MSU Medical Students Partner with Gesher Human Services
These future doctors gain experience in serious mental health disorders working at Gesher Human Services’ Clubhouse Program.
Medical students attending Michigan State University taking part in clinical rotations with Henry Ford Health System now have the opportunity for greater understanding of how Metro Detroiters living with serious mental health conditions live and function in the greater community, outside of a medical provider’s setting.
Each month, students spend a day at the recently expanded Lois and Milton Y. Zussman Center in Southfield (23800 W. 10 Mile Road, Southfield), which houses Clubhouse for the Common Good. Clubhouse provides a welcoming space that offers employment opportunities, educational classes, culinary and horticultural experiences, wellness and fitness opportunities, and social and cultural activities to members living with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression and other serious psychiatric conditions. The center, operated by Gesher Human Services, also offers an arts enrichment program called Creative Expressions.
MSU students get to interact with the members, plus gain valuable inside knowledge from a nurse practitioner and social worker.