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Dr. Joe L. McLastname

BACKGROUNDCreated in 2007 to:

Address local

community health

concerns

Developed a new curriculum, truly beyond Flexner:

Medicine and Society strand

Prepare physicians for the

new millennium where a

national and regional

physician shortage is

projected

HEALTH OUTCOMES IN OUR

NATION & MY STATE:

> Because we have to

> Capacity

> State government

Florida:

50th in uninsured adults

49th in children

Ethics (Medicare fraud, billing)

WHO ARE WE AND HOW DID WE GET HERE?

1972: Miami’s first

and only four-year

public research

university

opened with 5,667

students

Florida International University:

Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Is South Florida’s only public medical school

1 of the 25

largest

public

universitie

s

Today: 2

major

campuses

with nearly

46,000

students

Educate the next generation

of physicians to be socially

conscious, community-based

and expertly trained

OUR MISSION:

CREATED IN 2006 TO ADDRESS:

• Community health

concerns

• A projected critical national

physician shortage

CERTAIN KEY HEALTH INDICATORS ARE BELOW THE

AVERAGE STANDARDS NATION AND/OR STATEWIDE

INCLUDING:• Social and Economic Factors

• Families living below poverty level

• Unemployed workers in civilian

workforce

• Student-to-Teacher Ratio

• Hospitalization ratesUncontrolled Diabetes

Congestive Heart Failure

Adult/Pediatric Asthma

Urinary Track Infections

Long term complications

• Sexually Transmitted DiseasesAids / HIV Incidence rate

Syphilis

Gonorrhea

• Babies with low birth weight

Data published by Department of Health and The Health Council of South Florida

• Health Outcomes rank 41

• Health Determinants rank 30

OVERALL HEALTH

IN FLORIDA RANK 34

AMONG ALL STATES

Data published by United Health Foundation /

America’s Health Rankings 2012

WHAT IS NEIGHBORHOODHELP™?

Community engagement

Inter-professional teams

Early clinical experience

Social Determinants of Health

Service Learning

Outreach

Team

Safety

Officers

Schedule

Coordinators

Neighborhood

Physician

Medical Student,

Nursing Student, Social

Work Student

Mobile Health

Center Staff

THE TEAM

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Dr. Joe L. McLastname