The patient care process, especially in our current healthcare system, can seem cold and sterile. As healthcare providers, we idolize clean cut solutions to very complex problems. Problems like homelessness, food insecurity, and abuse do not fall in our cookie-cut solution system well. Here at Health Partners, we value a warmer interaction with our patients… ( read more )
The month of June could be described as frantic at best. Our Country and community continues to be tested from all directions and the Clinic has done our best to provide those in need a safe and caring space to turn to. That certainly would have been impossible without the hands of our two pharmacy… ( read more )
For us here at the Clinic, we always see having our new students as a treat. On rare occasion, these students are new to us AND new to the hands-on clinical work that becomes the totality of their experiential education. Matt, our May pharmacy student from Cedarville University, was just such a treat. Health Partners had… ( read more )
The month of April 2020 has been like none other for many reasons. To state the obvious, this month brought the first pandemic that our community has seen in over 100 years. For a free clinic, Health Partners had to quickly make clear decisions on how to adjust procedures in order to keep our people… ( read more )
Have you ever had one of those moments in your life or career where you experience or see something that just cannot be “unseen”. A moment that sticks with you and forever changes the trajectory of your life. Well, that is the kind of moment we hope to inspire in the lives of the students… ( read more )
The first month of the year is always a hectic one. Typically, folks are coming down from the high of the holidays and reality becomes just that little bit sharper. This is also a time for us here at the Clinic to ramp up for another year of service to those in need and we… ( read more )
The Clinic was blessed to have a pharmacy extern for the month of December with local roots! Paige is originally from Vandalia and is finishing her final year of pharmacy school at Ohio Northern University. Though she is from the area, Paige never knew about the free clinic serving the Miami County and was very… ( read more )
In a month when we are thoughtful about what makes us thankful, we at the Clinic can say, without a doubt, that the students we get to work with fit on this list! During the month of November, pharmacy externs, Haley and Mikala were two of those students that make a great impact on the… ( read more )
During the month of October, the Clinic hosted externs Kweku, from Cedarville University, and Kaitlin, from Ohio Northern University, as a part of their final year of schooling. Often, the Clinic hopes for impact in these relationships. We hope to impact the student in a way that will better their career, and, we pray, the… ( read more )
The month of September brought the Clinic not one but two pharmacy externs! Erin from Ohio Northern University and Abby from Cedarville University, spent the last 30 days testing their clinical skills out on our unique patient population. They were tasked with seeing the humanity in healthcare and getting back to the roots of medicine. … ( read more )
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