Clinical Clerkship – Underserved Population

Catalog description

The Underserved Population Clinical Clerkship is a four-week required supervised clinical practice experience. This clerkship provides PA students an opportunity to participate in delivery of healthcare services to an underserved population. Sites for this rotation will have been designated as a Medically Underserved Area and/or Health Professional Shortage Area site by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration or a similar designation by the Indian Health Service and/or other governmental organizations. There may be opportunities for students to combine this clinical experience with other clinical clerkships such as family practice or emergency medicine rotations if the populations for such rotations meet the criteria described above.