GMED 709B Health Equity Elective in Internal Medicine

Credits: 4
Focused on broadening understanding of healthcare disparities, this elective will provide students with experiential learning of the impacts of social determinants of health, healthcare disparities, and structural inequality through clinical care, focused readings, and experiences. Students will engage with community partners that include Salud!, Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center (VGMHC) and the Western Farmworker’s association to better understand how social determinants affect the health of individual patients and communities. Clinical care of patients will occur at Hillsboro Medical Center, VGMHC and at various farms and vineyards through our Salud! mobile medical van program.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit