Community Engagement at UPAP aims to understand and address health disparities through a structured learning experiences that build cultural humility. The focus is on critical life-long learning, recognizing and bridging power differences, and fostering mutually beneficial and respectful relationships with community members and organizations. The following programs are specific faculty-mentored community engagement opportunities for our students:
Events
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- Creek Valley Health Fair in Hildale, Utah
- Junior League's CARE-Fair of Salt Lake City
- Project Homeless Connect in Salt Lake City
Student-Run Free Clinics
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- Doctor's Volunteer Clinic of St. George
- Maliheh Free Clinic of Salt Lake City
Head Start Partnerships
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- Centro de la Familia Migrant Head Start in rural Northern Utah
- Root for Kids in St. George
- Utah Community Action Program in Salt Lake City
- Ute Indian Tribe on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation
Migrant Worker Program
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- We collaborate with Community Health Centers, Inc., the Utah Department of Health, and Community Health Connect to provide key health services to farmworkers during harvest season
Patient Voice - The Charles James Nabors, Ph.D. Conference Series
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- The Patient Voices series was founded by the Physician Assistant Students Supporting Equity and Diversity (PASSED) student organization and was later adopted by the Office of Health Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion.
- PA students are trained to organize and facilitate panel discussions featuring diverse and underrepresented patient perspectives and stories that promote culturally sensitive, patient-centered health care.
Community Partnerships
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- Community Health Education Workshops
- Southern Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition
- Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake City