We will be offering a great elective next quarter called UCONJ 550: Healthcare in Underserved Communities (SLN: 20770 [www.washington.edu]). The course focus is understanding how we, as health care providers, can better help underserved communities. In the course we will learn about some of the barriers faced in underserved populations along with what resources are available to help in the greater Seattle area.
Weekly we will have powerful guest speakers from the community come in to talk about a broad range of topics including: The Aloha Inn, elderly patients, human trafficking, homeless youth, LGBTQI populations, refugee and immigrant healthcare issues, racial and ethnic health disparities, mental health, substance abuse, and rural healthcare. If any of these subjects interest you, please sign up for the course to learn more about these healthcare issues.
This is a one credit class with credit/no credit grading that meets on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:20pm. We realize this is later in the day than most would like, but it is a great opportunity to learn more about healthcare related issues faced by underserved populations and the resources available. This is an interdisciplinary class and students will learn and interact with others from the various healthcare related schools here on campus (medicine, social work, dentistry, nursing, public health, pharmacy, PT/OT, etc).
Please email uconj550@gmail.com, with your name and which professional school/program you are a student in, for an add code or if you have any questions.
Thanks and hope to see you next quarter!
-UCONJ 550 Team
