Recap: USC Street Medicine Series Panel

By Heather Yen, PharmD Candidate 2024, USC Mann, Communications Chair & USC Student Liaison

The USC CSHP student chapter teamed up with the Medical and Pharmacy Student Collaboration (MAPSC) organization to host the first-ever Street Medicine Series Panel event on February 23rd, 2023. This event featured a panel discussion with guest speakers from different healthcare disciplines (MD, PharmD, PA) with street medicine knowledge and appreciation. Our guest speakers educated student attendees on what role interdisciplinary care plays in Street Medicine and highlighted the issues prevalently seen in this population of interest, primarily including patients experiencing homelessness. This was an exciting new initiative between the two organizations because it helped students gain exposure to a sector of patient care that is not thoroughly introduced to them in the classroom. Additionally, this event featured an interactive case between the different healthcare professionals developed by themselves and students who serve as directors of our Generation Rx and Infectious Disease Awareness patient care projects. The goal of this interactive case was to show students how these healthcare professionals would navigate a patient’s case as a team. Special shoutout to our own chapter’s members, Gilberto Peña, Cameron Rehmani, and Heather Yen, for collaboration in hosting this event!