Family Medicine & Community Health
| Course Name: | Community Medicine: Underserved Populations
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| Course Number: | FC-429 |
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| Elective Type: | B1
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| Coordinator(s): | Raj Hazarika,MD rajneesh.hazarika@umassmemorial.org
Contact: Carol Roberts carol.roberts@umassmemorial.org |
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| Department: | Family Medicine & Community Health |
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| Sites Available: | Fitchburg, MA
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| Months Offered: | Year round (Contact coordinator for availability)
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| Number of Students / Month: | 1
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| Prerequisites: | 3rd year required clerkships
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| Elective Description: ACTION Health Services (Accessible, Comprehensive, Treatment In Our Neighborhoods) is one of four health centers operated by Community Health Connections, Inc. Using a combination of mobile health units and a more traditional Healthcare for the Homeless clinic, ACTION provides medical, behavioral health, and dental services in Fitchburg and at sites throughout the region. Students will assist in caring for ACTION patients both in the clinic and in the community. Students will have an opportunity to interview successful substance dependence clients and have an opportunity to screen new clients under supervision of licensed clinicians/physicians for initiation into the Buprenorphene Program.
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| Note: May be able to provide housing ... Also, there is flexibility to the elective date schedule. |
| Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/fmch/ |