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“Building relationships is an important lesson to teach students as they develop or limited means of transportation. They see homeless patients and people with
their interprofessional skills,” White said. “Academia sometimes deemphasizes many barriers to care.
relationships, but the PCC encourages true bonding. “This is good experience for students to learn how to
“What sustains our interprofessional ability to provide pivot in the moment between different ages, levels of
high-quality care is the community building –checking in wellness and socioeconomic levels,” White said. “We
on each other, showing genuine concern for each other,” want students to be pushed with complicated patients,
she said. “Students see how much we care about each but we don’t want to overwhelm them, depending on
other as a team. They internalize and take with them that where their skill set is.”
culture of respect.” Sometimes a patient’s history is complicated by
“Students get hands-on experience at the PCC, and extraneous or missing information. Taking
they learn from everyone, not only their preceptors,” a good history takes years of work. Over the course of
Warren said. their time in COMP, students build their skill set, and
“We provide the opportunity for students to have a the learning curve is steep. A student who is unsure and
robust learning experience, which includes the technical nervous talking with a patient will come back later in
and didactic components related to the specialty they the year completely transformed with more seasoning
are learning,” he said. “Students can learn from everyone, under their belt.
and everyone is their teacher. This includes the patients “We see how much they have progressed. The way they
and the families, as well. The formal teachers are the physically hold their body changes throughout the year,”
preceptors, while our medical assistants, nurses, front White said. “There is a transition from a preclinical
desk staff, and administrators are also teaching in their student who is tentative to someone who is integrated
own way.” into the culture and fluent in that experience.”
White has lived both the academic and clinical worlds on “The amount of time required for a patient visit when
campus, as she started at COMP in clinical education. She a student is involved is generally more than what is
is working with WesternU Director of Interprofessional experienced in private practice,” Warren said. “The goal
Education Research and Strategy Assessment David is to serve both student needs and patient needs.
Dickter, PhD, to integrate students’ interprofessional “If we fail to meet the patient’s needs, we will not have
education experience in a real-world way. an opportunity to provide the students with a clinical
“I practiced with other health professionals the last eight experience,” he said. “It’s really important that there is
years here and in residency,” White said. “I have the a patient-centered approach to how we deliver care.”
opportunity to lead that next phase, with the benefit of Robert Warren, DO, and Stephanie White, DO Warren’s goal is to develop a strategic planning process
many years of long relationships with other care with his clinical leadership team, aligning resources
providers, including pharmacy, podiatry and dentistry. We have shared values and and goals and moving forward in a way that enhances their ability to provide
shared experiences, so we can be thoughtful about what we provide to students.” excellent patient care and student experiences.
The PCC draws patients from Pomona and surrounding communities. WesternU “I would like our clinics to be seen and recognized as an excellent provider of health
students see complexity, including patients with limited insurance, limited literacy science educators and health care services,” Warren said. n
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their interprofessional skills,” White said. “Academia sometimes deemphasizes many barriers to care.
relationships, but the PCC encourages true bonding. “This is good experience for students to learn how to
“What sustains our interprofessional ability to provide pivot in the moment between different ages, levels of
high-quality care is the community building –checking in wellness and socioeconomic levels,” White said. “We
on each other, showing genuine concern for each other,” want students to be pushed with complicated patients,
she said. “Students see how much we care about each but we don’t want to overwhelm them, depending on
other as a team. They internalize and take with them that where their skill set is.”
culture of respect.” Sometimes a patient’s history is complicated by
“Students get hands-on experience at the PCC, and extraneous or missing information. Taking
they learn from everyone, not only their preceptors,” a good history takes years of work. Over the course of
Warren said. their time in COMP, students build their skill set, and
“We provide the opportunity for students to have a the learning curve is steep. A student who is unsure and
robust learning experience, which includes the technical nervous talking with a patient will come back later in
and didactic components related to the specialty they the year completely transformed with more seasoning
are learning,” he said. “Students can learn from everyone, under their belt.
and everyone is their teacher. This includes the patients “We see how much they have progressed. The way they
and the families, as well. The formal teachers are the physically hold their body changes throughout the year,”
preceptors, while our medical assistants, nurses, front White said. “There is a transition from a preclinical
desk staff, and administrators are also teaching in their student who is tentative to someone who is integrated
own way.” into the culture and fluent in that experience.”
White has lived both the academic and clinical worlds on “The amount of time required for a patient visit when
campus, as she started at COMP in clinical education. She a student is involved is generally more than what is
is working with WesternU Director of Interprofessional experienced in private practice,” Warren said. “The goal
Education Research and Strategy Assessment David is to serve both student needs and patient needs.
Dickter, PhD, to integrate students’ interprofessional “If we fail to meet the patient’s needs, we will not have
education experience in a real-world way. an opportunity to provide the students with a clinical
“I practiced with other health professionals the last eight experience,” he said. “It’s really important that there is
years here and in residency,” White said. “I have the a patient-centered approach to how we deliver care.”
opportunity to lead that next phase, with the benefit of Robert Warren, DO, and Stephanie White, DO Warren’s goal is to develop a strategic planning process
many years of long relationships with other care with his clinical leadership team, aligning resources
providers, including pharmacy, podiatry and dentistry. We have shared values and and goals and moving forward in a way that enhances their ability to provide
shared experiences, so we can be thoughtful about what we provide to students.” excellent patient care and student experiences.
The PCC draws patients from Pomona and surrounding communities. WesternU “I would like our clinics to be seen and recognized as an excellent provider of health
students see complexity, including patients with limited insurance, limited literacy science educators and health care services,” Warren said. n
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