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288We are responsible for scheduling an event each semester focusing on health disparities and or social determinants of health for all interested students This semester we scheduled Professor Piper Sledge my sociology elective professor who discussed her research which links together cancer care experiences of transgender men cisgender men and cisgender women who choose mastectomy and opt out of reconstruction Community Volunteers in Medicine CVIM CVIM provides free medical and dental care to uninsured individuals and families at or below the 300 poverty line As a volunteer HIV Tester I administer the HIV oral test to patients who have never been tested or have not been tested for over 1 year After volunteering for three months I have expanded my role to also become a Patient Advocate in which I assist patients with chronic diseases by attending their appointments and inquiring if they fully understood the prescribed treatment plan Doing this in a respectable manner helps ensure that their health care providers instructions are understood properly and reinforces providers instructions to patients