Early Clinical Experience at the Cardinal Free Clinic Program

The Cardinal Free Clinic (CFC) Program provides culturally appropriate, high quality transitional medical care for underserved patient populations in the Bay Area. Students volunteer in various clinic roles to offer services including health education, interpretation, referrals, and labs. In clinic students are guided in the practice of medical interviews, history-taking and physical examinations as appropriate, and work with attending physicians to arrive at a diagnosis and management plan. In addition, the CFC program follows continuous quality improvement. Visit http://cfc.stanford.edu for more information. For questions related to the course or volunteering, please email pfc_clinic@ stanford.edu and/or cfc_samaritanhouse@stanford.edu. Application only; must be an accepted CFC volunteer. (Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.)