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Ambulatory Settings
United Family Practice Health Center
The United Family Practice Health Center has been serving the community
for over twenty-two years. MOD (Miller Outpatient Department), which merged
with United Family Health Center in 1992, has served the community for over
32 years, providing geriatric and prenatal care. Our patient population
of approximately 20,000 is comprised of a variety of ages and socioeconomic
backgrounds.
The staff includes ten family physicians, one internist, two nurse practitioners,
financial aid worker, outreach community worker, patient/community educator, behavioral
scientist, nursing and lab personnel, nutritionist, psychologist, podiatrists,
as well as administrative and business office personnel. There are 36 exam rooms,
including three treatment rooms which allow for procedures in flexible sigmoidoscopy,
cautery, casting, colposcopy, minor surgery (including vasectomy), ultrasound,
x-ray and laboratory, a conference room, a resident work area/preceptor room,
and a core reference library. An office-based computer system for scheduling and
billing has expanded to include preventive health tracking and CQI (Continuous
Quality Improvement) monitoring. Computer terminals connected to hospital lab
and extensive library resources are available in the residents’ work area/preceptor
room and call-space.
Outreach Clinics
Face-to-Face Clinic
Face-to-Face Health and Counseling Service, Inc., serves the developmental needs
of adolescents and young adults who are in need of accessible and culturally sensitive
services. They focus efforts on improving the experiences of adolescents who are
at greatest economic or social disadvantage.
This community clinic, which is part of the clinic consortium in St. Paul/ Minneapolis,
has provided health care to young people for more than twenty years. The residency
is responsible for providing obstetrical services at their clinic site once a
week, as well as attending all of the births. The clinic sees 15 to 25 patients
per session, with approximately 100 births per year.
Face-to-Face provides quality medical services, which include:
- Comprehensive Prenatal Program
- Abuse Prevention Programs
- Individual Counseling Self-Sufficiency/Empowerment Program
- High School Equivalency Program
Sibley Manor Clinic
This off-site clinic is located in the Sibley Manor apartment complex within the
West Seventh community. This complex houses approximately 3,000 + recent immigrants
from many different countries. The purpose of the clinic is to provide service
to an underserved group of patients who have many barriers to health care access,
as well as to provide a cross-cultural training experience for our residents.
Established in the fall of 1995, the clinic has quickly grown and currently serves
predominately Spanish- and Russian-speaking populations.
Health Care for the Homeless Project
The Homeless Clinic, located at Dorothy Day Center, is located five minutes from
the hospital and ten minutes from UFPC. Our faculty has a long-standing commitment
to this program and residents are involved here as part of their COPC (community-oriented
primary care) focus. Approximately 15 to 30 patients are seen per clinic session.
Services include care of chemical dependency, sexually transmitted disease, nutrition,
financial counseling, and a free pharmacy.
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