Clinical partners that provide students with endless opportunities for growth and
education in any specialty they choose.
Florence Regional Campus
Primarily unopposed learning opportunities, smaller class sizes, lifelong relationships
and meaningful letters of recommendation are what define the experience of a student
at the Kay and C. Edward Floyd, M.D. School of Medicine's Florence Regional Campus.
What is Florence?
We are the regional clinical campus for the University of South Carolina Kay and
C. Edward Floyd, M.D. School of Medicine, educating and providing opportunities for
third and fourth year medical students. Established in 2014, our campus has office
and educational space located in downtown Florence at the Francis Marion University
Carter Center, along with two tertiary care hospitals, a large federally qualified
health care center and multiple independent specialty practice offices that make up
our exceptional clinical learning environment.
How to go to Florence
The Florence Regional Campus is capped at 20 students per class of the M.D. program
at the School of Medicine. Students may declare their decision to attend the Florence
Regional Campus as early as their M-I orientation, up until April 1 of their M-II
year if spots are available. Students are chosen on a first come, first serve basis.
What Will a Student Experience?
Students who attend the Florence Regional Campus will gain invaluable clinical experiences
preparing them for their next phase of medical education regardless of specialty,
a closer relationship with clinical staff that leads to meaningful letters of recommendations,
which translates into our students contending for residencies in the most competitive
specialties.
For me, Florence was delivering a lot of babies; it was first-assisting in the OR;
it was one-on-one time with brilliant attendings who genuinely wanted to know me;
it was developing/finding the confidence in myself as a provider. Today there are
so many learners and not enough attendings/patients/procedures to go around, but in
Florence, I was first in line. The individualized experience I got allowed me to immerse
myself into every specialty and ultimately know whole-heartedly what I wanted to do.
