For the past 16 years, UNMC students have run the SHARING Clinics, considered one of the most successful student-run health clinics in the country. Students working in the clinic represent every UNMC college – medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health and public health – and provide vital care to underserved people in North and South Omaha.
On April 18, the students celebrated the 16th anniversary of the clinics with a party in the west atrium of the Durham Outpatient Center. Numerous people were recognized at the celebration, including donors to the clinics and Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D.
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Key administrators, donors and students involved in the SHARING Clinics include (left-right): James Medder, M.D., Katie Lydiatt, Brian Coburn, Audrey Paulman, M.D., Harold Maurer, M.D., Paul Paulman, M.D., Ashley Neumann, Keith Swarts , Carol Swarts, M.D, and Joshua Gruhl. |
The students also hosted the “SHARING the Vision” Conference on April 19-20 in the Maurer Center for Public Health. Students and faculty from around the country attended the conference to learn more about the best practices that student-run clinics should employ.
The conference emphasized the role of faculty members in supporting student-run clinics. Other segments dealt with how clinics are organized; how they recruit, manage, and retain volunteers; how they finance their operations; how they’ve expanded or focused their services; and what changes and challenges may be in the future as a result of health care reform.