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Population and Community Health Clerkship: Caring for Populations Within Their Communities

The Population and Community Health Clerkship (PCHC) is a team-based, interprofessional, community engaged experience required of all second year medical and graduate nursing students. Students are placed in small groups directed by academic and community preceptors from a range of professions and disciplines.  Each team’s experience is unique.

Note our new name -
the Population Health Clerkship is now the Population and Community Health Clerkship. 
You can reach us at PCHC@umassmed.edu .  

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The overarching goal of the PCHC is to provide relevant real-world context as students expand their understanding of public and population health concepts.

PCHC Planning Group Contact Information

The PCHC Steering Committee includes representatives from the medical school, the UMass-Baystate PURCH program, and (get names of PURCH partners and hopefully fill in more of our own). 

PCHC Steering Committee Contact Information
Please direct inquiries to PCHC@umassmed.edu

  • Nicole Albion, Educational Program Specialist, Office for Undergraduate Medical Education, T.H. Chan School of Medicine; Nicole.Albion@umassmed.edu 

  • Heather-Lyn Haley PhD, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health and Director, Population and Community Health Clerkship; 774-441-6366; Heather-Lyn.Haley@umassmed.edu

  • Lisa Clinton, PURCH Student Placement Coordinator, UMass Chan-Baystate; Lisa.Clinton@umassmed.edu 

  • Linda Cragin, Director, MassAHEC Network and AHEC Scholars; 508-856-4303;  Linda.Cragin@umassmed.edu

  • Isaias Monroy, Educational Program Specialist, Office for Undergraduate Medical Education, T.H. Chan School of Medicine; Isaias.Monroy@umassmed.edu 

  • Sarah Perez McAdoo MD MPH, Director of Health Equity Education and Practice, UMass Chan-Baystate; 413-262-5041; Sarah.McAdoo@umassmed.edu
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