Morton Plant Mease Residency
Community Service & Medical Mission Trips
Our program often works throughout the local community to serve the needs others. Every year our providers perform free back-to-school and pre-participation physicals at the Greenwood Community Center, and also at the Homeless Empowerment Program. Yearly community blood pressure and skin cancer screenings are also performed by our resident and faculty physicians.
Community Service
Teaching community outreach is also an important part of our program, which occurs during activities such as resident supervision of students at the USF Bridge Clinic and activities included in our global health/ medical mission curriculum, For providers interested in sports medicine, we provide medical coverage for athletic events like the IRONMAN Florida 70.3 triathlon, St. Anthony’s Triathlon, the Disney Marathon, and others.
Our residents also provide medical coverage for local high school football teams working with the BayCare Athletic Training Outreach Program. We also have faculty membership on the advisory board for the Center of Wellness and Medical Professions at Palm Harbor University High School. The Jacobsen Teaching Kitchen at the Turley Family Health Center offers the surrounding community classes on cooking healthy, economical meals as well as healthy eating recommendations.
Medical Mission Trips
As a USF residency program, we often collaborate with the USF College of Medicine to support their global health projects and initiatives. Every year our program provides funding for two of our residents to participate in the USF Project World Health mission trip to the Dominican Republic, alongside our faculty. Our residents have participated in outreach programs to Africa, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and other locations across the globe.