Joan Viteri Memorial Clinic
Health care for uninsured drug users, sex workers, trans folks, & families.
Volunteer Information
ARRIVAL
Please arrive
by 12:30.
ATTIRE
Scrubs + ID badge.
No white coat.
EQUIPMENT
Laptop + stethoscope
(other clinical tools)
PARKING
Park across the street from the clinic in the parking lot with a cross-wire fence.
Volunteer with us!
Undergraduate:
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Our undergraduate recruitment happens once a year during the UC Davis's Winter Quarter.
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Undergraduates must be enrolled in UC Davis for insurance purposes, must commit to 3 quarters of volunteer work, and must attend our weekly meetings.
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Please email jvmcvolunteer@gmail.com with questions about recruitment and/or volunteering. Please fill out this interest form if you would like to keep up to date with our recruitment cycle: https://forms.gle/5STumqF28u1dvUmTA
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Physicians:
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All volunteer physicians are covered by UC Davis School of Medicine's malpractice insurance.
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If you are currently a UC Davis Physician, this coverage is automatic.
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If you are not part of the UC Davis Health System, please contact us at (jvmcvolunteer@gmailcom).​
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Medical/PA/NP Students:
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Medical students are Please arrive at the clinic at 12:30pm. Clinic starts at 1:00pm and usually runs until 5:00pm. Please wear a scrub top and jeans/scrub bottoms since many of our patients are distrustful of white coats. Bring your student ID and your stethoscope.
Our UC Davis undergraduate volunteers help clinic run smoothly through doing intake , taking vitals, and assisting the medical students and preceptors with tasks throughout the afternoon. Once a month we have a mobile outreach clinic. Our volunteers also work with Sacramento's Gender Hormone Clinic and the Stockton Harm Reduction Program
Outside of the clinic our undergraduates work in one of our seven committees (Basic Needs, Health Education, Harm Reduction, Mental Health, Reproductive Health, Gender and Sexuality, and Special Events) on projects to help the Oak Park community.
Throughout the year we host events like the Health Fair and the Harm Reduction Conference.