Name
K02 - Enhancing Farmworker Health Care Access and Quality through Community-based Collaborations and Integration of Medical Learners into Mobile Care Delivery Models.
Date & Time
Friday, October 17, 2025, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location Name
301A
Description

This interactive session will provide an overview of local and statewide programs that strive to enhance care access and quality services for agricultural workers in North Carolina. It will highlight collaborative care efforts of North Carolina Farmworkers' Project and UNC Family Medicine. It will allow for shared reflection on how to integrate medical learners into mobile unit care teams to increase capacity, access, and patient experience. It will offer an opportunity for sharing stories of success and challenge in providing high quality care for patients and high quality learning experiences for medical learners.

Speakers
Modjulie Moore MD, Family Medicine Physician, Individual - Modjulie Moore, Chapel Hill, NC
Andres Santana, Medical Student, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Family Medicine,
Allison Pittman, Medical Student, Individual - Allison Pittman,
Emma DiLavore, Medical Student, University of North Carolina,
Andres Santana Allison Pittman Emma DiLavore
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Care management, Cultural Safety and Humility, Underserved populations such as LGBTQ+
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
Collaborative Care Model (CoCM)
Objective 1
Understand the structure of integrated care teams and essential community partnerships that allow for successful delivery of care in the mobile unit setting.
Objective 2
Explore roles of medical learners and the impact on workflow enhancement and quality improvement strategies in mobile clinic settings to enhance care for the agricultural community in rural North Carolina.
Objective 3
Gain insights into future research needs to optimize patient care, quality services, overall patient health outcomes, and opportunities for future medical professionals to engage with work in rural communities and in topics of agricultural health.
Content Reference 1

Abdelwahab, R. et al. (2022) The Impact of Student-Faculty Collaborative Clinics on Patients’ Health Seeking Behaviors in Underserved Communities. Journal of Community Health 47, 378–386 (2022).

Content Reference 2

Maughan, E., Richardson, C. & Nazar, H. (2024). A Cross-Sectional Investigation of a Mobile Health Clinic Run by Undergraduate Pharmacy Students Providing Services to Underserved Communities. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy (2024). doi:10.1007/s11096-024-01783-1.

Content Reference 3

Prestes Vargas, J., Smith, M., Chipchase, L. & Morris, M. E. (2024). Impact of Interprofessional Student-Led Health Clinics for Patients, Students, and Educators: A Scoping Review. Advances in Health Sciences Education (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-024-10342-2.

Content Reference 4

Hisata, Y. et al. (2019) Mobile Medical Services and Experiential Learning in Community-Based Clinical Clerkships Enhancing Medical Students’ Positive Perceptions of Community Healthcare. Journal of Rural Medicine 14, 216–221 (2019).