Increasing Awareness on Health Care Access in Florida: A Community-Based Medical-Legal Practicum Project.

Problem: Service learning and experiential coursework has become a requirement for medical students and law students. Advocacy for the underinsured and uninsured is of ethical importance to both the practice of law and medicine, however engaging professional students in meaningful advocacy work with community partners can be challenging.

Purpose: The article describes a partnership between medical and law students in a community-based service learning project to promote health care access.