Showcase Presenter: Student Run Free Clinic Faculty Association

Showcase Title:

Student Run Free Clinics - Interprofessional Clinical Practice Sites

Presenter Bios:

Brian Sick, MD

President, Student Run Free Clinic Faculty Association
Interprofessional Academic Deputy, University of Minnesota AHC

Brian Sick, MD, is a graduate of the University of Rochester, in his hometown of Rochester, New York, where he received both his bachelor’s and medical degrees. He then moved to Minnesota where he completed a dual residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota where he is currently an Associate Professor.

He is the Interprofessional Academic Deputy for the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center where he has responsibility for the interprofessional curriculum of all health programs at the student, resident, fellow and faculty levels. He also works as an outpatient primary care provider at the University of Minnesota Primary Care Center. Finally, Dr. Sick is the Medical Director of the Phillips Neighborhood Clinic which is a national-known interprofessional student-run free clinic in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Minneapolis, Minnesota and serves as the President of the national Society of Student Run Free Clinics Faculty Association.

In 2015 he was awarded the University of Minnesota Medical Alumni Society’s Early Distinguished Career Award and in 2013 he was awarded the Clinical Care Award from the University of Minnesota Medical Center and the Community Service Award from the Minnesota Medical Association.

Lanita White, PharmD

President-Elect, Student Run Free Clinic Faculty Association
Director, 12th Street Health and Wellness Center

Dr. White graduated with her Pharm.D. degree from Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans in 2006 and was a part of the first graduating pharmacy class from Xavier University after Hurricane Katrina. After graduation, Dr. White completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and a PGY2 Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. Before coming to UAMS, she served as the clinical pharmacist in the Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock and Clinical Assistant Professor at the UAMS College of Pharmacy from 2008 to July 2012. Along with her clinical duties at the VA, she served as the Residency Program Director for the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency and was member of the Residency Committee and the Residency Research Committee. She also served as a member of the Performance Measures and the Employee Satisfaction Committee.

In 2012, Dr. White was appointed Assistant Professor in the UAMS College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice and Director of 12th Street Health and Wellness Center. She also serves as the residency director for the Pharmacy Practice Residency in Underserved Population and Public Health. In her roles, she continues to mentor students and residents.

Dr. White is a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, a former board member of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association, a Past President of the Arkansas Association of Health-System Pharmacists and a member of the Arkansas College of Clinical Pharmacy. She has been active in the AAHP since her residency and has served as a member of the Fall Seminar committee member and as the Fall Seminar co-chair for 3 years. She is also responsible for the creation AAHP Pharmacy Residency Council whose mission is to expand the number of and support pharmacy residency programs across the state. She also served as a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists national Taskforce on Organizational Structure, is a current member of the ASHP Council on Education and Workforce Development as well as the national Committee on Nominations. In, 2016, she was recently elected as the coordinator-elect of the APhA Preceptor Special Interest Group and as President-Elect of the Student-Run Free Clinics Faculty Association.

Content Description:

Students volunteering in a student-run free clinic have been shown to maintain high attitudes towards working together on interprofessional teams. This environment provides interprofessional teams of student the opportunity to care for underserved patients under the tutelage of interprofessional teams of preceptors. Many models for how this can be done exist all over the country. Recognizing that starting, maintaining, and growing a student-run free clinic is challenging, a group of faculty from these clinics started meeting on an annual basis at the Society of Student Run Free Clinics Annual Conference to share ideas. Out of this grew the Student Run Free Clinic Faculty Association which creates a network of faculty, clinicians and staff involved in student-run free clinics and provides a mechanism to share data and outcomes to improve these clinics. This showcase and consultation kiosk will bring the expertise of the President and President-Elect of the Association to talk about the tools, tips and resources for starting a new clinic or enhancing one which already exists. We will talk about practical operational issues such as finances and pharmaceuticals and faculty-specific issues of scholarship and promotion. Afterwards we will be available to speak one-on-one to interested attendees.

Learner Objectives:

Find resources pertaining to the educational, health system and professional benefits of student-run free clinics.
Describe the common challenges and potential solutions to starting or enhancing a student-run free clinic.
Join an established national network of faculty, clinicians and staff involved in student-run free clinics.