Eric Skye, MD: Supporting from all sides

Our number one mission is supporting medical students. That is why M-Home exists: to support medical students in a longitudinal fashion. As a director, my goal is to develop a learning community that creates a new support system for the students above and beyond what the curriculum and space of UMMS does. My job is to bring incremental value to your space in the medical school by creating a community where you feel supported by the students and faculty of that house.

My passion in medicine is helping people succeed. That includes taking care of my patients and being their advocate to help them grow and develop as people, and to learn to manage those challenges that their medical conditions bring. I feel the same way about my students. I want to find ways to help them grow and succeed, and feel that they've been given an opportunity to achieve everything that they could, then try to find the best ways possible to create an environment that lets them do that.

I hope that after students graduate they’ll say that one of the important things for their success in medical school was the support they received from being part of a learning community. Our faculty coaches are contributing to this goal. Our students start developing a meaningful professional relationship with a faculty member on day one of medical school. They are supported throughout their four years, and can rely on that relationship as they advance through their career.

The next important step is to integrate the senior medical students in an important way into the lives of the junior medical students. This unrealized--and very challenging--space in the preclinical vs. clinical environment is about bringing them together.

I enjoy being forced to stay current as students are always asking "why" and I love the "ah-ha" moments when students put the pieces together and understand an elusive concept. I often do minor procedures with students and enjoy the excitement when we are able to allow them to participate meaningfully and they successfully complete a procedure. I also enjoy working with students I have known since the first day of medical school when they are doing meaningful work with their patients in the clinical years and seeing their tremendous personal and professional growth.

Caring, Brilliant, Passionate.

I want to make sure that students consider their patients as a whole person, in the context of their family and community, while helping them navigate their health care. I also want to make sure that students are able to successfully navigate career choices so that they can train in a field where they will be excited to continue practicing for decades to come.

The high quality of staff, peers and learners that I have the privilege to work with as well as the outstanding resources.

Gentleman Farming. I have a very large garden, chickens, fruit trees and grapevines. I love being outdoors with my family and am still trying to make that perfect bottle of wine from my grapes.

Ann Arbor is a town that allows individuals from all backgrounds to find a space and enjoy a shared community. This has been a great community to personally grow up in and to raise my family. I have also appreciated that it borders rural outdoor space and activities, and has quick access to Detroit and other "big city" opportunities right here in town.