Students who participate in a student-run free health clinic need education about access to care issues

J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2009 Nov;20(4):964-8. doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0225.

Abstract

We surveyed first-year medical students about preparedness for work at student-run clinics, and for addressing patients' access to care, and social issues. Most students did not know how to get uninsured patients ongoing care or medications outside of the student-run clinic. A large majority of students desired an orientation addressing these issues.

MeSH terms

  • Ambulatory Care Facilities / organization & administration*
  • Clinical Competence*
  • Community-Institutional Relations
  • Continuity of Patient Care
  • Data Collection
  • Drug Prescriptions
  • Education, Medical, Undergraduate*
  • Health Services Accessibility*
  • Humans
  • Ill-Housed Persons
  • Medically Uninsured
  • Philadelphia
  • Professional-Patient Relations
  • Schools, Medical
  • Students, Medical*
  • Urban Health Services