Urban Health Project University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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UC Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

  • Contact Info
  • UC Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Fifth Floor Medical Sciences Building
  • Site Supervisor: Elizabeth Kelly, MD

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...

  • • Be exposed to a hospital based ambulatory care delivery system that serves the medically disadvantaged.
  • • Better understand difficulties of how underinsured/uninsured people get access to healthcare.
  • • Complete a project relating to women's health that will be of assistance to care provision in the center. The project will be negotiated between the site supervisor and clinical supervisor. Examples of such projects could include coordination and/or development of patient education materials, identification of additional resources for the patients, presentation of patient education programs for the patients, etc.
  • • Shadow physicians (attendings and residents), in the provision of patient care.
  • • Shadow other members of the health care team as applicable such as social workers, nutritionists, nurse midwives.
  • • Work 9am to 5pm from Monday-Friday or as negotiated in advance

Please note, the main focus of this internship will be to complete a project that improves women's health care at University Hospital. Shadowing is not a major focus of the site.

Intern Experience Summary