LAW 5764 - STREET MEDICINE PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This practicum will offer students the opportunity to work alongside physicians, medical students, and other professionals in addressing the healthcare, legal, and social needs of persons experiencing homelessness in Pittsburgh. The practicum is structured as a partnership with Pitt Med’s medical residency track in Street Medicine and the student group Street Medicine @ Pitt. Law students will participate in Street Rounds, held weekly, and will provide brief advice to unhoused persons on issues that may include access to health insurance and public benefits, criminal record expungements, and housing-related issues, among others; law students also will assist with referrals to legal services providers for issues that require attorney representation. Students will gain transferable skills for any lawyering context, such as interviewing, legal research and writing, problem-solving, and inter-professional communication and teamwork. The practicum’s weekly seminar sessions (which may also be attended by medical students/residents) will address (1) skills needed for communicating effectively with persons served by Street Medicine; (2) basic law regarding the legal needs frequently experienced by unhoused persons; (3) social drivers of health and structural factors that contribute to and arise from homelessness; and (4) legal and policy strategies for addressing homelessness as a social and public health problem. The field work component will consist of regular participation in Street Rounds and any follow-up work needed.
Academic Career: Law
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Grad LG/SU3 Basis
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