Gerald Luckey, M.D., of David City, Neb., is the recipient of this year’s Marion D. and Theodore H. Koefoot, Jr., M.D., Outstanding Preceptor in Rural Family Medicine Award.
The award is given annually by the Department of Family Medicine to a UNMC volunteer faculty member who provides outstanding teaching and mentoring of medical students during their family medicine rural preceptorship, while also serving as an outstanding community physician.
Dr. Luckey more than fits the bill, said Jery Inbarasu, one of his nominators.
“From our work in obstetrics, nursing home rounds, minor surgeries, in-office procedures and emergency room call, Dr. Luckey practiced just about every area of medicine,” said Inbarasu, who took his family medicine rotation with Dr. Luckey. “Not only was the breadth intimidating, the pace at which Dr. Luckey needed to see patients and fit so many things into his day required efficiency and focus. Dr. Luckey encouraged me from the very beginning to step out of my comfort zone with the reassurance that he was over my shoulder.
“Dr. Luckey was a great role model of the physician I would hope to become,” Inbarasu said. “His dedication to his patients and his involvement in local and state policy, inspire students to be equally active members of their health care community.”
A family medicine preceptorship is required for all third-year UNMC medical students. Preceptors have volunteer faculty status at UNMC.
Kassandra Connell worked with Dr. Luckey for her family medicine rotation and was another of his nominators.
“He set the example of what I aspire to be as a future family medicine physician,” she said, citing his personal interest in his patients, clinic, hospital and students.
“During my time with Dr. Luckey, I was able to see the full spectrum of family medicine,” she said. “I was able to see patients, scrub in on many surgeries and c-sections, help with colonoscopies, deliver babies, and learn about the patient centered medical home format of practicing medicine.”
But despite Dr. Luckey’s skill as an educator, Connell said, she nominated him because of his “fantastic bedside manner and his true caring nature for each and every patient.
“I can’t even begin to count the amount of times that I heard from patients that I was learning from the absolute best,” she said.
Dr. Luckey will be presented with the award at an on-campus banquet on April 29.
Congratulations!! Seems like just yesterday that we were down at UNL together.
Carol and Rick Russell
I'd say we're pretty lucky to have Dr. Luckey as one of our preceptors!
I loved getting to spend time with Dr. Luckey when I shadowed him for a day in 2012. He is DEDICATED! http://blog.unmc.edu/blog/2012/08/28/luckey-and-good-my-day-with-a-primary-care-doc/ 🙂 Congrats to him on the award!