Medical students at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia, have continued to operate a free dermatology clinic at Crossover Health Ministry, providing essential care to those in need.
As the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 disrupted patients’ access to medical care, students at Virginia Commonwealth University ( VCU ) in Richmond, Virginia, began to reach out to people in need of dermatology care by establishing a new monthly program at nonprofit Crossover Health Ministry’s clinic in Richmond, Virginia.
The screenings provided through the program are done by attendings and residents, but medical students participate in clinical care by collecting histories and handling preliminary examinations, for example. The students lead management of the clinic in terms of tasks such as scheduling. Kimberly S. Salkey, MD, an associate professor and residency program director for the Department of Dermatology at VCU School of Medicine, said she considers it a point of pride that the clinic continued to run even after the initial founders graduated, with students keeping operations running. “They have really done a lovely job of forming a nice structure,” Salkey said. “So there is a formalized handover with leadership. There’s a process by which the next set of students to lead the clinic are selected and a formal onboarding process.” For students like Falen Mehari, Kamelia Zolfaghari, and Divya Shan, who are the clinic’s current leaders, this program is an opportunity to begin coordination of team members. They get a taste of what future management tasks might be like. Student volunteers participate in the Derm Free Clinic as a chance to provide community service and to get early experience of clinical practice. Some start as early as their first year. “It’s really an opportunity for med students, especially M1s, who don’t have a lot of opportunity in clinical spaces to sort of get their feet wet, to practice interviewing patients,” Mehari said. Zolfaghari said her experience as a volunteer in the free clinic led her to apply for dermatology residencie
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