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Mission:
The
Hispanic
community
is one of the most under served minority groups
in WWAMI region and across the U.S. The Hispanic Health Pathway (HHP)
was developed to provide our medical students at the University
of Washington
with the necessary training and experiences to make them better
practitioners
in urban and rural Hispanic communities.
The goals of the
Hispanic Health Pathway are to:
- Prepare both
Hispanic and
non-Hispanic medical students how to provide
cultural-responsive care to Hispanic communities;
- Enhance
curriculum on Hispanic
health care issues and disparities at
the
University of Washington School of Medicine.
- Encourage
research on Hispanic
health issues and disparities.
The HHP
provides a unique
educational experience
for the medical student through the use of specialized lecture series,
small group discussions, problem-base learning, clinical immersion
experiences
in medical practices that serve the Hispanic communities, and research
opportunities. This program is also unique in that it utilizes a number
of Hispanic faculty to teach these components who have had a vast
amount
of collective experience in working directly with Hispanic
populations. The student's progress will be tracked and
documented by the HHP Advisor (Pam Racansky, M.A.). Upon
completion
of
the
requirements, the student will be awarded a Certificate
of Completion and be recognized of this honor at graduation.
If you are interested in signing
up for the Hispanic Health Pathway, please do one of the
following:
Component 1: Non-Clinical Selectives
Required:
- “Hispanic
Health
and
Health
Care Disparities” (1
credit) - for details, << click
here >>
2. One
interdisciplinary course on Hispanic health offered in
any of the health science schools that is
approved
and
listed
in the approved courses << click
here >>
- Modules Online: Must complete 6 out of 8 instructional
modules,
or complete 4 out of 8 modules, and view 2 videos
& complete associated assignments.
- "Spanish
for the Health Care Professional" (FAMED 556), or
Obtain
a
waiver
for
Spanish language if demonstrated proficiency.
-TOP-
Component
2: Clinical Experience
Required:
- Preceptorship
(1st or 2nd year) - this must take place in a clinic site
that provides care for a large Hispanic population; expectation is a
minimum of 8 weeks (one morning/week), or R/UOP
(between 1st & 2nd year) - this must take place in either a rural
or urban underserved practice site that provides care for a large
Hispanic population; expectation is a minimum of 4 weeks immersion.
- Core Clerkship - at least 1 core
clerkship located in a site that provides care for a large Hispanic
population:
- FAMED 658 – SeaMar
Community
Health
Clinic
– Seattle,
WA,
or
- FAMED 660 - Central Washington Family
Medicine - Yakima, WA, or
- FAMED 636 - Wenatchee Valley Medical
Center - Wenatchee, WA, or
- FAMED 638 - Othello Family Clinic -
Othello, WA, or
- OB-GYN 698-P - Yakima Valley Memorial
Hospital - Yakima, WA, or
- OB-GYN 698-P - OB/Gyn Associates, PA -
Caldwell, ID, or
- Neurology 665-P - Wenatchee Valley
Medical Center - Wenatchee, WA, or
- Neurology 665-P - Yakima Regional
Medical Center - Yakima, WA, or
- Med 665-P - Wenatchee Valley Medical
Center - Wenatchee, WA, or
Elective Clerkship: Must take at least a
minimum of two
4-week clerkship rotations in a
clinic setting that cares for a large Hispanic population. Here is a
list of such clinic sites (but this does not have to be limited to
Family Medicine). Examples include FAMED 670-671:
- SeaMar Community Health Clinics
- WA: Seattle, Mt. Vernon, Marysville,
Tacoma, Lynden;
- Yakima
Valley Farmworkers Clinics
- WA: Yakima, Grandview, Toppenish,
Walla Walla;
- OR: Hermiston, Woodburn
- Okanogan Family Health Centers
- WA: Brewster, Okanogan, Tonasket
- Terry
Reilly Health Services
- Wenatchee Valley
Medical Center,
Wenatchee, WA
-TOP-
Component
3:
Independent Investigative Inquiry Project
All
medical
students are
required to complete a research project before graduation.
- HHP students must complete their III
project on an approved
Hispanic
health
topic.
- Mary Walls,
MPH will provide a list of faculty that are willing to
act as sponsors - please contact her at (206) 616-3047, or mwalls@u.washington.edu.
- Mary Walls, MPH will also provide a
portfolio of possible
research questions pertaining
to Hispanic health disparities for you to consider when
choosing
a topic for your III project.
- Your III Project topic will need to be
approved by the
Director of the HHP (David Acosta, MD).
Component
4:
Conference
Attendance
All candidates will be encouraged to attend at least one conference
dealing with Hispanic health - examples include but not limited to:
Component
5:
Community
Service
All candidates are encouraged to join the Latino Medical
Student
Association and/or participate in their
community
service
projects; or consider working with other organizations in the community
that
participate in community service projects within the Hispanic
community, e.g.SeaMar
Community
Health
Clinics, El
Centro de La Raza, CHAPS, Al-Shifa Clinic
at Casa Latina, ALMA , etc.
If you
are interested in signing
up for the Hispanic Health Pathway, please do one of the
following:
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