Continuity Clinic offers consistent and reliable longitudinal care to our patient population. Our first established location was through a partnership with The Well from 2014 to 2016. Since 2016, we have been operating alongside First Presbyterian in Downtown Tampa, serving 20 to 30 patients per clinic, leading to approximately 500 encounters annually. Many patients seen on Street Runs are referred to this clinic. Services offered include hygiene supplies, over-the-counter medications, triage and wound care, and medical team care.

Structure

Continuity Clinic is equipped to handle acute and chronic medical care and is run by student volunteers, at least one licensed healthcare provider, and our Clinic Directors and Coordinators. We partner with Tampa Family Pharmacy for fulfillment of same-day medication prescriptions at no cost to our patients.

Schedule

Continuity Clinic generally occurs every 1st and 3rd Saturday, beginning at 9 AM.

Continuity Clinic is currently situated alongside our primary community partner First Presbyterian Church. Due to limitations set by the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Clinic is set up outdoors, on the corner of Zach Street and Marion Street. Stay tuned as Continuity Clinic plans to change locations and expand offerings in the near future.

First Presbyterian Church
412 E. Zack Street
Tampa, FL 33602
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Refugee Clinic provides free medical care to refugees and asylum seekers. Upon entry to the U.S., refugees are given a maximum of 8 months of Medicaid before they are expected to find a full-time job with benefits or live without any form of insurance. We aim to support this population with visits with medical providers, prescriptions, over the counter medications, labs, imaging, mental health services, preventative care, and hygiene kits. Refugee Clinic was launched in 2020 in partnership with Advent Health.

Structure

The Clinic team includes medical students, pharmacy students, resident and attending physicians, and a clinical psychologist.

Schedule

Refugee Clinic occurs monthly, by appointment only.

The Health Equality and Linkage Project (H.E.L.P.) Medical Van was began with the goal of allowing TBSM to provide our services to patients in some of the Tampa Bay Area’s most underserved communities. 

This project started in 2017 in partnership with the Pioneer Medial Group Foundation with the sole purpose of expanding free and affordable healthcare to the underprivileged of Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas counties. TBSM has since established relationship with clinical locations across these counties, allowing us to host our clinics indoors at the University Mall, Advent Health Zephyrhills, Salvation Army, and many other locations around the Bay area.

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The Medical Van is now the site for IDEA Exchange Tampa, Florida’s second syringe service program. The goal of the program is to reduce negative public health outcomes associated with the use of injection drugs. Participants are able to exchange used syringes for clean syringes and sterile injection supplies, are provided with Narcan and taught how to use it to reduce an overdose, are offered free anonymous HIV and Hep C testing, and have the opportunity to be connected with treatment for addiction. In addition to supplies, the program provides education and connection to resources. It also allows us to gather data and learn more about addiction and injection drug use. In the first 6 months of operation, IDEA Exchange has enrolled over 160 participants, exchanged over 18,000 needles, and had more than 200 reported overdose reversals with the Narcan distributed at the Exchange.

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