Street Medicine: The New Mission Field

Saturday, February 26, 2022

11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

ROOM 253

Locations & times are subject to change

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Jennifer Zamora, MPAP, PA-C

Professor of Practice and Director of Didactic Education University of La Verne, Master of Science, Physician Assistant Practice Program, where she is restructuring and modifying the current curriculum, assessment and appeal to ARC-PA regarding accreditation standards, interviewing all guest lecturers and mentoring and training new faculty. She personally teaches the pediatric and infectious disease series and assist in clinical skills. She also designed and executes the live model and standardized patient program, OSCE exams, simulations and hands-on workshops. She is working to incorporate inter-professional education (IPE) and inter-professional practice with the PA students. She was a founding faculty member of California Baptist University (CBU MSPAS) PA Program and guest lecturer at University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine. She was also a founding faculty member with a team from six other schools and disciplines for SoCal HEAL IPE (https://socalheal.org/) and serves as the co-director and clinical faculty at UCR School of Medicine (UCR SOM). As a previous clinical preceptor, she trained numerous physician assistant, nurse practitioner and medical students in the field from various programs including USC, Western University, Azusa Pacific, University of Kentucky, University of Maine and UCR SOM. Currently, the family medicine clinic and street medicine outreaches is a place where UCR MD students rotate at as well as ULV PA students, and she teaches during live patient encounters while at the clinic. Jennifer would like to thank all the volunteers who have helped keep the free clinic running during the pandemic, especially Zahid who helped with this piece and the grant they recently received to serve the underserved. Most importantly, Jennifer is honored to be a mother of two daughters and a wife of 20 years to her husband. God is good!

WORKSHOP ABSTRACT:

 

Come and learn our style of running a free clinic and various medical outreaches!  We will discuss the adjustments made during the pandemic and how it grew to serve hundreds of more patients in need of medicine, food, clothing, and the touch of Jesus!  From the EMR we use, to demonstrating our field kits, to utilizing donations, to sharing how volunteer leadership roles work for our team, we will hold nothing back!  Dr. Zamora and a few student leaders will be delighted to share and take questions.