08/26/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/26/2024 07:28
Clinical faculty across UCF provide almost 120,000 patient visits for the community each year, and the university announces today it's linking those healthcare services under a new UCF Health brand.
University leaders say they hope the branding will help the community and patients understand the breadth of medical services they can get from UCF physicians, nurses, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, audiologists and other providers.
"UCF is taking care of our community's health in so many extraordinary ways," says. Deborah German, vice president for health affairs and dean of UCF's College of Medicine. "By bringing these services under the UCF Health brand, we make it easier for our community to understand our services and seek academic patient care."
The rebranding comes as the latest step in the development of UCF's Academic Health Sciences Center, which unites all of the university's clinical programs - the colleges of Health Professions and Sciences, Medicine and Nursing as well as Student Health Services. As part of that effort, UCF will open in 2025 the new Dr. Phillops Nursing Pavilion in Lake Nona's Medical City - next door to the medical school. Eventually it plans to bring other clinical programs to Lake Nona to foster increased interprofessional education, research and patient care. As Dr. German explains, "Whenever healthcare professionals work as a team, patients always get better care."
The university has almost 140,000 square feet of clinical space, caring for patients in Central Florida as well as children and families who travel from across the country to access UCF services:
UCF's College of Health Professions and Sciences also provides wellness and rehabilitative patient care services to the community:
In addition to these services, students and faculty from UCF's Academic Health Sciences Center provide free care to medically underserved residents through service learning clinics. These include the KNIGHTS (Keeping Neighbors In Good Health Through Service) Clinic at Grace Medical Home, the Chapman Compassionate Care Clinic for people experiencing homelessness, and a clinic for Apopka farmworkers through a partnership with the Farmworker Association of Florida.
UCF has launched a new Academic Health Sciences Center Academic Health Sciences Center website, where you can find out how to get care at UCF, including appointment information.