UMass PURCH Students Partner with ReGreen Springfield

The Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health (PURCH) is a 2- week clerkship that offers students from various medical disciplines an opportunity to learn more about healthcare disparities and specific health issues that affect urban and rural communities. Currently, the students in this program consist of medical students from UMASS Medical School, PAs from Bay Path University, and pharmacy students from Western New England University.

Over two weeks in October and November, 2022, four PURCH students will be working with ReGreen Springfield examining the tree canopy and environmental justice issues in the Upper Hill, McKnight and Old Hill Neighborhoods.  The ReGreen Springfield clerkship empowers students to advocate for additional tree planting in Springfield, Ma. This is the fifth year that ReGreen Springfield has participated in this program

This year, students have:

  • Gathered data from the community to help identify social justice disparities and current gaps;
  • Learned how to use  i-Tree software;
  • Formulated an action plan;
  • Attended community meetings;
  • Designed informative flyers for the community;
  • Engaged with the Springfield community about the benefits of tree planting.
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