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威尼斯游戏大厅, Wisconsin’s first four-year institution of higher learning, 和 St. Joseph’s Medical Clinic, the state’s oldest free clinic, will partner to provide services to uninsured 和 underserved patients in 沃基肖. 威尼斯游戏大厅 has purchased a 9,000-square-foot building on Wisconsin Avenue in 沃基肖, Wisconsin to house the programs.
“As part of the community, it is our duty to contribute to the health 和 wellness of each 和 every citizen of 沃基肖,” Carroll President Dr. Cindy Gnadinger said of the collaboration.
Carroll will occupy the main floor 和 lower level of the building, while St. Joseph’s Free Medical Clinic will lease the top floor. 卡罗尔的 physician assistant studies faculty 和 students will help provide additional medical services through the free clinic to 沃基肖’s underserved communities. 卡罗尔的 Health Science programs will also offer new programming, with a focus on long-term health 和 wellness.
的 护理, 职业治疗 和 公共卫生 项目计划增加:
- Integrative health 和 health literacy services.
- Well-child visits, prenatal programming, h和 writing clinics 和 community health education.
- A dementia-care training center.
- Health 和 wellness program for people suffering with chronic conditions such as arthritis or diabetes.
“This ties in well with our Christian mission to prepare students for vocational success 和 to provide service in our diverse community,汤姆·潘克说, dean of the College of Health 和 Sciences. “It’s a great opportunity to partner with St. Joseph’s 和 have additional space for our academic programs. This endeavor allows our faculty 和 students to offer health 和 wellness services for 沃基肖’s underserved 和 underinsured populations, while also educating our future healthcare providers in a culturally sensitive manner.”
Kathy Becker, executive director of St. Joseph’s Free Medical Clinic, said, “This could be a really powerful partnership. It provides students with education while providing service to the community.” She hopes the partnership will help the free clinic to exp和 hours, which are now held three days a week, 到五.
圣. Joseph’s clinic currently has more than 50 volunteers ranging from physicians to nurses to receptionists who help provide 2,757 services to 566 patients annually. “We serve a lot of people, but we’d like to increase that,” Becker said. “Physician assistant students already have skills 和 could take patient histories, which could free up health providers to see more patients.” Becker said Carroll students could provide support in other ways as well. “的y come to the table with new 和 innovative ideas, 和 I think that is a good thing.”
的 building, located at 237 Wisconsin Ave., will undergo renovation before either organization moves in. Pahnke did not have a definite date for its opening, but expected it would be during the next academic year.
Becker said funds from the clinic’s capital campaign will help pay for remodeling its new space 和, once the move is made, service would no longer be available at its 东大街 site.
Carroll currently offers a twice-weekly free 的rapeutic Abilities Clinic (TAC) at its Sentry Drive building for patients without insurance. It serves about 30 patients 和 is staffed by faculty-supervised physical therapy students who provide help 和 exercise guidance for individuals with chronic neurological conditions.