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Caring for Community - Grant Recipients
May 2004
Creighton University School of Medicine, “Magis Medical Clinic”
Creighton medical students will establish a free clinic for homeless men,
women, and families on Saturday evenings at the Siena/Francis House, a
shelter located next to the university campus. The clinic will offer acute
care services, follow-up care, and referrals to existing community services.
Jefferson Medical College, “Jeff HOPE”
Founded by medical students who recognized the need for better access
to health care in the local homeless community, Jeff HOPE currently operates
medical clinics at five sites in the Philadelphia area and has served
nearly 20,000 people since 1993. This grant will allow the program to
open a new clinic at St. Columbia’s, an emergency shelter for homeless
men.
Medical College of Georgia, “Project MCG H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L.”
Project MCG H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L. (Health Outreach, Screenings, and Prevention
Integrated into Teaching Adult Literacy) takes a multi-disciplinary approach
to community health education by involving medical, nursing, pharmacy,
and dental students. Over the course of ten week periods, MCG students
will teach health literacy courses to adults who read below the 9th grade
level and will conduct health screenings for the class participants. The
project is co-sponsored by the Augusta Technical College and the Medical
College of Georgia.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, “East Harlem Health Outreach
Partnership”
Medical student volunteers will open a free primary care clinic and health
education outreach program specifically for uninsured and underinsured
residents of East Harlem, New York. The clinic will operate on Saturday
mornings at a Mount Sinai Hospital outpatient facility.
SUNY Upstate Medical University, “Salt City Health Outreach Program”
Salt City Health Outreach Program (SC HOPE) is a part-time ambulatory
care clinic founded 15 years ago by medical students in collaboration
with the Onondaga County Health Department. After a few “less active”
years, the clinic has been revived and will concentrate on providing care
to the homeless and to seasonal migrant farm workers in the area.
UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine, “Camden Saturday Health
Clinic”
Through this Saturday clinic, initiated jointly with several non-profit,
governmental, and religious community groups, osteopathic medical students
currently provide urgent, primary, and preventive care and health education
to residents of Camden, New Jersey - one of the most economically challenged
cities in the country. Grant funding will allow the clinic to expand its
space, provide blood work when necessary, and host preventive health education
seminars.
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, “Bringing Health
to Capetillo Community”
Acknowledging that poverty is a health risk factor and that transportation
to medical centers is often a barrier to care, students from the school
of medicine will host free one-day clinics, under the supervision of faculty
members, for low-income residents in the Capetillo community of the San
Juan metropolitan area.
University of South Florida College of Medicine, “Medical Students
Caring for the University Area Community”
Tampa residents living within the university area community experience
high crime rates, high poverty rates, and few resources. Receipt of this
grant will allow medical students to provide essential health education
programs and health screenings to children and adults by partnering with
existing local health and social service agencies in the area.
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