Year in Review
- 128 patient visits
- 1,349 in-clinic student volunteer hours
- 1,024 hours from medical students
- 260 hours from pharmacy students
- 65 hours from counseling and social work students
- 182 medical student volunteers
- 96 pharmacy student volunteers
- 24 counseling and social work volunteers
- 79 patients educated about lifestyle, commonly on nutrition, exercise, hydration, medication adherence, mental health, and smoking cessation
- 43 lab visits were conducted, ranging from phlebotomy to PFTs
New Changes to KNIGHTS Clinic
- New clinic building
- Increased collaboration with Florida Clinics
- Increased collaboration with UF Pharmacy and UCF Counseling
- Addition of UCF internal medicine and psychiatry residents
- Implementation of resident-student teams
Medical Student Quotes
“Being involved in KNIGHTS Clinic has been invaluable to my education. I am forever indebted to the patients I am able to help at clinic, as they have taught me how to be a better communicator, a better clinician, and a better member of my community.”
“Being a part of KNIGHTS clinic allows me to be more than just a medical student stuck behind books all day. It allows me to apply the medicine I’m learning to real patients. Through KNIGHTS Clinic, I caught a glimpse into who I will be as a physician, and for that I am so grateful.”
“KNIGHTS Clinic allowed me to connect what I’m being taught in lecture to names and faces. It emphasizes the humanistic perspective of medicine.”
Pharmacy Student Quotes
“One of my favorite memories was helping an adorable young girl understand the importance of her insulin, and teaching her mom how to use the lifesaving glucagon injection. Even though this interaction lasted less than 30 minutes, it is one that I’ll remember for the rest of my life”