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Larry G Rooks

Larry G Rooks, MD

Associate Professor Emeritus

Department: MD-CHFM RURAL HEALTH-OLD TOWN
Business Email: lrooks@ufl.edu

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About Larry G Rooks

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Florida Southern College and before receiving his medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Larry G. Rooks studied Social Ethics at Boston University and Pre-Medicine at the University of Massachusetts. He worked as a veterinary assistant before deciding to matriculate into medical school. During his time is medical school, he worked as a laboratory technologist in the Department of Neonatology at the University of Florida. Dr. Rooks is now an associate professor at the UF Health Family Medicine – Old Town clinic as well as the director of the Rural Health Program.

Accomplishments

  1. Society of Teaching Scholars

    Honorary Member

  2. Exemplary Teacher Award

    University of Florida College of Medicine

  3. Distinguished Teaching Professor

    University of Florida Medical Alumni Association

  4. Florida Family Physician Educator

    Florida Academy of Family Physicians

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. MDT7400 – Elect Top/Pediatrics

    College of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Family Medicine
    American Board of Family Medicine

Publications

Academic Articles

  1. Assessments for measuring patient-centered cultural sensitivity in community-based primary care clinics.

    Journal
    Journal of the National Medical Association.
    Volume/Issue
    99(6):609-19
    [PMID]
    17595929.
    23 citations PubMed

  2. A randomized trial of behavioral management for continence with older rural women.

    Journal
    Research in nursing & health.
    Volume/Issue
    25(1):3-13
    [PMID]
    11807915.
    65 citations PubMed

  3. A primary care preceptorship for first-year medical students coordinated by an Area Health Education Center program: a six-year review.

    Journal
    Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
    Volume/Issue
    76(5):489-92
    [PMID]
    11346530.
    31 citations PubMed

  4. University of Florida College of Medicine.

    Journal
    Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
    Volume/Issue
    75(9 Suppl):S61-3
    [PMID]
    10995641.
    PubMed

  5. Moving a graveyard: how one school prepared the way for continuous curriculum renewal.

    Journal
    Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
    Volume/Issue
    73(9):948-55
    [PMID]
    9759096.
    36 citations PubMed

  6. A three-week primary care preceptorship in the first semester of medical school.

    Journal
    Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
    Volume/Issue
    69(5)
    [PMID]
    8086072.
    2 citations PubMed

Contact Details

Emails:
Business:
lrooks@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
25809 SE HIGHWAY 19
 OLD TOWN FL 32680
Business Street:
25827 SE HWY 19
FAMILY MEDICINE AT OLD TOWN
 OLD TOWN FL 32680