A Year of Quality Improvement at Midvale Student-Run Clinic

Student-run clinics (SRCs) offer an unparalleled experience for medical students to grow their clinical and leadership skills, engage in a patient-first approach to medical care, and cultivate a deeper understanding of the needs of their underserved populations. Here we provide an overview of the projects completed under the leadership of the 2022-2023 Midvale Student Co-Directors and Student Clinic Managers. Collaboration with community health workers and Midvale CBC staff provided necessary insight into our patients' needs. This ultimately informed and directed the improvement projects, which aimed to better both clinical care and community health. Themes for these improvement projects included the following: expansion of specialty medical services and laboratory capabilities, collaboration with the HCI Mobile Mammography Bus to establish quarterly visits, integration of Midvale CBC's social work capabilities into clinic visits, launch of a Vaccines for Children program, and development of an expanded leadership structure to meet the approaching needs of MedEdMorphosis. Through our experience we found that 1) Collaborating with community stakeholders is essential to inform SRC growth decisions and 2) Actively identifying and/or collaborating with local resources allows for a more holistic response to our patient's medical and non-medical needs.