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_2 and perforping a visual acuity exami;iation. Student volunteers also staff the clinic's laboratory which performs routine hematocrit (blood test) and urinalysis,on all patients. Other tests include tuberculin skin test(PPD), serum test''for syphillis (VDRL),pregnancy test, differential blood count, throat and'',other types of culture, and microscopic analysis. As well, arrange- ments are easily made with the various laboratories and clinics at North Carolina Memorial Hospital (NCIE) for other tests and procedures. Some students ale involved in general administrative and coordinating roles. Their responsibilities include scheduling attending physicians and fourth year etude I ts, ordering supplies and equipment as needed, and managing patient fl w. Fourth year students(and some third year students after completion of their Medicine, Pediatrics, and Ob-Gyn rotations)perform examinations in the clinic's five examining rooms and consult with the attending physician, a volunteer from the DNC School of,Medicine. Treatment is implemented and prescriptions are filled in the clinic's pharmacy which is cperateo by students from the School of Pharmacy and supervised by a faculty prd,ceptor. Although no controlled items(e.g.morphine) are available in the SHAq pharmacy, 99% of the prescriptions written at the clinic can be filled here at no cost to the patient. The medical clinic refers more involved or II complicated cases to the appropriate clinics at NCMH, OCCHS, or the Vetdrans Administration Hospital in Durham, Accomplishments The SHAC Clinics are in their tenth year of operation,making them the oldest free clinics in the United States. For the past five years, funding has been pr vided by the North Carolina Memorial Hospital, the UNC School Of Medicine, and the students who work at the clinics. The students obtain their thir d by anonymous donations and gifts from the Dental, Medical, and Nursing classes' social fees. Although generous contributions have been made, the sources continue to dwindle while the cost of Dental and Medical supplies ha" sky-rocketed. Nevertheless, SHE has continued to provide free medica� can to the community. A summary of the number of patient- visits to the SHAC Clinics from July 1, 1977 to March 1, 1978 is shown below. PATENT-VISITS TO SHE CLINIC DURING FISCAL 1977-78 July 1, 1977- July 1, 1977.. March 1, 1978 June 30, 1978 Pro'ected� Dental: New 60 90 Returning 117 176 TotAl 240 266 Medical: New 156 234 Returning 268 402 Total ( u2h 638 Combined: New 216 324 Returning 385 578 Total 601 902