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Medical students spend years studying and taking tests, but don’t always get a chance to do checkups with real people. As Allysa Adams tells us, a unique clinic in Arizona offers an option that gives care for patients, and classes for aspiring doctors. |
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(Locator: Phoenix, Arizona)
Some things you just can’t learn from a book.
Peter Easter/Medical Student: “Can you open your mouth wide? Can you go
‘ahhh?’”
At the United Methodist Outreach Ministries New Day Center in Phoenix,
medical students and homeless families help each other at the free
medical clinic.
Peter Easter/Medical Student: “They realize we’re students, so they put
up with us.”
For second year medical student Peter Easter, it’s a rare opportunity to
get hands-on training.
Peter Easter/Medical Student: “It’s amazing how much you learn in such a
short period of time.”
Donations make the clinic possible. Medications come from other doctors,
and family physician Markham McHenry donates his time to oversee the
care.
Patient to doctor: “I’m Theresa. How are you?” “Good.”
On another evening, nursing students help do health assessments for new
families.
Student to mom with baby: “Did she have any jaundice?”
Karen Eynon/Medical Coordinator, UMOM Day Center: “It’s a crash course
in understanding people and how they are affected by their overall
lifestyle.”
It’s also, says Karen Eynon, the medical coordinator at the center, a
chance to see the whole person. To see how the internal is affected by
the external.
Tricia Henry/Nursing Student: “As a nurse, I’ve learned so much about
just people in general.”
For nursing student Tricia Henry, the training confirms what community
nursing is all about…the good and the bad.
Tricia Henry/Nursing Student: “On a good day, it was good to leave here
feeling like I made a difference in even a small way. Like you get to
play with kids, and you kind of made their day.”
And the patients are doing their part to help the students, too.
(Doctor examines quiet baby) Peter Easter: “It’s an art. That is an
art.”
TAG:
A licensed physician and nurse oversee all of the students while they
work.
To learn more about the programs at the
United Methodist Outreach Ministries New Day
Center, contact Nicole Churchill at 602-275-7852.
Also see:
Med students learn care-giving at United Methodist
clinic.