Care of the Underserved Pathway

The four-year Care of the Underserved Pathway coordinates current offerings on underserved care and presents them to students in a more formal and organized fashion across the four years.

A certificate of completion is awarded. Designation of the pathway completion is included in the graduation brochure.

Requirements

One Foundational Elective - MS1
Capstone elective - MS2
Two Clinical Electives - can be Ambulatory or Inpatient and can be 2 weeks or 4 weeks - MS3/MS4
End of Pathway Reflection paper
End-of-pathway paper summarizing learning experiences in underserved care, including self-reflection (required for pathway completion).

Foundational Electives: Houston (H), Temple(T)

MEFAM-407: Introduction to the Care of the Underserved (H & T), MS1/MS2, Term 1
MEFAM-409: Longitudinal Community Medicine & Primary Care (H & T), MS1/MS2, Term 1
MEOSA-441: Communicating Scientific & Clinical Research to Patients (H), MS1, Term 3
MEFAM-447: Refugee and Immigrant Medicine (H & T), MS1, Term 3
MEPED-562: It Takes a Village: Foundations of Pediatric Advocacy (H), MS1, Term 3
MEMED-593: Beyond the Exam Room: Physician as Advocate (H & T), MS1, Term 4
MEFAM-604: Longitudinal Community Care Practices and Service (H & T), MS1, Term 2-5
MEFAM-606: Introduction to Telemedicine (H & T), MS1, Term 4-5

Non-Clinical Research Elective: (Capstone Elective)

MEFAM-535: Community Project in Underserved Care, MS2, Term 1-2

Clinical Electives (Houston Campus)

Ambulatory 2-4 weeks

MEERM-504: Emergency Medicine
MEPED-506: Developmental Pediatrics
MEPED-549: Emergency Pediatrics
MEMED-579: Palliative Care for the Indigent
MEMED-587: Medicine/Pediatrics Primary Care
MEMED-630: Life with Intellectual & Developmental Disability
MEPED-545: Adolescent Medicine & Sports Medicine-Covenant House of Texas (Homeless Shelter Clinic)
MEPED-454: Child Abuse Pediatrics
MEPSY-200: Introduction to Emergency Psychiatry
MEOBG-201: HIV in Ob/Gyn elective
MEFAM-201: Addiction Medicine
MEMED-202: Comprehensive HIV Care for the Underserved
MEPED-207: Foster Care Pediatrics
MEPED-201: Child Abuse Pediatric

Inpatient

MEFAM-515: Family Medicine Sub-Internship (Ben Taub Hospital)
MEMED-503: General Medicine Sub -Internship (Ben Taub Hospital)
MEPED-547: Pediatric Sub internship Texas Children’s Hospital)-Please ask to be placed in the PHM service
MENEU-503: Neurology Sub -Internship (Ben Taub Hospital)
MEOBG-503: Obstetrics and Gynecology Sub internship (Ben Taub Hospital)
MEPSY-545: Inpatient Psychiatry (Ben Taub Hospital)
MESUR-501: Sub Internship Surgery
MEPSY-503: Emergency Psychiatry Elective -4 weeks
MEPSY-504: Sub Internship Psychiatry-4 weeks
MEMED-502: MEDVAMC: General Medicine Sub-internship

Clinical Electives (Temple Campus)

MEERM-820: Emergency Medicine: Introductory Pediatric Emergency Medicine- BSWH
MEMED-805: Supportive Palliative Care – BSWH
MEFAM-800: Hospital-Based Family Medicine – BSWH
MEPED-802: Hospital-Based Pediatric Care – BSWH/McLane Children’s Hospital.
MEMED-806: Elective in Internal Medicine -BSWH
MEPSY-802: Elective in Inpatient Psychiatry

Sub-Internships

MEMED-800: General Medicine - BSWH
MEFAM-800: Family Medicine - BSWH
MENEU-800: Neurology -BSWH
MEOBG-800: OB -Gyn - BSWH
MEPSY-800: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry BSWH
MEPED-800: Pediatric- BSWH
MESUR-800: General Surgery- BSWH

End of Pathway Reflection Paper

Enrichment Activities

Student-organized monthly meetings with invited speakers
Community Outreach Activities

Additional Optional Activities:

Quarterly group meetings with the pathway director and associate pathway director (strongly encouraged)
Leadership in the foundational courses as a student coordinator

How to Commit to this Pathway?

Students must meet with Pathway Leadership during the fall term to review the program requirements and timeline. After this meeting, students may submit the Medical Pathway Commitment Form available on the Medical Pathways webpage. Commitment forms are due by Dec. 31 of the MS2 year. Students that wish to commit to the pathway after the deadline must contact the pathway director for approval.