Faculty Development and Fellowships Division
Underserved Medicine Educational Opportunities

The proportion of people who are uninsured and medically underserved has continued to grow in the United States in recent years. In the State of Indiana, budget cuts and growing Medicaid restrictions are leaving greater numbers of patients without resources for physical and mental health care. As the population of uninsured and underinsured steadily rises, insufficient numbers of trained physicians are available to serve their clinical needs. In the United States and locally in Indiana, physician-leaders are needed to serve medically underserved populations, train future physicians for leadership and service, advocate for the needs of the uninsured and underinsured, and develop innovative systems to meet growing health care needs.

The Department of Family Medicine is actively engaged in meeting such needs of medically underserved patients through clinical practice and educational programs for practicing physicians, medical students and residents, and programs for pre-medical students. Three of the Department’s faculty completed Faculty Development Fellowships in Underserved Medicine Leadership (Javier Sevilla, MD, Scott Renshaw, MD, and Broderick Rhyant, MD), and lead a number of service and educational opportunities for those interested in better meeting the needs of underserved populations. Some example opportunities are listed below:

Medical Students

• Service-Learning Opportunities (for both Medical Students and Pre-Professional Students)

• Introduction to Clinical Medicine-I, Spanish Section

• Primary Care Scholar’s Consortium

• Family Medicine Community-Based Clerkship, Rural and Underserved Curriculum (required for all); Rural Clinical Sites

• Family Medicine Electives:

• Care for the Underserved

• Global Health

• Rural Family Practice Preceptorship

• Sports Medicine at Wishard Hospital

Student Interest Groups
Global and International Health; Underserved and Rural Health

Residents
A variety of related electives, with a fair amount of flexibility, have been (and can be) developed for residents interested in underserved medicine. For example:

• Care for the Underserved (including clinical practice in a Community Health Center)

• Global and International Health

• Public Health

• Health Policy and Advocacy

• Research projects related to underserved medicine

Faculty Development
Offerings are provided to Department faculty and community based physicians, including for example:

• Medical Spanish

• Cultural Competence

• Care of the Underserved

Indiana Area Health Education Centers
Several additional opportunities are offered in collaboration with Indiana Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)

New programs are currently in development, and we welcome your interest. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, please contact us!

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