Just Say "Ahhh..."
CWRU Student Doctors and Nurses Team Up for Student-Run Free Clinic
October 24, 2011
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Nursing student Austine Clark confers with |
“Say ‘ahhh.’” That is what Case Western Reserve University student doctors and nurses were telling patients with sore throats and other health problems Saturday, Oct. 22, during the grand opening of the Student-Run Free Clinic at The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland, 12201 Euclid Ave.
Case Western Reserve’s initiative is interprofessional, allowing medical and nursing students to work together in teams and learn from each other while providing care to patients. They, along with volunteer faculty supervising their work, are providing much-needed community service to The Free Clinic, which provides access to health care for Cleveland’s uninsured people.
The student clinic will see about 15 to 20 uninsured patients on a first come, first served basis between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. The clinic is not typically open on Saturdays, so the student effort offers an option for working patients that otherwise would not be available.
"I am very excited about the creation of the Student-Run Free Clinic," said Mary E. Kerr, PhD, FAAN, dean and May L. Wykle Endowed Professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. "Its collaborative goal to provide real-life, practical experience for students as they meet the healthcare needs of the underserved community fits perfectly with our own mission of interdisciplinary scholarship and practice."
Source: Case Western Reserve University
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