By Matthew Keck —
A University of Louisville medical student is leading the change for medical education. Rachel Safeek, a second-year medical student, led U of L to be one of the first medical schools to teach firearm injury and death prevention techniques.
“About 40,000 Americans die and 85,000 others are injured each year from firearm-related causes, and the incidence of firearm-related morbidity and mortality has increased over the past decade,” Safeek said. “This is a very important public health issue. My classmates, colleagues and I believe that physicians have a role in counseling patients related to their health and we have an opportunity through those interactions to help reduce the number of firearm-related deaths and injuries.