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ABOUT CLINICS:
- Bayanihan
- Clinica Tepati
- Imani Clinic
- Joan Viteri Memorial Clinic
- Paul Hom Asian Clinic
- Shifa Clinic
- Willow Project
| BAYANIHAN Saturday, 9am- 12 pm 923 V Street, Sac [map] http://bayanihanclinic.org Co – Directors: Karen Alfonso Marissa Andres Jessica Beauchene Cindy Chambers Sabrina Santiago The Bayanihan Clinic serves Filipino World War II Veterans as well as individuals who have difficulty in obtaining primary care services. |
| CLINICA
TEPATI Saturday, 9am-3pm Focus: Latino underserved 1500 C Street, Sac [map] Phone: (916) 874-5303 http://cim.ucdavis.edu/clinics/clinica_tepati/ Co-Directors: Peter Knudsen Marika Smith Jesus Perez Danielle Manning 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. |
IMANI
CLINIC |
JOAN VITERI 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. |
PAUL
HOM 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 52 Saturdays of the year. The majority of the
patients are Asians and many speak only Cantonese. Interested students
will interview patients, perform physical exams, and order laboratory
tests under the supervision of volunteer physicians. |
| SHIFA CLINIC
Sunday, 9:45am-2pm Focus: S. Asian/Middle Eastern 419 V Street, Sac [map] Phone: (916) 441-6008 Fax: (916) 441-0036 www.shifaclinic.org Co-Directors: Zhanetta Malko Jack Russo Maggie Lawless Adam Quest Michelle Robello 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. |
| WILLOW
PROJECT 2nd & 4th Sat, 9:30am-1pm Focus: Sac's homeless population 1200 North "B" Street, Sac [map] Phone: (916) 442-0331 www.willowproject.org Co-Directors: Laura Nally Charley Kurlinkus Danica Skibola Ting Feng Bill Luo Rupi Chima Renu Rehal 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. |