The Patient Student Partnership program officially began at the School of Medicine in 2018 and functions by pairing each medical student in the entering class with a patient undergoing long-term care within the U.Va. Health System.
Reaching successful infection control is heavily dependent on the compliance of students with procedures. These procedures include informing staff about contact, promptly testing for the virus and agreeing to quarantine or isolate if requested.
The consolidated funds of $178,000 have been donated to the U.Va. Children’s Hospital transplant program, serving to facilitate a multidisciplinary care approach in addition to mitigating costs of heart, kidney and liver transplants for pediatric patients’ families.
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