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Student-run free clinic offers hands-on learning

The real purpose of a medical education is to care for patients. That’s why Stanford's Arbor Free Clinic gives students a remarkable opportunity to gain hands-on experience beginning in their preclinical years. More »

models and mentors
Mimi Doohan

video Medical school alumna Mimi Doohan recounts her personal journey into medicine. She is the executive director of Doctors Without Walls, a Santa Barbara nonprofit dedicated to providing volunteer medical care to the homeless.


Grace Chen Yu

Grace Chen Yu's interest in community medicine has roots reaching back to her undergraduate experience at Harvard volunteering at a local Chinese hospital. Today she teaches and practices at the Stanford-affiliated family medicine program at San Jose-O’Connor Hospital.


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Stanford medicine news

Stanford Medicine NewsSummer 2009 Community Newsletter

Stanford Medicine News covers the latest advances in patient care and biomedical research at the Stanford University Medical Center. The newsletter is a joint effort of Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the School of Medicine. More »

Areas of Outreach

Education
Hands-on experiences allow our trainees to develop expertise in community-based medicine while serving the needs of underserved populations. More »

Research
The School of Medicine addresses the root causes of today’s public health problems through research into the socioeconomic, environmental and behavioral determinants of disease. More »

Community Partnerships and Public Service
The School of Medicine promotes an ethic of public service through student-run free clinics, coordinated community partnerships and a variety of centers and programs. More »

Diversity
Committed to addressing the important global challenges of the 21st century, the School of Medicine actively seeks to build multicultural and multiethnic diversity across its research, educational and patient care activities. More »

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