The Health Sciences Mobile Health and Outreach Van is a pilot program that works to address critical gaps in health access, and partners with local organizations such as University District Street Medicine, Georgetown Tiny House Village, and others to provide basic preventive health and street medicine services for people experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity and other barriers to accessing healthcare. In addition, the project provides interprofessional learning opportunities for health sciences students to engage with professionals and students from other disciplines, and to connect what they are learning in the classroom to a community setting.
Service learning and community engagement are ideal mechanisms for growing teamwork skills, while connecting classroom learning with real life experiences. Students from across the health sciences are invited to demonstrate community caring through participation in programs such as The UW Listening Project and the Mobile Health and Outreach Program. We also work closely with the UW School of Medicine (SOM) Service Learning Program. For additional opportunities to work in interprofessional teams, while serving the needs of our local communities, please visit the SOM Service Learning Website.
