About the Clinic
Who Are We?
The Student-Run Health Clinic (SRHC), formerly known as Student-Run Free Clinic (SRFC), is an organization that was founded by medical students in 2011 as a way to meet a need they saw in the community. Originally housed within Circle Health Services, we partnered with Neighborhood Family Practice in 2020 and have moved to a location on Cleveland's West side.
Graduate students from the medical, nursing, physician assistant, social work, and dental schools at CWRU and the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine work together to provide high quality, compassionate healthcare to populations within the greater Cleveland community. We also work under a licensed practitioner from our community partner.
What Do We Do?
Students work in teams of four to provide patients with medical care as well as relevant resources and psychosocial support. The organization gives health-professional students a clinical setting to learn the skills they will need in their professions and allows them an opportunity to collaborate with students from other disciplines.
The clinic currently provides STI and pregnancy testing. We are working on expanding our services to accept walk-ins with acute care complaints! The recent addition of the dental team members has expanded our services to include head and neck exams and cavity risk assessments. Students follow patients from admission to discharge and go over cases with preceptors in their respective practices. Patients can also be connected to health care at the clinic with the help of students and staff.
The organization is also involved in outreach programs in the community. We have multiple community partners and are always working to expand our community outreach! If you are interested in partnering with the Student-Run Health Clinic please reach out to srchdirectors@case.edu
In addition to providing care at the clinic and through outreach programs, the organization involves students through its board. Students from each school are members of the thirty-seven member board that oversees the operations of the clinic. Board members are also involved in donor development, quality improvement, public relations and fundraising for the organization.