Views from patients, students, and preceptors about the ethics of student-run free clinics

Bibliographic Data

ID21427056
AuthorsIsabella Li (0009-0007-1571-9244, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center), Caroline R Morehouse (National Institutes of Health Clinical Center), Claire M Moore (0000-0001-7032-1545, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center), Gabriela Esnaola (Yale University), Adalberto Aguirre (0000-0002-1004-8046, Yale University), Andrés Aguirre, Annette Rid (0000-0003-1117-1975, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center), Caitlin Grady (0000-0002-9093-4450, National Institutes of Health, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume50
Issue3
Pages514-526
Publication date2025-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-5145 • E-ISSN: 1573-3610
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10900-024-01438-2
PMID39833400
OpenAlexW4406610654
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

At roughly three-quarters of U.S. medical schools, health professional students run student-run free clinics (SRFCs) to provide free or reduced-cost care—including, for example, primary care services, medications, and social services—to their local communities [ 1 , 2 ]. Typically, student volunteers engage with patients, then consult with licensed preceptor volunteers to design treatment plans [ 3 ]. Patients at SRFCs often face one or multiple forms of structural disadvantage that limit their access to healthcare, including being unhoused, uninsured, or of low socioeconomic status, and they tend to belong to racially or ethnically minoritized communities [ 2 , 4 ]

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