Sr. Maura Brannick, CSC, Health Center

Address: 

Site Housing: 
Student must provide his/her own local housing

Gender Requirement: 
Either Gender

Driver's License Required: 
License Not Required

Student Minimum Age: 
18

Language Requirement: 
Fluent Spanish

Transportation: 
Each student must provide their own transportation back and forth to the site each day.

Site Dates: 
5/30/22 - 7/22/22, 6/13/22 - 8/05/22, 6/20/22 - 8/12/22

Social Issues: 
Health Care
Immigration/Migration

Site URL: 
https://www.sjmed.com/location/sr-maura-brannick-health-center

Sr. Maura Brannick, CSC, Health Center

Status: 
Open

Site Description: 

Sister Maura Brannick, CSC, Health Center (SMBHC) is a 100% financial assistance clinic that provides primary healthcare services to individuals without health insurance who fall below 200% of the federally-designated poverty level. Approximately 90% of our patients identify Spanish as their primary language, and many are undocumented immigrants or asylum seekers. We're a multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to providing holistic care to our patients: the Health Center addresses prevention of disease and illness, and focuses on the overall health and well-being of each patient. Still, our focus is not only primary, preventative healthcare as specialty care is also provided by over 40 volunteer physicians from several specialties. Patients also have access to additional services, including a dental facility, food pantry, exercise room, and counseling. The availability of clinical and non-clinical services on-site is a testament to our commitment to provide a more holistic and complete care of our patients.

Student Responsibilities:
SMBHC offers a unique volunteering opportunity for ND, SMC, and Holy Cross students pursuing a career in medicine, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacy. Our student volunteers have lots of hands-on experience with direct patient care, taking on both clinical and clerical duties. These include rooming patients and taking vital signs, answering and making phone calls, distributing medication, preparing charts and food pantry bags, reception of patients at the front desk, reviewing patient applications, recording histories, and shadowing doctors when possible.

Danielle Harold (dharold@nd.edu )
Caroline Bice (cbice@nd.edu )