Revista de vacunas y ensayos clínicos

Improving Quality of preventing care at a student Run free clinic

Neel M Butala

Student-run clinics increasingly serve as primary care providers for patients of lower socioeconomic status, but studies show that quality of care at student-run clinics has room for improvement. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) supports health as a basic human right for all people regardless of social and economic status, and ideally through a patient-centered medical home (PCMH). Student-run free clinics often provide access to indigent and underserved populations who otherwise may not receive basic health care services. A student-run free primary care clinic is a service-learning, student driven outreach project that strives to enhance the health and wellbeing of a community through  the provision of medical care