Elective Opportunity: Health and Homelessness (ORALM 651) – Register Now!<\/span><\/p>\nI am pleased to announce that the critically acclaimed course\u00a0Health and Homelessness (ORALM 651 – SLN# 20948 for 1 credit) will\u00a0once again be starting this Spring quarter (with\u00a0new guest speakers<\/b>!!!). This interdisciplinary, student-led seminar aims to supplement your volunteer and outreach experience with a comprehensive understanding of the homeless community.\u00a0I started the course last year after I had noticed that the most enriching volunteer experiences I had participated in were ones where I had gained a better understanding of the community I was serving. This course brings together speakers from different disciplines and backgrounds with the amazing opportunities provided by our community partners.<\/p>\n
Objectives:<\/b>\u00a0
\n*\u00a0 Analyze the major social, cultural, legal and political factors contributing\u00a0to homelessness\u00a0in Seattle
\n*\u00a0 Understand the challenges and steps for finding shelter for homeless individuals
\n*\u00a0 Identify the major oral and systemic\u00a0health\u00a0issues confronting homeless individuals in Seattle.
\n*\u00a0 Understand\u00a0health\u00a0care access problems for the homeless
\n*\u00a0 Have completed 6 hours of hands-on experience in providing\u00a0health\u00a0education and\/or care delivery for homeless individuals.
\n*\u00a0 Understand how\u00a0health\u00a0professionals from different backgrounds can work together to address the needs of the homeless.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFormat:\u00a0<\/b>
\n*\u00a0 1 Hour Lunch-Time Discussion Sessions – 5 Sessions\/Quarter (Thursdays @ 12:30 – 1:15PM)
\n*\u00a0 Volunteer\/Outreach Activities \u2013 6 Hours\/Quarter<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTentative\u00a0Speaker Schedule:<\/span><\/b>
\n*\u00a0 Oral Health Issues with Trilby Coolidge (School of Dentistry) – April 3rd
\n*\u00a0 Domestic Violence Issues with Melissa\u00a0Tumas and Natalie Dolci\u00a0(SARIS) – April 17th
\n*\u00a0 Suicide prevention, Mental Health, and Grief Support with Sue\u00a0Eastgard\u00a0(School of Social Work) – May 1st
\n*\u00a0 Harm Reduction and the Evergreen Treatment Services with Ron Jackson (Evergreen Treatment Services – May 22nd
\n*\u00a0 The Housing Safety Net \u2013 PENDING<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDirect Service Learning Partnerships:<\/b>
\n*\u00a0 CHAP\/Teeth and Toes
\n*\u00a0 Union Gospel Mission Dental Clinic** – Dental Students volunteering here are required to\u00a0register\u00a0for this course
\n*\u00a0 Roots Young Adult Shelter
\n*\u00a0 Mary’s Place
\n*\u00a0 45th Street Medical and Dental Clinic
\n*\u00a0 Medical Teams International
\nIf you are interested in the course you can learn more @\u00a0HealthandHomelessness.com [HealthandHomelessness.com<\/span>]. If you have any
\nquestions, feel free to email me at\u00a0dlud@uw.edu.<\/p>\nIf you are ready to\u00a0register\u00a0for this amazing course, feel free to do so with SLN\u00a0#20948<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From the UW School of Dentistry \u2013 a one credit Thursday courses on 5 dates, 12:30-1:15pm. Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:35:46 -0700 From: David Ludwig <dlud@uw.edu> Subject: Elective Opportunity: Health and Homelessness (ORALM 651) – Register Now! I am pleased to announce that the critically acclaimed course\u00a0Health and Homelessness (ORALM 651 – SLN# 20948 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courses-and-registration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4769"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16092,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769\/revisions\/16092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}