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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Community Engagement

Community collaboration is one of the four missions of academic medicine, in addition to medical education, clinical care and research that are necessary to advance health equity.

We aim to develop future physicians that center and understand community needs particularly in marginalized and underserved populations.

Our Community Collaborative Academy was established to integrate community partners as teachers of future physicians. Through this, our medical students will develop understanding of the multifaceted dimensions of health inequities in the communities they will serve.

Incorporating community partnerships into the medical curriculum will increase understanding of social determinants of health and systemic challenges to accessing care.
Medical students meet with Rohullah Niazi, manager of community initiatives at the Refugee Empowerment Center.

Medical Students Engage With Underserved Communities

Medical students meet with Rohullah Niazi, manager of community initiatives at the Refugee Empowerment Center.