The administration just confirmed they are keeping both clinics as options for our clerkship requirements. This win belongs to every one of you who spoke up and demanded they protect our longitudinal training. Keep an eye on the upcoming curriculum updates to ensure these changes are implemented as promised.
May 11, 2015
Final supporters
We, the students and graduates of Yale School of Medicine, petition the medical school administration and clerkship directors to:
Preserve Wednesday Evening Clinic and HAVEN Free Clinic as options for fulfillment of the requirements of the Integrated Primary Care/Psychiatry Clerkship
Longitudinal primary care experiences provide a level of responsibility for patient care unparalleled elsewhere in our medical school curriculum. Such integrated, longitudinal experiences are rare in American medical education and should be preserved at Yale.
Wednesday Evening Clinic and HAVEN serve patient populations that demonstrate the complex interactions between medical illnesses, mental health, and their respective psychosocial contributors. Students develop therapeutic relationships with patients over the course of at least one year, and in doing so appreciate longitudinal developments in the course of chronic disease and witness the short- and long-term effects of their treatment recommendations.
These clinics represent a unique opportunity to develop relationships with mentors who value patient-centered care and social justice, and who can provide longitudinal guidance in the transition from students of medicine to practitioners of medicine.
It would be a tremendous loss to our education and community for these decades-old and deeply beloved institutions, which provide rigorous longitudinal training in the values and practice of primary care, to be omitted from a new curriculum that emphasizes such integrated clinical experiences. Without integration into the new curriculum, Wednesday Evening Clinic and HAVEN will no longer be able to remain open, and an opportunity for service and learning for our medical students will be lost.
We ask that the Wednesday Evening Clinic and the HAVEN Free Clinic be preserved as options for fulfillment of the requirements of the Integrated Primary Care/Psychiatry Clerkship within the new curriculum.
Updates
March 3, 2015
The administration remains silent despite the clear consensus from our community. Send an email to the clerkship directors today to demand they explain why these clinics are being sidelined.
March 3, 2015
The momentum behind this petition is undeniable and shows that our community values these training clinics as much as I do. Text three friends right now and tell them to sign so the administration understands that we are not backing down.
Reached 100 supporters
March 3, 2015
6 Comments
Keep them open. Real patient care happens in these clinics and you guys are just looking at numbers on a spreadsheet.
These clinics are the best part of the yale training. dont take away the one place where we actually get to form relationships with patients over time.
Cant believe this is even being discussed. These clinics do so much for the community and for our training.
These are invaluable opportunities for students to grow. Please keep them in the curriculum.
HAVEN is why I chose this school. Please reconsider!
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The administration just confirmed they are keeping both clinics as options for our clerkship requirements. This win belongs to every one of you who spoke up and demanded they protect our longitudinal training. Keep an eye on the upcoming curriculum updates to ensure these changes are implemented as promised.
May 11, 2015
Final supporters
We, the students and graduates of Yale School of Medicine, petition the medical school administration and clerkship directors to:
Preserve Wednesday Evening Clinic and HAVEN Free Clinic as options for fulfillment of the requirements of the Integrated Primary Care/Psychiatry Clerkship
Longitudinal primary care experiences provide a level of responsibility for patient care unparalleled elsewhere in our medical school curriculum. Such integrated, longitudinal experiences are rare in American medical education and should be preserved at Yale.
Wednesday Evening Clinic and HAVEN serve patient populations that demonstrate the complex interactions between medical illnesses, mental health, and their respective psychosocial contributors. Students develop therapeutic relationships with patients over the course of at least one year, and in doing so appreciate longitudinal developments in the course of chronic disease and witness the short- and long-term effects of their treatment recommendations.
These clinics represent a unique opportunity to develop relationships with mentors who value patient-centered care and social justice, and who can provide longitudinal guidance in the transition from students of medicine to practitioners of medicine.
It would be a tremendous loss to our education and community for these decades-old and deeply beloved institutions, which provide rigorous longitudinal training in the values and practice of primary care, to be omitted from a new curriculum that emphasizes such integrated clinical experiences. Without integration into the new curriculum, Wednesday Evening Clinic and HAVEN will no longer be able to remain open, and an opportunity for service and learning for our medical students will be lost.
We ask that the Wednesday Evening Clinic and the HAVEN Free Clinic be preserved as options for fulfillment of the requirements of the Integrated Primary Care/Psychiatry Clerkship within the new curriculum.
Updates
March 3, 2015
The administration remains silent despite the clear consensus from our community. Send an email to the clerkship directors today to demand they explain why these clinics are being sidelined.
March 3, 2015
The momentum behind this petition is undeniable and shows that our community values these training clinics as much as I do. Text three friends right now and tell them to sign so the administration understands that we are not backing down.
Reached 100 supporters
March 3, 2015
6 Comments
Absolute shame if they cut these programs. Its the only real hands on experience a lot of us have had.
Keep them open. Real patient care happens in these clinics and you guys are just looking at numbers on a spreadsheet.
These clinics are the best part of the yale training. dont take away the one place where we actually get to form relationships with patients over time.
Cant believe this is even being discussed. These clinics do so much for the community and for our training.
These are invaluable opportunities for students to grow. Please keep them in the curriculum.
HAVEN is why I chose this school. Please reconsider!
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Absolute shame if they cut these programs. Its the only real hands on experience a lot of us have had.