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The Monday Clinic
The Monday Clinic is a weekly clinic operated by volunteer medical students from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School who are supervised by physicians from UT Southwestern as well as the Dallas community. The clinic is hosted and supported by the North Dallas Shared Ministries. We provide care for adults with acute and episodic medical conditions in the surrounding community at no cost to the patient.
The clinic is run from 5:00 to 8:30 pm on Monday evenings at the NDSM building, located at 2875 Merrell Road in Dallas, Texas.
The Monday Clinic offers high quality, free medical care to the underserved population of North Dallas. Moreover, the project aims to provide an interactive learning environment for medical students, allowing them to develop clinical, organizational, language, and leadership skills.
Click here for more information about the clinic and to sign-up.
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North Texas Food Bank
- Started in 1982.
- Collected and distributed 32 million pounds of food last year.
- Provides assistance to 48,000 families per month.
- 13% of people in Dallas live below the poverty line ($22,610 for a family of five).
- 43% of these are children under 18.
- Students get involved by being on the lookout for periodic emails and replying.
- Time involvement: One morning or afternoon.
- Satisfaction level: Very high.
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The Dallas Ramp Project
- Started in 1985.
- Build wheelchair ramps for people who are disabled.
- Currently build almost 300 ramps per year.
- Students get involved by being on the lookout for periodic emails and replying.
- Time involvement: One morning.
- Satisfaction level: Very high.
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Holiday in the Park - December 8, 2007
- Started about 10 years ago; 100 kids came to a toy giveaway.
- UT-Southwestern became involved three years ago, and expanded it to include a carnival.
- Dude, there’s even a petting zoo. A petting zoo!
- These days it draws about 1500 kids.
- Time involvement: Lots, if you help plan; a few hours if you help at the event itself.
- Contact: Weilan.Zuo@utsouthwestern.edu or Elizabeth.Carroll@utsouthwestern.edu
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United to Serve
United to Serve is an annual UT system-wide day of service initiated in 2004, which takes place in April each year. UT-Southwestern's contribution has been to host a day of health and fun for our surrounding community. The tradition continues this year with our third annual United to Serve Health and Fun Fair!
The day's activities will include
- Health screenings
- Presentations about how the body works
- Games and prizes for the kids
- and much, much more!
Each year we rely on hundrerds of volunteers to make this wonderful event happen. Click here to find out more about this opportunity!
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CART (Community Action Research Track)
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STD Lectures
Our goal is to educate local middle and high school students about Sexually Transmitted Diseases with a 50 minute PTA approved lecture. Click here for more information.
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Tar Wars
Tar Wars is an official program of the American Academy of Family Physicians. The program allows medical students to enter the classrooms of 4th ? 6th grade elementary schools to teach about the ill effects of tobacco smoking. Positive peer relations are emphasized to the children participants through a poster contest that emphasizes the benefits of not smoking. Click here for more information.
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SCF Mission Trip - March 9-14, 2008
- Medical mission trip to Juarez over spring break. Everyone is welcome regardless of religious background or lack thereof.
- Open to medical and allied health students
- Look for an email about an information session in October
- Contact: Joy.Chen@utsouthwestern.edu
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Movie Night at Children’s Medical Center – Friday Nights
Friday night movie watching with kids & their families at Children's
Open to medical, allied health, and graduate students, must attend orientation at Children's prior to volunteering and have an application on file with Volunteer Services.
Contact: Elizabeth.Carroll@utsouthwestern.edu
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Science Fair Mentoring / Elementary School Tutoring
- This is something we’re trying to set up over at Rusk Middle School—the teachers are so busy preparing students for state exams, they don’t have time to do anything with science fair
- The tutoring would take place at Maple Lawn or Onesimo Hernandez elementary near campus
- Here’s a possible opportunity for us to step in and help out
- Be on the lookout for more information!
- Interested? Want to help? Contact
Michael.Liu@utsouthwestern.edu or
Elizabeth.Carroll@utsouthwestern.edu
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Immunization Roundup
Every spring the Pediatric Interest Group teams with local leaders and nurses to provide free immunizations and general health screenings at an elementary school in nearby Irving. This project continues to grow, with over 300 medical students participating in 2008.
Medical students run health screenings booth including:
- height and weight measurements
- vision and hearing screenings
- lead and TB screenings
- immunization schedules
- fitness and face paintings
Time commitment: One morning or afternoon
Satisfaction level: Very high
For more information, please contact
Tam Nguyen or
Andrew Kleinberg
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