Session 19: Primary Care in Vulnerable and Underserved Populations Conference
November 11, 2009Guest: Dr. Kim Williams, Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Director of Nuclear Cardiology at the University of Chicago
Description: Dr. Williams will speak about Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans. .
Session 18: Primary Care in Vulnerable and Underserved Populations Conference
October 21, 2009Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs, Associate Professor of Medicine at Stroger Hospital and Rush University Medical Center
Description: Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs will speak on "Providing Patient-centered Care when Caring for Patients with Limited English Proficiency".
The conferences are organized by Dr. Susan Glick and sponsored by the Urban Health Initiative Center for Community Health and PCSF. The purpose of these conferences is to identify practical strategies for physicians working in low resource settings to improve the health of vulnerable and underserved populations. The group also aims to strengthen connections between medical students, residents, and faculty interested in this area.
Session 17: PCSF Day of Service
October 10, 2009Description: Huggins and Coggeshall societies will be volunteering at the Gary Comer Youth Center and DeLee and Phemister societies will be in South Chicago working with the New Millenium School of Health and/or the community artists garden.
Session 16: UCMC Day of Service
May 16, 2009Session 15: End-of-Year Dinner at Dr. Schumann's House
May 7, 2009Session 14: Changes at the UCMC
April 2, 2009Guest panelists: Walter Conwell (former Pritzker graduate and current medical resident/future chief
Jen McDonnell (former Pritzker graduate, PCSF co-founder and current med/peds resident
Description: A panel discussion over dinner on "Providing Mental Health Services for the Underserved"
Session 13: Providing Mental Health Services for the Underserved
February 24, 2009Guest panelists: Dr. Daniel Yohanna, Psychiatrist at the University of Chicago,
Pam Mazinni, Nurse Director at Lakeshore
Barbara Smith, Licensed Clinic Social Worker who works at the University of Chicago Hospitals
Jeff Eisen, MS4 pursing a residency in Psychiatry
Description: A panel discussion over dinner on "Providing Mental Health Services for the Underserved"
Session 12: Day of Service
Jaunary 31, 2009Description: A day of community tours and service in either Greater Grand Crossing or South Chicago neighborhoods. This will be the kick-off service event in a new program in which Pritzker societies partner with Southside community organizations and leaders to develop longitudinal, service-learning projects.
Session 11: Future Plans for PCSF, Service Learning, and Pritzker
October 29, 2008Description: Dinner and discussion about the current and future plans for collaborations between PCSF and other Pritzker organizations on Service Learning
Session 10: Discussion and Dinner with Sister Sheila Lyne
October 13, 2008Guest: Sister Sheila Lyne, CEO of Mercy Hospital and Medical Center and former Chicago Health Commissioner
Description: Dinner and discussion with Sister Sheila Lyne about the challenges of running a community hospital and her extensive career of service and advocacy
Session 9: Panel on Bed Geography and ED Transfer Programs
September 26, 2008Guest panelists: Dr. Abbo from General Medicine, Dr. Mulliken from Emergency Medicine, Dr. Tothy from Peds Emergency, Dr. Anne O'Connor from Cardiology
Description: A panel discussion with four hospital administrators to talk about how these programs affect patients' access to and quality of care as well as their impact on medical education
Session 8: Tour of Gary Comer Youth Center and Neighborhood
August 16, 2008Description: Staff from the Gary Comer Youth Center, a South Side organization developed to help students achieve high school education and preparedness for post-high school education, hosted a group of PCSF fellows to teach us about their center and neighborhood and brainstorm about future collaborations between GCYC and the Pritzker School of Medicine.
Session 7: Picnic at the Point with Fellows and Mentors
July 24, 2008
Session 6: Project HEALTH
May 8, 2008Guest: Emily Brice, Chicago Site Director for Project HEALTH
Description: "What Every Physician Needs to Know About Supportive Resources for Low-Income Families": In this session, Emily Brice gave some background about the innovative organization, Project HEALTH, as well as pointers about what questions we should ask and how we can best address psychosocial and socioeconomic issues in the care of our patients.
Session 5: Asset-Based Community Development Training
April 7, 2008Guest: Leif Elsmo, Office of Community Affairs for UCMC
Description: Mr. Elsmo provided an interactive training for members of PCSF on the asset-based community development approach.
Session 4: Unnatural Causes Screening
March 3, 2008
Description: PCSF joined other University of Chicago groups to host a screening of the new PBS documentary Unnatural Causes. Approximately 185 students, faculty, staff, and community members attended the screening. Following the screening a Q & A session was held.
Link:
www.unnaturalcauses.org
Session 3: Motivations and Challenges in Service
February 21, 2008Guest panelists: Monica Peek, MD and Sarah-Anne Schumann, MD
Description: The meeting consisted of a panel discussion with physicians who are currently working in underserved populations. We wanted to explore two general topics
(a) Motivation to Service: What initially motivated you to dedicate your career to working in an underserved community? What hurdles did you face getting there?
(b) Challenges in Service: What have been the most difficult parts of actually working in the community? How have you negiotiated the potential differences (racial/ ethnic/ class,etc) between you and your patients? What has kept you motivated?
Links:
Vanderbilt SK, Wynia MK, Gadon M, Alexander GC. A qualitative study of physicians' engagement in reducing healthcare disparities. J Natl Med Assoc. 2007;99:1315-1322.
"To Hell with Good Intentions" by Ivan Illich
Session 2: Community Fellowship: Potluck
January 28, 2008
Potluck at Jen's house
Session 1: Introduction and the Role of the Community in the Academic Medical Center
November 29, 2007Guest speaker: Laura Derks, Office of Community Affairs for UCMC
Links:
Steiner BD, Calleson DC, Curtis P, Goldstein AO, Denham A. Recognizing the value of community involvement by AHC faculty: A case study. Acad Med. 2005;80:322-326.
Hill LD, Madara JL. Role of the urban academic medical center in US health care. JAMA. 2005;294:2219-2220.
Background on PCSF