Article ; Online: Quantifying the Educational Value of a Student-Run Free Clinic.
2024 Volume 56, Issue 3, Page(s) 176–179
Abstract: Background and objectives: Student-run free clinics (SRFCs) are settings in which students in health professions gain clinical experience, often while providing free or reduced-cost health care to the surrounding community. The current literature ... ...
| Abstract | Background and objectives: Student-run free clinics (SRFCs) are settings in which students in health professions gain clinical experience, often while providing free or reduced-cost health care to the surrounding community. The current literature quantifies the many benefits these clinics provide to their patients and the impact they have on students' future careers; but few previous studies have assessed the financial impact of the education provided at an SRFC. We report on a net educational benefit, an educational benefit to educational cost ratio, and a net educational benefit to educational cost ratio of one SRFC from the perspective of the university. Methods: We calculated the value of education by multiplying all student hours worked in the clinic by the associated value of 1 hour in the typical tuition-based curriculum. Clinic educational costs and student hours were obtained from clinic records from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022. Results: We found the total educational value students received to be $73,571 over one academic year. The educational operating expenses of the clinic totaled $9,053, resulting in a benefit-cost ratio of 8.13. Conclusions: This analysis demonstrated a potential financial advantage of operating an SRFC when assessing clinic education expenses in relation to the value of university-generated education. Our research may serve as a starting point to showcase the economic benefit of SRFCs to their parent institutions and encourage further analysis of other benefits SRFCs may provide to institutions of higher education. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Student Run Clinic ; Ambulatory Care Facilities ; Students, Medical ; Curriculum ; Educational Status | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2024-01-16 | |||||
| Publishing country | United States | |||||
| Document type | Journal Article | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 639374-3 | |||||
| ISSN | 1938-3800 ; 0742-3225 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1938-3800 | |||||
| ISSN | 0742-3225 | |||||
| DOI | 10.22454/FamMed.2024.568265 | |||||
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| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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