UVA medical student creates software to recruit more volunteers for clinics UVA medical student, Zuhayr Shaikh (Source: WVIR) By Rachel Hirschheimer | March 5, 2021 at 12:37 PM EST - Updated March 8 at 1:26 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The demand for help at free clinics has been on the rise since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, but one medical student at the University of Virginia is working to easily connect volunteers with them.
“We’ve been working to just promote volunteers and free clinics for both in-person and teleservice,” UVA medical student Zuhayr Shaikh said. “One thing led to another. We’re thinking, ‘OK, what about dieticians? What about nurses? What about physicians?”