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April 19, 2021 : By Ryan Klinker - Office of Communications & Public Engagement
Students from Liberty’s Master of Public Health program offer free health screenings at Saturday’s clinic. (Photos by Luke Bobbey)
Students from Liberty University’s Department of Public & Community Health gained field experience and provided the local underserved Hispanic population with medical screenings and the COVID-19 vaccine at a health fair on Saturday, April 17, at La Iglesia de las Americas church in Lynchburg, Va.
Through this partnership with the Spanish-speaking church and community, Saturday’s clinic was a practical way for students taking the course HLTH 554: Medical Terminology en Español to apply the skills they’ve learned this semester. Department chair Dr. Oswald Attin, who teaches the class, explained that it helps prepare his students to serve Spanish-speaking communities and countries in their healthcare careers, and Saturday was a real-world example.