Temple Emergency Action Corps
Temple Emergency Action Corps (TEAC) was founded in 2007 by Greenfield Foundation President Emeritus Bill Greenfield, M.D., in response to Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans in 2005. A $9,000 grant launched its emergency preparedness training for medical students, physicians, and alumni of Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine. TEAC has since started the student-run Thrive Clinic at One Day At A Time Shelter in North Philadelphia. Its students teach CPR and BLS to fellow medical students and the North Philadelphia community, and they provide disaster response training to students and faculty. Through its Global Health curriculum, TEAC connects students to global medical ideals. In 2023 it joined the AMPATH Consortium and began building a relationship with Tamale Teaching Hospital in Northern Ghana.
Thrive Clinic
Thrive is Temple's first student-run free bridge clinic. The goals are to address structural inequities in access to care in North Philly. The people served are mostly those experiencing homelessness and SUD. The Lewis Katz School of Medicine students work with the community members/patients to educate them on their health and wellness. They listen to the patients and connect them with appropriate resources to deal with their medical issues. The students work to support and motivate healthy life practices and provide the patients with wellness packets.
Global Health Trips
Temple joined the AMPATH Ghana Consortium to provide sustainable healthcare to residents. During the summer of 2024 an M1 student joined a team that travelled to Ghana to work in the Tamale Teaching Hospital. In the summer of 2024 five medical students were in Manipal, India for 4 weeks at Kasturba Medical College.
