Educational Partnerships

HealthReach strives to provide a high quality educational environment for student interns from a variety of institutions to learn about healthcare delivery to medically underserved communities while providing much needed operating support to our clinics and pharmacy. Over the years, several of these student interns have returned to HealthReach either as a volunteer or as employees with a new career.

In 2010 HealthReach nurtured relationships with Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Lake Forest College and St. Martin De Porres High School to provide quality internships in the areas of physician assisting, health clinic business adminstration, information technology, customer service in a culturally diverse and bilingual environment, and health outcomes research and analysis. During the year HealthReach also continued successful programs for training of medical students and mid level practitioners in the areas of podiatry, family medicine and women’s health. Looking ahead to 2012, we plan to investigate educational internship opportunities at the HealthReach pharmacy with the new School of Pharmacy at Rosalind Franklin University.