EDUCATIONAL MISSION 
The Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) partners with the Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota to offer educational and training opportunities to students and faculty in a collaborative and interprofessional clinic environment.  Our educational mission is to engage students in developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide primary care to culturally diverse patients in the community setting.  Students learn how to address health and disease in a culturally positive way in order to reduce health disparities. 

MEDICAL AREA 
Clinical Continuity Program: The Medical Area Clinical Continuity program requires residents in internal medicine and the medicine/pediatrics programs to follow a group of patients throughout their 3-4 years of residency at the University. CUHCC currently has ten residents who are under the supervision of Dr. Susan Ferron. 

Pharmacy Residency Program:  CUHCC currently houses one pharmacy resident under the supervision of May Xia Lo, Clinical Pharmacist.  The pharmacy resident provides patient care both on an individual and group basis.  The pharmacy resident works with a team of health care providers to provide integrated care through education, counseling and medication management.

Primary Care Clerkship: All year round, fourth year medical students come to CUHCC for four week rotations to experience medicine/pediatrics in a community-based clinic.

DENTAL AREA
CUHCC's dental clinic provides a number of educational opportunities to students and residents.  Dr. Joe Grayden supervises these programs.

• Senior dental students complete two week rotations throughout the whole year;

• Senior hygiene students evaluate and treat patients with more complex periodontal disease on Mondays throughout the academic year; and

• Hygiene students from Argosy University serve children one Saturday each month at CUHCC's Sealant Saturday Clinic.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AREA
Psychiatry Residency Program: Under the supervision of Dr. Jerome Kroll, second and third year psychiatry residents complete six month rotations at CUHCC.  This intensive training allows students to study and understand cultural issues surrounding mental health and the provision of psychiatric services. 

NURSING PROGRAM
Advance practice nursing and registered nursing students develop their skills to provide primary care and behavioral health services during the fall and spring semesters.  The registered nursing students are trained in both the medical and behavioral health areas in order to learn how to integrate and coordinate care for patients needing multiple services.  Nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and registered nurses precept the nursing students accordingly. 

In addition to these programs, students from the Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Policy, the Carlson School of Management and various schools within the Academic Health Center also participate in internships, fellowships, or other clinical rotations at CUHCC.

If you have questions regarding any of our educational programs, please contact Mala Thao, Student and Resident Coordinator, at thaox023@umn.edu.