Alma Littles

Littles was born in Quincy, Florida as the youngest of 12 children in a family of rural farm workers.{{Cite web |last=Wellock |first=Bill |date=2022-02-23 |title=Profiles in Leadership: Dr. Alma Littles leading new generation of physicians |url=https://news.fsu.edu/news/university-news/2022/02/23/profiles-in-leadership-dr-alma-littles-leading-new-generation-of-physicians/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Florida State University News |language=en-US}} She is the first in her family to attend college, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1986 from the University of Florida.{{Cite web |last=Dobson |first=Byron |title=Campus Notes: FSU College of Medicine's Dr. Alma Littles to receive national honor |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/04/28/campus-notes-fsu-college-medicines-dr-alma-littles-receive-national-honor/3595014002/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Tallahassee Democrat |language=en-US}} In 1989, Littles completed her residency in family medicine at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital (TMH). After completing her MD, she returned to Quincy to practice family medicine.{{Cite web |last=Wellock |first=Bill |date=2023-01-13 |title=Alma Littles appointed interim dean of FSU College of Medicine |url=https://news.fsu.edu/news/health-medicine/2023/01/13/alma-littles-appointed-interim-dean-of-fsu-college-of-medicine/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Florida State University News |language=en-US}}

In 1999, Littles completed a fellowship in Faculty Development at the University of North Carolina.{{Cite web |title=University of Florida 2020 Graduation Program |url=https://med.ufl.edu/wordpress/files/2020/04/MD-Graduation-Program_042020.pdf |website=University of Florida}}

In 1996, Littles joined the faculty of the TMH Family Medicine Residency Program in 1996, and became the program's director in 1999.{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=X.-Ray |date=2014-02-03 |title=Alma Littles named a top African-American medical educator |url=https://news.fsu.edu/news/health-medicine/2014/02/03/alma-littles-named-top-african-american-medical-educator/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Florida State University News |language=en-US}} In 2016-17, she served as the Chair of the TMH Board of Directors.

Littles has served as President of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians and the Capital Medical Society,{{Cite web |title=Alma Littles Profile |url=https://www.flmedical.org/florida/Florida_Public/Join_Renew/Profiles/Black_History_Month/Alma_Littles_Profile.aspx|access-date=2024-05-15 |website=www.flmedical.org}} and as the Chair of the American Medical Association’s Academic Physicians Section.{{Cite web |title=AMWA honors Littles with Elizabeth Blackwell Award {{!}} College of Medicine |url=https://med.fsu.edu/spotlight/home/amwa-honors-littles-elizabeth-blackwell-award/thu-04252019-1311 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=med.fsu.edu}}

Littles is a contributing author to the textbook Contemporary Challenges in Medical Education, published in 2019.

Littles was heavily involved in the creation and development of the Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine. When the college opened in 2001, she was the founding chair of the college's Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, and the acting assistant dean for the Tallahassee Regional Medical School Campus.{{Cite web |last=whiteunicorn |date=2023-01-17 |title=Florida State University College of Medicine Appoints Alma Littles, MD, Interim Dean |url=https://academic-med.com/news/2023/01/17/florida-state-university-college-of-medicine-appoints-alma-littles-md-interim-dean/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Academic Med |language=en-US}}

In 2003, Littles was appointed Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Academic Affairs. In this role, she led the implementation and development of the medical student curriculum, oversaw the college's first residency program, and led the school's accreditation process.

In February 2023, Littles was appointed the interim Dean of the FSU College of Medicine. {{As of|2024|02}}, Littles is the college's interim Dean and Chief Academic Officer.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-26 |title=Two Gadsden County women paving the way for the next generation of black women |url=https://www.wtxl.com/quincy/two-gadsden-county-women-paving-the-way-for-the-next-generation-of-black-women |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=WTXL ABC 27 Tallahassee News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Alma B Littles M.D. |url=https://public.med.fsu.edu/com/directory/Details/Full/10343 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=public.med.fsu.edu}}

In 1993, Littles was named "Florida Family Physician of the Year" by the Florida Academy of Family Physicians. In 1997, Littles was recognized as a New Faculty Scholar by the Society of Teachers of Family Development.{{Cite web |title=New Faculty Scholars Program |url=https://www.stfm.org/awardsscholarships/scholarships/newfacultyscholarsprogram/overview/#7553 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=www.stfm.org}}

The Tallahassee Democrat named Littles one of the "25 Women You Need to Know in Tallahassee" in 2010.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Leslie |title=Nearly 500 Women You Need to Know: A complete history |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/01/25/245-women-you-need-know/97031328/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Tallahassee Democrat |language=en-US}} In 2014, she was named by Black Health magazine as one of the country's "Top 15 most Influential African American Medical Educators." In the same year, Littles received the Outstanding Physician of the Year Award from Capital Medical Society.

Littles is the recipient of the 2019 Elizabeth Blackwell Award from the American Medical Women's Association, which is awarded annually to "the woman physician who has made the most outstanding contribution to the cause of women in the field of medicine."

Littles is married to Gentle Littles III and has a son named Gentle Germaine Littles.{{Cite web |title=Alma Littles, MD |url=https://www.amwa-doc.org/awards/blackwell-exhibit/alma-littles-md/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=American Medical Women's Association |language=en-US}}

• {{Cite journal |last1=Hurt |first1=Myra M. |last2=Littles |first2=Alma B. |date=February 2009 |title=The Price of Changing the Status Quo |url=https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/fulltext/2009/02000/The_Price_of_Changing_the_Status_Quo.2.aspx |journal=Academic Medicine |language=en-US |volume=84 |issue=2 |pages=151 |doi=10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819398e4 |pmid=19174647 |issn=1040-2446}}
• {{Cite journal |last1=Bradley |first1=Edward L. |last2=Littles |first2=Alma B. |last3=Romrell |first3=Lynn J. |date=2012-09-01 |title=The surgical clerkship: a contemporary paradigm |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022480412002028 |journal=Journal of Surgical Research |volume=177 |issue=1 |pages=14–20 |doi=10.1016/j.jss.2012.03.012 |pmid=22482766 |issn=0022-4804}}
• {{Cite journal |last1=Beitsch |first1=Leslie |last2=Geletko |first2=Karen |last3=Bellamy |first3=Gail |last4=Aubrey |first4=Andree |last5=Myers |first5=Karen |last6=Dunn |first6=Luckey |last7=Littles |first7=Alma |last8=Fogarty |first8=John |date=2017-08-02 |title=Student and Preceptor Perceptions of the Summer Clinical Practicum: An Assessment of the First Year Clinical Skills Capstone |url=https://mededpublish.org/articles/6-140 |journal=MedEdPublish |language=en |volume=6 |pages=140 |doi=10.15694/mep.2017.000140 |issn=2312-7996 |pmc=10885285 |pmid=38406394}}

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