Outreach

The College of Medicine reaches out to communities throughout the state in a variety of ways. A few examples are:

• Along the U.S-Mexico border, UA College of Medicine students make home visits and assess community health-care needs.
• Through the Rural Health Professions Program, medicine, pharmacy and nurse practitioner students receive part of their education at rural sites statewide.
• On Native American reservations, physicians from the Steele Children’s Research Center offer early diagnoses of genetic conditions.
• Through the Arizona Telemedicine Program, high-resolution video imaging allows AHSC specialists to provide medical consultation to rural physicians and other health professionals to improve patients’ lives.
• The Arizona Arthritis Center brings much-needed osteoporosis screening to rural communities, work sites, reservations and nursing homes.
• The Arizona Health Sciences Library, considered one of the best libraries of its kind in the nation, works with health professionals, public libraries, health departments and community groups statewide to improve access to high-quality health information.
• Since 1979, College of Medicine students have provided medical services through its Commitment to Underserved People (CUP) outreach clinics.
• The UA College of Medicine – Phoenix plays a unique role in community education by hosting provocative public forums on current medical and health-care issues.