The MEDIC clinics of University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health serve as the only resource for thousands of patients who cannot afford healthcare. We provide acute care at our 6 clinics, however we are unable to get our patients plugged into a consistant care system. In an effort to provide extended services, we have worked out minor partnerships with a limited number of hospitals and clinics. I hope to reinforce these relationships, as well as establish new ones so that the community as a whole shares in the responsiblity of caring for these patients. Additionally in an attempt to increase community awareness and solidify partnerships with area organizations, I hope to begin a publicity campaign for financial support and resources.

I hope to establish a partnership for MEDIC with the hospitals to provide extended care. After that is in place we can look to the other providers so they can do their share. I hope to increase community awareness by targeting local doctors to broaden our volunteer physician base. I also hope to target area businesses to generate support. I also hope to have an article in the spring alumni newsletter complete with an opportunity for donations.

• I attended the April Annual Meeting of the Free Clinics of the Great Lakes Region. I met many helpful people and learned of resources provided by Volunteers in Healthcare.
• I met with Mark Hamilton, administrator at UW Hospitals and Clinics, in April through a meeting set up by Dr. Murray Katcher. After that meeting, I compiled a list of ALL referrals from the last 3 years from all 6 of our clinics. We got together again in June and agreed that UW would see approximately 3 patients a month with referrals coming to him. We would assess the arrangement after 6 months and make the appropriate adjustments.
• I attended the Annual Wisconsin Public Heatlh Conference in La Crosse in June, where I had the opportunity to meet many people from both Madison and the State's Public Health Departments.
• We received many donations for our August Student Orientation Day and built partnerships for the future. All leftover doughnuts and bagels were donated to the Salvation Army Shelter.
• We established a Public Affairs Committee and are working with community organizations to expand our resources.
• I have been working with Jeffrey Toms of Tufts University's Free Clinic in updating their medical student-run clinic site. I have also been working with Paul Hunter, medical director of Medical College of Wisconsin's Cogg's Clinic, as they have been undergoing financial problems and are looking into developing a prescription program such as our partnership with Walgreens.
• We put together a Holiday Newsletter for the volunteer physicians and sent them to all PDS doctors too, in hopes of developing a broader volunteer base. This letter was also sent to the administration of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and I received a message from the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs recognizing MEDIC's accomplishments this year.
• I recently supplied Linda Dietrich, public relations manager of the Health Science Public Affairs office with information for volunteer physicians.
• I have met with Karen Peterson, Director of the UW Medical Alumni Office, and she has agreed to do a MEDIC article in the spring edition of the alumni magazine.

Students to get things done. We are in class most of the time that community members are available at the office. Setting deadlines and sending multiple reminders has alleviated many problems.

I need to talk to my mentor to see if he can set up a story with Channel 3.

Last update:

December 26, 2001

Graduation Requirements Progress Chart
If you complete the requirements outlined below, you will graduate as a LOCUS fellow.

A indicates the item has been completed.

Completed	When	What	On-line
	Year 1: Beginning of Semester 2	New Project Report	Submit Report
	Year 2: Beginning of Semester 1	Project Update	Submit Update
	Year 2: Beginning of Semester 2	Project Update	Submit Update
	Year 3: Beginning of third year	Project Update	Submit Update
	Year 4: August of fourth year	2-3 page final summary of project that includes a reflective evaluation of the project process	N/A
	Ongoing	Participate in program evaluation (written and/or focus group)	View Options
	By the end of fourth year	Select poster, presentation, paper, creative option or your own idea	View Options

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