The Bayanihan Clinic serves Filipinos as well as individuals who have difficulty in obtaining primary care services.
Saturday, 9am-3pm
Focus: Latino underserved
1820 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
[map]
Phone: (916) 874-5303
http://clinicatepati.ucdavis.edu/
Clinica Tepati began in 1974 to provide medical care for the underserved Latino population in Sacramento and since then, it has provided provide a range of primary care services, in both English and Spanish, for its area residents, as well as its outlying rural area patients. On any given year, Tepati sees over 1000 patients from as far as Fresno. Interested students will interview patients, perform physical exams, and order laboratory tests under the supervision of volunteer physicians.
Saturday, 9am-1pm
Focus: African Americans Underserved
South City Health Center
7171 Bowling Dr., Sacramento, CA 95823
[map]
Phone: (916) 875-2995
http://cim.ucdavis.edu/clinics/imani/
The Imani Clinic opened in 1994 to address the staggering and persistent morbidity and mortality from hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and inadequate prenatal care among African Americans. Today it operates approximately 52 days out of the year serving the medical needs of many African Americans, Latinos, Russians and Asians in Oak Park. Interested students will interview patients, perform physical exams, and order laboratory tests under the supervision of volunteer physicians.
Saturday, 10am-2pm
Focus: IV drug users, sex workers
3647 40th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817
[map]
Phone: (916) 456-4849
http://cim.ucdavis.edu/clinics/joan/
Joan Viteri Memorial Clinic (JVMC) is a unique student-run clinic because it serves uninsured drug users, homeless individuals, and their families. The model of this clinic is based on a "harm reduction" model: if a drug-addicted person is incapable of giving up drug use, we can help to minimize the harm this person does to himself/herself, family, and community, rather than treat it solely as a criminal activity. Thus, the main goal of this clinic is to preserve health in drug users and to reduce societal impact of drug use until the user is able to either stop using illicit drugs or to control his/her problematic drug use. After all, lifestyle choices should not preclude individuals from deserving compassion and care.
Saturday, 8am-2:30pm and the first Sunday of each month, 8am-2:30pm
Focus: Asian Underserved
6341 Folsom Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95819
[map]
Phone: (916) 736-3966
http://cim.ucdavis.edu/clinics/Asian_Clinic/index.htm
The Paul Hom Asian Clinic was founded in 1971 and is the oldest existing Asian clinic in the United States. The clinic serves elderly Asians of Sacramento as well as the newly arrived immigrant families who were having difficulty in obtaining adequate health care due to socioeconomic and language barriers. To date, it has served over 30,000 people, and is open 51 Saturdays of the year. The majority of the patients are Asians and many speak only Cantonese or Vietnamese. Interested students will interview patients, perform physical exams, and order laboratory tests under the supervision of volunteer physicians.
Sunday, 9:45am-2pm
Focus: S. Asian/Middle Eastern
419 V Street, Sacramento, CA 95818
[map]
Phone: (916) 441-6008
Fax: (916) 441-0036
www.shifaclinic.org
The Shifa Clinic was first started in 1994 in collaboration with the V Street Mosque to serve many members of the Muslim community who did not have access to regular healthcare services because of their economic situation. Although a majority of its patients are Muslim and do not speak English, Shifa provides primary healthcare services to all patients who either have no form of health insurance or who have difficulty obtaining healthcare in the traditional health system due to language or cultural barriers. Shifa's volunteers can also provide translation services in Urdu, Arabic, and Farsi. Interested students will interview patients, perform physical exams, and order laboratory tests under the supervision of volunteer physicians.
Saturday, 8:30am-1pm
Focus: Sac's homeless population
1200 N B St, Sacramento, California 95811
[map]
Phone: (916) 442-0331
www.willowclinic.org
We strive to improve the health and well being of the homeless while raising the awareness of medical students and undergraduates to the unique needs of this traditionally ignored population. Using the tools of screening, education and advocacy, we endeavor to detect and prevent disease, to teach basic life skills, and to promote utilization of community services. Our goal for each patient is to catalyze their transition from control to personal health to self reliance and ultimately to understand their ability to contribute to society and to their well being. Our goal for each student is to incite appreciation for the diversity of health care needs and foster the commitment to improve medicine for all.