UC Department of Family Medicine
- Contact Info
- UC Department of Family Medicine
- 2123 Auburn Avenue
- Suite 340
- Cincinnati, OH 45219
- http://www.familymedicine.uc.edu
- Site Supervisor: Dr. Joesph Kiesler of The Christ Hospital/UC Family Medicine Residency Program
Site Description
The UC Department of Family Medicine plays a leading role in fellow, resident, and medical student teaching at the UC
College of Medicine. Faculty at their three clinical sites provide over 100,000 outpatient visits per year to diverse
populations -underserved to affluent- and also practice in hospitals and extended care facilities. In addition, the
Department sponsors a broad array of community service programs, providing free health care to many underserved patients
in the area, including the homeless, Latino immigrants, troubled and disadvantaged youth, and the elderly. The UHP intern
provides assistance at the free clinics, updates the Homeless Resource Map, and participates in other projects as needed.
Job Description
The intern will...
- • Gain a better understanding of the barriers to health care these populations face.
- • Become aware of community service agencies assisting the homeless, and under/uninsured.
- • Acquire basic clinical experience.
- • Be involved in direct patient care, coordination of clinic services, identification of homeless services,
evaluation of opportunities for growth of the programs and community outreach.
- • Work at the Race Track Clinic at River Downs, a free clinic for workers that live and work at the track,
on Tuesday evenings from 5:30pm to 9pm (a half day is taken off elsewhere during the week to compensate) and will:
- • Assist in providing patient care, coordinating clinic sessions, organizing health fairs, TB
testing, health promotion, etc.
- • Compile the clinic demographics and health care provided.
- • Set-up clinic referrals, appointments, and transportation.
- • Create a clinic patient database.
- • Help in creating an advisory board and joining a medication program.
- • Update the Homeless Resource Maps posted in homeless shelters and community hospital emergency rooms which
list homeless resources in Downtown Cincinnati and Clifton. The intern will accomplish this by:
- • Contacting agencies on the map and then use Excel and Adobe Illustrator to make changes.
- • Making the map web accessible.
- • Assist in interviewing clients at the Center for Respite Care, a 15-bed medical unit for the homeless to
recover if they are too sick to be on the street.
- • Increase awareness of the Respite Center in the community.
- • Shadow physicians in the Family Practice Center.
Applicants with Spanish speaking skills are preferred, but not required as the Race Track Clinic provides interpreters.
Intern Experience Summary
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