Today was the beginning of my adventure on my final rotation of medical school (last but not least!). I'm living and working in the Bronx for the next month as I delve into the study of LGBT health - or for those of you who are less-than-savvy on the latest acronyms, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender health.
For Day 1 of the elective, I joined some of the amazing staff of the New York Children's Health Project through their ongoing mobile clinic campaign. There is a medical clinic bus (where I worked) and a dental clinic bus that set up shop at various locations throughout the week. Monday mornings are spent parked outside of the Safe Horizon youth shelter in Harlem, and the afternoons are based at the StreetWork drop-in center reserved for "street-involved" youth (currently homeless, previously homeless, or otherwise at-risk).
