Now the children come to a single clinic furnished and equipped by volunteers, and finish their exams in two hours. Residents from Spohn Memorial Medical Center and Driscoll Children s Hospital provide the physical check-ups under supervision of faculty members, who are licensed physicians. The work started with the new school year in September when wave after wave of children arrived to get their exams. The exams are required by federal Head Start guidelines. About 200 to 300 additional children who are new to the program come by for their exams during the school year.
Parents are happy.
Head Start is happy. We have doctors who are eager to learn working side by side with seasoned doctors who are faculty at medical schools. And the residents are happy, too. The program is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Medical students in their third and fourth years of study at San Antonio also help with the physical exams.