University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Family Medicine Interest Group

 

Community Projects

Community Care Bags

Our Community Care Bags project will be an ongoing, year-round service designed to benefit the “needy” in Albuquerque and its surrounding areas. By creating “care bags”, which contain various nonperishable goods, sanitation items and resource information, FMIG hopes to improve overall community health. This will also provide students a way to reach out to those less privileged. Care bags will be free, alternative way to give to those in need aside from money. Through these care bags we hope to show those in need that we are concerned about them, their health and their livelihood and want to provide them with all the available resources in Albuquerque.

Medical S.T.A.R.S.

The Medical S.T.A.R.S. (Medical Scholars Teaching Area Rural Students) project is designed to bring currently enrolled medical students who are equipped with information and enthusiasm to the youth of rural New Mexico. Medical students will engage rural youth in activities and discussions about options they have in health careers. Specifically, we will educate and encourage rural minority youth to consider healthcare as a career and promote an ideology that they too can become health professionals and serve their community. This program will provide resources, information and tools to rural and underserved youth in hopes of initiating and sustaining excitement around health careers as well as fostering a “can do” attitude in those wishing to pursue their dreams of working in the medical field.