Khyati
Malik
UG Social Services Co-Coordinator
The University of Texas at Austin
Khyati Malik is pursuing a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Women and Gender Studies and a certificate in Social Inequality, Health, and Policy at The University of Texas in Austin. She serves as a 2023-2024 Undergraduate Social Services Coordinator at C.D. Doyle, where she implements initiatives to fulfill social service needs and equip undergraduate volunteers with vital training and information. The clinic’s collaborative and multidisciplinary model has provided her with interprofessional experience that she uses to help undergraduates perform diverse roles in the clinic.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: C.D. Doyle Clinic (CDD) is a student-run free clinic (SRFC) that provides acute, episodic care at the Esperanza Community, a 200-member emergency shelter complex serving those experiencing homelessness. The Foundations for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (FICP) course teaches interprofessional education to medical, pharmacy, nursing, and social work students. A hackathon is a time-bound event where teams collectively prototype solutions for diverse problems. CDD’s Community Hackathon took place in an FICP class with prompts reflecting CDD’s challenges. Our research aims…