Space Available MEDEX 580 A – Homelessness in Seattle

Homelessness in Seattle is an online course offered on Monday evenings during Spring Quarter 2024. It is open to all Health Sciences students, as well as faculty emerita and staff. Through this course, students will explore causes and approaches to homelessness with local and national experts. Experiential engagement and learning will come through class activities. Students can use their own volunteer experience in assignments; for those in Seattle, U District Street Medicine can facilitate student engagement with unhoused groups and individuals. This is a 10 week, 2 credit course with interprofessional faculty Charlotte Sanders, MSW and Lois Thetford PA-C as cochairs. UW MEDEX 580 has 35 openings for credit and 15 openings for auditing. Enrollment is through the MEDEX Registrar and Student Services Manager, Tove Blake at tove@uw.edu.

Instructors: Charlotte Sanders (SSW) and Lois Thetford (MEDEX)

Remote – Mondays evenings plus at least 2 visits to Tent City 3 on the UW Campus

For more information and add codes: email tove@uw.edu

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