Refugee Clinic - Yale Pediatrics

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• 00:09here at Yale. This clinic was developed in
• 00:132007 as a partnership between the
• 00:17local resettlement agency iris
• 00:19and the Yale Primary Care Center.
• 00:22It has grown an over the last several
• 00:26years we've seen anywhere from 85
• 00:30to 155 newly resettled children.
• 00:33For that initial refugee health assessment,
• 00:36it is an amazing team made
• 00:37up of about 15 residence.
• 00:40Nest practitioner are nurses,
• 00:41social workers,
• 00:42interpreters as well as the health
• 00:44care coordinators from iris.
• 00:46You can apply to be part of our team
• 00:48in your second and third year and as
• 00:51a refugee clinic team member you will
• 00:54see recently resettled children for
• 00:57their initial refugee health assessment.
• 00:59Then you will follow these children for
• 01:01their follow-up refugee clinic visits.
• 01:03As well as their routine care.
• 01:06Thus the primary care center becomes
• 01:08the medical home for our children and
• 01:11you become their primary care doctor.
• 01:14There are many other opportunities
• 01:16to be able to support our families as
• 01:19they resettle in the New Haven area.
• 01:22The most robust is ry healer program.
• 01:25This program was developed by and
• 01:27is run by pediatric residents and
• 01:29this creates multidisciplinary teams
• 01:31to develop and give health literacy
• 01:34education classes to local refugee families.
• 01:37We also worked very closely with
• 01:39the student navigated program.
• 01:41This program teams up students from
• 01:43the different health care schools.
• 01:45With families to help them with
• 01:48their resettlement process and also
• 01:50to be able to help navigate the
• 01:53healthcare field for these families.
• 01:55Finally,
• 01:56many residents will develop their own
• 01:58projects and also their own research,
• 02:00so there's very many opportunities
• 02:02for you to be able to help support
• 02:05our families and also to learn more
• 02:07about the refugee resettlement and our
• 02:09families here in the New Haven area.
• 02:12Now I'm going to pass over the video
• 02:15to several of the residents have
• 02:17gone through clinic for them to be
• 02:20able to share their experiences.
• 02:21Thank you.
• 02:22Hi,
• 02:23my name is stages Sebastian
• 02:24and I'm a pediatric resident and member
• 02:27of the refugee clinic here at Yale.
• 02:30Being part of the refugee clinic was
• 02:32one of the most special experiences
• 02:35that I had in all of residency.
• 02:38I met a lot of incredible families and
• 02:41heard about their stories and their
• 02:44journeys here to the United States,
• 02:46and I felt so honored to be part of that
• 02:50journey with them and seeing their kids for
• 02:53the first time here after resettlement.
• 02:56So that was very very special for me and I.
• 03:02Really did learn quite a lot
• 03:04about the resettlement process
• 03:06and the screening that's required,
• 03:08and I also learned a lot about
• 03:10infectious disease as well,
• 03:12so it has really supplemented my education.
• 03:15and I think there is a lot that I learned
• 03:18from being part of this clinic that I
• 03:20may not have necessarily learned otherwise.
• 03:24So for that, I'm very,
• 03:26very appreciative.
• 03:28Refugee clinic was one of the reasons
• 03:30that I chose to come to yell,
• 03:32and it's been one of the
• 03:33highlights of my time here,
• 03:35and it's really quite a privilege to
• 03:36be able to be part of the team that
• 03:39welcomes these families to the United
• 03:41States and introduces them to health
• 03:42care system here and some of my refugee
• 03:45patients are the families that I formed.
• 03:47The closest longitudinal relationships with,
• 03:48and that's been very
• 03:49rewarding and it's really.
• 03:50It's just quite amazing that you
• 03:52can sit in the primary care clinic,
• 03:54can learn a little bit about the rest of the
• 03:57world and cultures from around the world.
• 03:59It's really been a phenomenal experience,
• 04:01and it's something that I would definitely
• 04:04recommend. Refugee clinic has
• 04:06been a great experience for me,
• 04:08both on a professional on a personal level,
• 04:12on a professional level.
• 04:13I've learned the tests and vaccines
• 04:15and different requirements that
• 04:17refugees need before they come,
• 04:19and then oftentimes,
• 04:20what tests and vaccines we need
• 04:23to look at when they initially
• 04:25come and subsequently thereafter.
• 04:27And what aspects of Health and
• 04:29what questions to ask about.
• 04:32Including the importance of
• 04:33asking about mental health,
• 04:35all of which were things that I wasn't
• 04:38aware of prior to residency and prior
• 04:40to this experience an on a personal level,
• 04:44working with the refugee families has
• 04:46been an extraordinary experience.
• 04:48The stories that they have to share with you,
• 04:51how open they often artist sharing
• 04:53these stories is unbelievable.
• 04:55And the other thing that has really
• 04:57inspired me is the number of people
• 05:00and the community that comes together.
• 05:03It's not just the one family
• 05:06that you work with,
• 05:07but you also work with the
• 05:10neighbor who is their sole form of
• 05:13Transportation and the friend who
• 05:15goes and picks up their prescriptions.
• 05:18And it really is a whole network
• 05:21that that you're involved with.
• 05:24And to me,
• 05:25that really that really has
• 05:27been a huge motivating factor
• 05:29for me and and has been really.
• 05:33Has gotten me excited every
• 05:34time I come to refugee clinic.
• 05:36And then there's just the other
• 05:39residents an and working with
• 05:40doctor Brown and I think that all
• 05:42of that just comes together to
• 05:44create an experience that I would
• 05:46highly recommend being apart of.
• 05:48Refugee clinic has honestly been one
• 05:50of my favorite parts of residency and
• 05:52not only do you get to learn more
• 05:54about specific physical exam findings,
• 05:56catchup, immunization schedules,
• 05:57and learning which test to order,
• 05:59but you also make a genuine connection with
• 06:02these families when they first come overseas.
• 06:04Being part of that transition
• 06:06is truly a privilege.
• 06:08Needless to say, I highly, highly,
• 06:11highly recommend joining refugee clinic.
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