Care of the Underserved Focus Curriculum

The Care of the Underserved curriculum is designed to offer interested residents additional training in and exposure to caring for underserved patients in diverse environments. While the residency clinic at the E. Blair Warner Family Medicine Center offers every resident in our program rich opportunities in this arena, residents in this track will get additional immersion in care of underserved patients through experiences in other outpatient clinics and community organizations intentionally designed to meet the needs of the underserved. Through participating in these different venues of care, residents will gain greater knowledge of health disparities, explore strategies for promoting health equity, and learn best practices for caring effectively for diverse patient populations. Having completed this curricular track, residents will be equipped to understand the unique challenges an underserved patient population faces, the ways an interdisciplinary team can partner with these patients to foster their health, and the opportunities available to advocate for patient needs beyond the exam room. 

This curriculum has a longitudinal component guided by the track director that integrates underserved care into a local community organization. Click here to learn about this embedded longitudinal experience. 

The full curriculum can be viewed in this document.