Seattle/King County Clinic “Listening Project”
The UW Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education is partnering with the Seattle/King County Clinic (SKCC) to engage interprofessional students teams as volunteers at the September 2018 4-day clinic.
The “Listening Project” is in response to the clinic’s efforts to better understand the patient populations served. Small student groups will circulate clinic waiting areas, engaging with patients who wish to share their stories related to their health, accessing care, or their experience at the SKCC. Stories will be synthesized and prepared for dissemination to the SKCC, as well as city and state policy makers.
About SKCC:
SKCC brings together healthcare organizations, civic agencies, non-profits, private businesses and volunteers from across the State of Washington to produce a giant free health clinic in Key Arena at Seattle Center. The 4-day volunteer-driven clinic provides a full range of free dental, vision and medical care to underserved and vulnerable populations in the region. Watch this short video to learn more about this clinic.
Student Roles at SKCC:
1. Qualitative interviews with patients (“Listening Project”) – engage patients with questions to elicit their stories about health and access/barriers to health care. Each student will “write-up” the interview/encounter to be used for a reflection experience.
2. Interpreter services – non-medical interpretation and patient navigation (high need)
Dates & Shifts:
Each day, there will be two shifts: the morning shift begins at 9am and ends at 12 pm, the afternoon shift begins at 1pm, and ends at 4 pm. There will be a maximum of nine students per shift (three interprofessional groups of 2-3 students). Dates and times for all eight shifts are listed below.
1. Thursday 9/20/18 9:00-12:00 AM
2. Thursday 9/20/18 1:00-4:00 PM
3. Friday 9/21/18 9:00-12:00 AM
4. Friday 9/21/18 1:00-4:00 PM
5. Saturday 9/22/18 9:00-12:00 AM
6. Saturday 9/22/18 1:00-4:00 PM
7. Sunday 9/23/18 9:00-12:00 AM
8. Sunday 9/23/18 1:00-4:00 PM
Next Steps:
If you are interested in participating in the Listening Project, sign up via a catalyst survey here.
Please contact Tracy Brazg at tbrazg@uw.edu if you have additional questions in your participation in the Listening Project with SKCC.
