Background, Contacts, Location: Multnomah County provides low-cost family health care at seven locations. Pharmacy, dental and WIC services are also available at some locations. While this is a primarily clinical experience, it should serve as an opportunity to think about how different health care systems as well as the role of public health in relation to primary care. Care provided includes preventive care and urgent care to a diverse and often underserved population. You should consider the following aspects of healthcare during this experience: access to healthcare, diversity, health disparities, cultural hum, and working with limited resources.
Lead Contact
Seth Williams, MD (Department of Pediatrics, Primary Care Physician )
Niki Bannister, MPH, MS (Operations Supervisor at NEHC & La Clinica)
Office: (503) 988-9763
Cell: (503) 201-3657
Address
5329 NE MLK JR BLVD Portland, OR 97211
Experience: You will see patients with Seth Williams and see how services are provided in a county public health clinic. You will become familiar with community resources available to uninsured families. You are urged to consider the impact and implications of statewide and national healthcare reform for this population of patients.
Required Prep Work:
1) 211 Info-->Choose one patient or fictional patient to determine what resources would be available for them through the 211, Oregon helps site. Examples: food, housing, immigration challenges, or recreational activities. Consider dowloading app.
2) Review the county website https://multco.us/health/providers with a focus on the following questions:
i. How do you report a communicable disease
ii. What are some county youth violence prevention programs
iii. What is REACH? https://multco.us/reach
iv. What do Community Health Workers do? Oregon Community Health Worker Associationā· http://www.orchwa.org/
Other readings/references:
- AAP Statement on Pediatricians and Public Health: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/2/e20173848