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SHAG CLINIC STUDENT HEALTH ACTION COMMITTEE Chapel Hill Carrboro Multipurpose Center 410 Scliool Lane Chapel Hill,North Carolina 27514 929-0493 I-larch 11, 1978 fir. Jan Pinney Board of Cpunty Commissioners P.O.Box 14 Carrbnro, 0 27514 Dear Mr.P ey: Pursuant to our conversation several weeks ago,I am writing to outline our aperat''on at the Student Health Action Committee %C) Clinics located in the Cha eel Hill-Carrbnro Multipurpose Center. The clinics are open every von night except certain holidays(e.g.Labor Day) and during exam periods. During the 7976-77 year they were open forty-nine evenings. he clinics are directed toward the indigent population of the commun' y and strive to provide quality Dental and Medical care to people who esperately need it, Community volunteers register patients between 60 and 8:90 p.m. and retrieve charts on those patients returning to the clinic. They prepare folders on new patients and re-file all materials after the clinic closes, Patients are seen on a first-comp,,Nfirst-served basis exoept for children and those in pain. SHP.0 Dental Clinic In the:Dental Clinic first year dental students perform teeth cleaning and diagnostic procedures as well as educate patients about proper tooth care and nutrition, Students enrolled in Dental Hygiene and Dental Assistant programs also participate in this aspect of the clinic's operation. Additional) , they take 'X-Rays" and administer fluoride treatments. After- wards, they are seen or are scheduled to be seen by second, third, and fourth year dental students who have had substantial clinical experience. They perform e inations, administer local anesthesia, and do restorative work (fillings: amalgams, temporaries, and composite resins) and minor surgery, All work is supervised by a preceptor from the INC School of Dentistry, fore complicated cases are referred to the Orange Chatham Comprehensive Health Services (OCCHS) or the clinics at the 11C Dental School. SB.4C Medical Clinic In the Medical Clinic first and second year medical students, along with n'arsing and ether health professions students, are responsible for inter- viewing and screening. Interviewing involves ascertaining the patient's chief complaint, tracing the history of the present 9.11ness, and eliciting a factual medical, family, and social history, Screening consists of recording height, weight,blood pressure,pulse, respirations, temperature,