Street Side: The Street Medicine Institute Podcast

In this episode, we dialogue with KK Assman, NP, the founder and director of Kansas City's Street Medicine Program, "Care Beyond the Boulevard." A robust program that utilizes clinics, mobile units, and street-level care to serve the unhoused, Care Beyond the Boulevard also provides Medical Respite Care for those being discharged from the hospital.https://www.carebeyondtheboulevard.org/historySpecial thanks to Co-Host Michael Brennan. Don't forget to follow and share our podcast! Please send us suggestions at studentcoalition@streetmedicine.orgLink to SMISC One-Pager: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link to Show notes:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠Send us your suggestions!: ⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition is dedicated to promoting inclusive, reality-based, person-centered care for our unsheltered homeless community members worldwide. We strive to inspire and equip students to provide high-quality Street Medicine through transdisciplinary student, consumer, and community collaboration. Viewing the streets as a classroom for social justice with the privilege to empathetically learn from the people, we hope to instill the transcending principles of Street Medicine throughout healthcare systems.

Join us this week to listen to Community Health Worker and Member of the Board of the Street Medicine Institute, Joseph Benson and his lived experiences in street outreach.Special thanks to Co-Host Michael Brennan. Don't forget to follow and share our podcast! Please send us suggestions at studentcoalition@streetmedicine.orgLink to SMISC One-Pager: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠Link to Show notes:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠The Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition is dedicated to promoting inclusive, reality-based, person-centered care for our unsheltered homeless community members worldwide. We strive to inspire and equip students to provide high-quality Street Medicine through transdisciplinary student, consumer, and community collaboration. Viewing the streets as a classroom for social justice with the privilege to empathetically learn from the people, we hope to instill the transcending principles of Street Medicine throughout healthcare systems.

Join us this week to listen to guest Dr. Patrick Perri speak about the world of Street Medicine. Dr. Perri serves as Medical Director for the Center for Inclusion Health at Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, PA and is active as a clinician-educator on the faculty of the Allegheny General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program. His Street Medicine career includes more than 15 combined years working as a clinician on the Street Team of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and a volunteer with Operation Safety Net in Pittsburgh. Special thanks to Co-Host Michael Brennan. Don't forget to follow and share our podcast!Link to SMISC One-Pager: ⁠⁠Link⁠⁠Link to Show notes: ⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠The Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition is dedicated to promoting inclusive, reality-based, person-centered care for our unsheltered homeless community members worldwide. We strive to inspire and equip students to provide high-quality Street Medicine through transdisciplinary student, consumer, and community collaboration. Viewing the streets as a classroom for social justice with the privilege to empathetically learn from the people, we hope to instill the transcending principles of Street Medicine throughout healthcare systems.

These conversations were recorded during the 20th International Street Medicine Symposium thanks to Co-Host Michael Brennan. Don't forget to mark your calendars for ISMS 2025 in Hilo, Hawaii!Link to Show notes: LinkThe Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition is dedicated to promoting inclusive, reality-based, person-centered care for our unsheltered homeless community members throughout the world. We strive to inspire and equip students to provide high-quality Street Medicine through transdisciplinary student, consumer, and community collaboration. Viewing the streets as a classroom for social justice with the privilege to empathetically learn from the people, we hope to instill the transcending principles of Street Medicine throughout healthcare systems.

On our third episode of Season 2 Michael interviews founder of RISE and board member of the Street Medicine Institute, Melissa Moore while at the International Street Medicine Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. Melissa shares her story of lived experience with homelessness and how she has transformed that experience into advocacy to help others. --- Link to our show notes and transcript: https://tinyurl.com/lived-experience-and-advocacy To learn more about the Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition, visit our website here: https://www.streetmedicine.org/smisc-about-us Music credits: Street Side Theme Music by Auralnauts | https://www.auralnauts.com/

Join our last episode of Season 1 where we sit down with Dr. Jim Withers to discuss humanism in healthcare, communal advocacy, and the future directions of the street medicine movement. To learn more about Dr. Withers and the Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition, visit the show notes here: http://tinyurl.com/mr36mwwjMusic credits: Memory by Balynt | https://soundcloud.com/balyntmusicMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US