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“We intentionally build multidisciplinary teams,” says Dr. Batra.
“Each group includes residents, fellows, and medical students,
creating a layered mentoring model that supports growth at every
stage. The o昀케ce of research, especially Dr. Kuhls, plays a pivotal
role in setting up these teams. She has encyclopedic insight into
our institution’s talent pool, which allows us to align people based
on their strengths, interests, and potential for collaboration. This
structure gives fellows and residents meaningful mentorship
experience they can highlight on their CVs demonstrating who
they mentored and the impact of that mentorship.”
Dr. Singh further adds, “While Dr. Batra and I provide ongoing
guidance and support, we’re intentional about encouraging
residents to take the lead with medical students. It allows them
to experience the real rewards of mentoring, watching someone
grow because their in昀氀uence is not just ful昀椀lling, it deepens their
own professional development.”
but there are so many clinical requirements, including the medical
intensive care unit, cardiac care unit, hospital wards, continuity
clinics, and a variety of different specialty rotations. Even though
three years might seem like a long time, when you’re trying to
incorporate all of the different requirements that are needed to
be a competent internist, it becomes quite a challenge.”
Challenges aside, the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine is poised
to be a leader in research for years to come.
“UNLV is a Carnegie Research 1 Institution, underscoring our
commitment to research at the institutional level,” says Dr. Kuhls.
“Collaborating with researchers throughout UNLV, as well as
increasing many research resources at the school of medicine
to support resident, fellow, student, and faculty research, we
are intent to create new knowledge that improves the health of
Nevadans.”
Unfortunately, the biggest barrier for research in a resident’s
training is time. “For internal medicine residents, for example,”
says Dr. Singh, “their training is three years for general medicine,
PHOTO: JULIAN FOX
JEFFREY L. CUMMINGS, MD, AND DEBORAH KUHLS, MD
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