PHMI’s Lynn Eckhert gives commencement address to “Ivanites”
The Cay Compass reports that PHMI Director N. Lynn Eckhert recently gave the commencement address at graduation ceremonies for the St. Matthews University School of Medicine in Grand Cayman. This graduating class began their studies just days before Hurricane Ivan hit Grand Cayman in September 2004. The hurricane caused widespread damage in the islands and left much of Grand Cayman unhabitable for several months. St. Matthews medical students wound up taking classes on the school’s campus in Maine campus.
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Dr. Eckhert reminded the students that being a physician meant that their learning was not over because medical knowledge, technology and procedures were progressing constantly.
“It means that you will still be studying far into the future and as long as you have a career in medicine,” she said.
“Your graduating from medical school is just one more step in your education, for you will need to keep up with the current state of medicine in your area of expertise.”
St. Matthew’s Dean of Clinical Sciences Dr. John Randall said he was proud of the graduating class, many members of which had to go to study in Maine after Hurricane Ivan, until repairs to the dormitories and campus here could be made.
“You probably could be called Ivanites,” he said.
