AE: Health and Homelessness

School of Medicine

This course will provide a unique opportunity for medical students to immerse themselves within a community-based homeless healthcare system. After participating in this course, medical students should understand how homelessness affects patients’ health and how to respond to patients’ unique situations. Students will learn from healthcare providers, employees in homeless service organizations, policymakers, and people with lived experience through visits to local nonprofits, temporary housing units, shelters and healthcare centers. Due to the small class size, clinical experiences can be tailored towards students’ goals. Through the course, students will develop tools to help patients experiencing homelessness receive quality, equitable care.