Medical Clinic by UCSD School of Family and Preventive Medicine

About this event

Free Medical & Pharmacy Clinics

Mondays from 5:30 pm

Offered by the University of California, San Diego, School of Family and Preventive Medicine

Through a mutually rewarding partnership with the UCSD Medical School, TACO provides free medical care to anyone who needs it.

Under the direction of Dr. Michelle Johnson, UCSD medical students examine patients in rooms once used for Sunday school at First Lutheran Church. Students of the medical clinic learn to administer a full-service primary care clinic and provide services to an ever-growing group of people lacking health insurance in our city." In addition to serving a community need, the student doctors receive an introduction to their chosen profession.

When necessary, patients are referred to hospitals. Through a variety of grants, TACO and the medical clinic have been able to help people to better access care. People receive care at this clinic every week. Some are homeless; many are working but do not have health insurance.