BRUNSWICK — Through a program created in 2009, as a joint venture between Maine Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Mid Coast Hospital has again been selected as a training site for two Tufts medical students that are interested in gaining hands-on clinical training.

Kevin Baier and Anne Hicks, students of the 2015 class, will learn their third-year core competencies in a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship under the supervision of Mid Coast Hospital providers.

Their training began in June.

The MMC-TUSM Maine Practice Network-Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum Program, more commonly known on campus as “the Maine Track,” is an innovative medical curriculum that trains medical students through hands-on, clinical education and close faculty mentoring, while allowing students the opportunity to explore medical practice in rural and non-urban communities.

A New Hampshire native, Baier received his undergraduate degree from Colby College. He said, “I was drawn to the Maine Track program due to its focus on providing medical care in rural communities that otherwise may not have access.”

Hicks also received her undergraduate degree from Colby. She said she is “passionate about improving the availability of health care in Maine.”