Community Health – Faith Community Nurses of OSF

ELEC 423.2 / PHSP 661.2

Department
Health Sciences Education and Pathology

Clinical or Non-Clinical Course
Clinical

Physician Assessed Patient Facing
No

Prerequisites
Completion of Phase 1

Goal

This elective is designed to develop the skills of the M3 and M4 student in the management of an undifferentiated patient in the community health setting. It will provide a basic knowledge of common experience and allow them to appreciate the unique environment of the community healthcare team providing care, disposition of patients and the multiple challenges that face patients trying to access care.
Faith Community Nurses of OSF offers members of the Peoria community the opportunity to interact with healthcare professionals outside of their home or the clinic/hospital setting. Through outreach with the Care-A-Van, patients can get valuable health screenings, nutrition and exercise counseling, help with establishing a primary care physician and insurance assistance. Faith Community Nurses also see patients at the Peoria Riverplex and OSF Senior World. They work with many schools in the area to provide school physicals and offer other services such as weight loss clinics, cardiac rehab and medical exercise programs. The Faith Community Nurses team also work with JOLT Foundation to provide harm reduction services, street medicine, and comprehensive medical screenings and care to Peoria’s most vulnerable.
Each student will be required to prepare a windshield survey based on one neighborhood of the population served by the organization. This will be a 2-3 page document to be turned in at the completion of the elective.

Reading assigned prior to or during elective:
• A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health: Chapter 2
• Windshield Survey document (resource to be provided)
• Tri-County Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Community Health Improvement Plan
• Other articles and training modules assigned depending on location of Elective

For more information on Faith Community Nurses, please visit their website: https://www.osfhealthcare.org/saint-francis/services/wellness-services/faith-community-nursing/

Objectives

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Analyze your role in the community setting.
  2. Interact in a professional manner with an interdisciplinary team of community healthcare workers.
  3. Deliver evidence-based education and quality care to the client population.
  4. Identify how the social determinants of health affect the population of clients served by this organization.
  5. Detect how medical physicians can become advocates for patients meeting the challenges identified by the social determinants of health.

Method of Assessment

Standard Clinical 2wk Elective Evaluation - Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Additional Methods

1. Individual discussions with the student. a. One discussion with Dr. O’Bryant immediately prior to Elective (orientation) b. Two 1:1 discussions with members of the organization during Elective c. One discussion with Dr. O’Bryant at conclusion of Elective 2. Formative feedback of clinical and interviewing skills by site clinician or educator. 3. Activity/procedure log demonstrating procedures observed and performed by student and participation in community activities. 4. Conduct and briefly summarize 3 patient encounters/interviews. 5. Windshield survey form completed. 6. Narrative reflection (1000 words max) 7. Standard Clinical Evaluation Form to be completed by the course director.

Course Director
Dr. Angela O'Bryant and Dr. Mary Stapel, M.D.

Course Coordinator
Stephanie Thomas
smaho3@uic.edu
309-680-8641

Location
Faith Community Nurses of OSF

Setting
Outpatient

Night Call
No

Laboratory
No

Weekends
Yes

Please Specify
Varies

House Staff
No

Number of Learners per Block
1

Duration
2 weeks

Who is this elective available to
Both M3s and M4s

Blocks Available
Upon Approval (Unavailable in Blocks 1a, 3b, 4a, and 8)