Social Work, Pharmacy, Medicine: VCU students team up to control diabetes
CrossOver Healthcare Ministry, a Richmond-based health clinic that delivers pro bono medical care to low-income uninsured individuals, brings together volunteers, staff and learners from various disciplines — in keeping with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to patient care. CrossOver provides primary care, dental, vision, counseling, pharmacy and a number of subspecialties at each of its two health centers.
This collaborative environment recently resulted in a new student-driven project designed to help Latino patients struggling to control their diabetes and also to teach students how to work with a health care team.
This spring, we — Virginia Commonwealth University students Beth Flippin, School of Pharmacy, and Lauren Gray, School of Social Work — worked with School of Medicine student Jasmin Singh, School of Pharmacy faculty member Sallie Mayer and other CrossOver health care providers to offer additional one-on-one bilingual diabetes education, psychological support and case-management for Latinos with diabetes.
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