GET INVOLVED

BECOME A STUDENT NAVIGATOR

 

All students at UT Southwestern, including MS2s, MS3s, and MS4s, are eligible to join the enrichment elective ENRH159: Patient Navigation for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness. Please contact the UT Southwestern Office of Medical Education to register. In order to apply to the PNP Fellowship, please see details below.

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APPLICATION OPEN: 8/16/22 - 9/25/22

 

Are you interested in addressing health disparities, actively applying public health principles, and working directly with underserved communities? The Patient Navigator Program (PNP) allows students the opportunity to create a meaningful and sustainable impact in the community. As a PNP fellow, you will provide individualized support to patients experiencing homelessness who are trying to navigate the complex and overwhelming healthcare system in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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- Your team of four student navigators will be paired with one client from Center of Hope or Calvert Place for 15 weeks.

- Your team will work together with your client to identify barriers to care, and build SMART goals to overcome them.

- Over the 15 week period, your team will navigate the client in accomplishing these goals.

- You must complete at least two of three 15 week cycles over the course of 2023.

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Eligibility Requirements for PNP Fellowship

• Must be a medical or graduate student in Dallas

  • If you are an MS2, MS3, or MS4 at UT Southwestern, you may experience scheduling conflicts with rotations. 

  • Graduate students in any of the following programs are encouraged to apply: Physician Assistant, nursing, public health, social work, and all other schools of health professions

• Must be enrolled during the time period of September 2022 - December 2023

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Patient Navigation for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness – The Virtual Elective 

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If you would like to become a Navigation Fellow, you must first complete an educational course to learn essential skills.  The course is called ENRH 159: Patient Navigation for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness, and it will run from September 12, 2022 to Dec. 13, 2022. All course lectures will be conducted via Zoom. The course consists of a total of twelve 1-hour seminars with required attendance at ten of these sessions. Completion of this course is required in order to become a PNP Fellow. Enrollment of the course is open to UTSW and non-UTSW affiliated students. For answers to questions regarding the elective or the fellowship, contact the PNP at team@dallaspnp.org. 

 

PNP Fellowship time commitment*

September - December 2022:

• Online ENRH159 elective course: 10 hours total (10 of 12 sessions required)

• These sessions will be held every Monday from 5-6pm

January 2023 - December 2023:

• Suggested interaction time with client: 1 hour per week

• Team meetings: 1 hour per month

• Clinic time: 6.5 hours total per year

*The PNP schedule contains built-in flexibility for students who are going into rotation in Fall 2023 or are not available during the summer.

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Questions? Email team@dallaspnp.org or one of our team leaders!