7 Between 40 and 50 SMU students
rotate into the clinic each week.
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8 FNP student Saret Azizians
meets with a client complaining of hearing loss. 9 Student Jason Matherne meets with faculty to discuss a potential diagnosis. 10 The Brighter Beginnings Family Health Clinic is located in downtown Richmond. 11 Student Jasmin Moultrie
meets with a patient. 12 After meeting with student
FNPs, all patients meet with a faculty member.
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12 “Working with other practitioners is the next step,” Perlas says. “That’s also how it’s going to be in the real world.” Back at the clinic, student Paul Kiruuta is about to meet with a middle-aged woman complaining of serious ear pain. Before attending SMU, Kiruuta worked in his native Uganda with women who had HIV/AIDS. “My happiest time is working with the poorest of the poor,” Kiruuta says. “Every day I can see my impact on their lives and the community I am working in. In hospitals, you see someone once, and then perhaps never again. In a primary clinic, or volunteer work, you are needed in a critical way and your impact is in front of you to see.” ◾
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2016 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY