Each committee works to enable the clinic to continually adapt to community needs. For example, in the past several years Clinica Tepati has worked alongside the Latin American Nurse Association to organize an annual health fair for the community. All of the committees function in tandem to organize this event, with the publicity committee working to advertise the event, the clinical skills committee providing training to health fair volunteers, and so on. Medical students represent a major component of the strength of Clinica Tepati. From their very first days of medical school, the students can begin to interview patients, learn to perform physical exams, and gain invaluable clinical experience unmatched at most other medical schools, while at the same time serving the community and gaining the benefits derived through giving generously of oneself.
Team work is the most vital factor in determining the clinic's success.
The atmosphere created is one of an extended family where each person feels comfortable and free to express his or her creativity. The efforts of each individual add to the whole, which then becomes much more than merely the sum of all the individual parts, assuming a life and a spirit of its own. This spirit is what motivates and inspires members of Clinica Tepati to constantly strive to improve both the clinic and themselves. All rights reserved.