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Spring 2016<\/em>\u00a0| By\u00a0Eric Michael, ’96<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In July, UCF medical, nursing and engineering students and faculty traveled to the Dominican Republic to set up temporary, no-cost health clinics, with the support of the Diebel Legacy Fund at Central Florida Foundation. The team, which also included students from the University of Florida and Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Nordestana as well as physicians and dentists from Central Florida, served patients in rural communities while working in interprofessional teams, an innovative approach that fosters collaboration between various practitioners to create improved patient care.<\/p>\n

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[callout background=”#eeeeee”][blockquote source=”Daniel Stehli, second-year medical student” cite=”” color=””]\u201cI got to diagnose a woman with diabetes and truly helped her start to turn her health around. It doesn\u2019t get more real than that.\u201d[\/blockquote][\/callout]<\/p>\n

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Patients served<\/p>\n

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Students, faculty and volunteer medical professionals<\/p>\n

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Days in the Dominican Republic<\/p>\n

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Communities without adequate health care<\/p>\n

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