About Us
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Who We Are
Students in the Community is an interprofessional group of students at the University of Washington. We maintain the SITC-Aloha Health Outreach Center at Aloha Inn, a transitional housing facility for the homeless in King County. We also organize Patient Education and Health Promotion events and programs (at Aloha Inn, Women's Resource Center, and Urban Reststop), and Student Education and Advocacy opportunities (on campus and throughout the community).
Healthcare outreach activities are restricted to students in clinical training programs, under the supervision of appropriate preceptors. We welcome all UW students to participate in patient education, health promotion, student education and advocacy.
Our Mission
- Provide quality community-oriented health services and social service referrals to an underserved community using interdisciplinary teams.
- Increase awareness of social, cultural, and economic issues of underserved populations to the University of Washington health care community.
- Promote an ethic of service in University of Washington health science students and harness the resources of the University of Washington health science student community.
- Provide service-orientated leadership experience to prepare students for a life of activism.
- Work together with organizations who are already serving the community to fill in gaps of need and to expand projects that are effectively serving the population.
Interprofessional Involvement
Participating schools:
- School of Medicine (including PT/OT and MEDEX)
- School of Nursing
- School of Pharmacy
- School of Public Health
- School of Social work
- School of Informatics
Grants and Awards
- American Association of Medical Colleges Communities For Care Grant, 2008
- HRSA Interdisciplinary National Competition - The Secretary's Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Third Place 2002-03
- University of Washington Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute In Recognition of Outstanding Community Service
- American Medical Student Association Small Project Grant
- AOA Project Grant
- American Academy of Physician Assistants Community-Based Projects Grant, 2003 and 2004