medical school at Campbell University. I’m currently a third-year resident at Utah Valley Family Medicine Residency. My hobbies include sports of all kinds, most recently pickleball. I also really enjoy outdoor activities, like skiing, and have recently learned to lead climb. Additionally, I enjoy reading all genres, but especially fantasy and historical fiction. A “Classic” Physician Ever since I was in high school, I have found the sciences and human body fascinating. Once I got to college and after serving a church mission in Brazil, I fell in love with teaching and briefly considered becoming a classics professor. After some careful and thoughtful discussions with mentors, I realized I could combine my love of teaching with the human body and teach patients about medical conditions and diagnoses. Additionally, I enjoy learning about and solving puzzles, so talking with patients and synthesizing their stories and experiences into solutions and diagnoses sounded very appealing. The fact that we’re encouraged to be life-long learners in medicine is another thing that attracted me. Family medicine always stuck out to me because I enjoy talking with people and hearing their stories, so it seemed like a natural fit. I ended up doing a family medicine summer experience where I spent time with various doctors in rural North Carolina which further solidified my desire to become a family doctor. Residency in Utah County I wasn’t aware there was a residency here until my third year in medical school. A fellow Campbell student, Cameron Smith, who was two years ahead of me, ended up at this program, so I reached out to him to hear what his experience was like. His description of the program immediately piqued my interest. I ended up doing a sub-internship to experience it for myself and really was inspired by the faculty who all are excellent examples of how to practice medicine and be teachers. Additionally, I could tell the residents were treated well and received great training in full-spectrum family medicine. It was clear the residents left prepared to do whatever they wanted whether that was OB, hospital medicine, clinic, or procedures of all kinds. I couldn’t resist coming back West to get some good skiing in, too. 16

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