Service to the marginalized, structural barriers, advocacy beyond the clinic in Phoenix context.

Asthma and mold, housing advocacy, immigration fear as clinical barrier.

Role-play with standardized CHW, nurse, or social worker from Creighton Phoenix campus.

Dignity Health ERD context, conscientious objection, reproductive ethics in Phoenix.

Jesuit values, Phoenix community ties, cura personalis, why Creighton Phoenix.

Creighton's "men and women for and with others" means active presence in Phoenix's underserved communities — Southwest Phoenix, South Mountain, Laveen.

Phoenix's Latino and Indigenous communities are the clinical implementation of the Jesuit social justice mission. Know specific communities, not just demographics.

Housing, heat, and immigration are not just social work issues at Creighton Phoenix — they are medical interventions.

Pediatric asthma in southwest Phoenix is directly linked to substandard housing (mold, cockroaches), proximity to freeways, and urban heat island effects in low-income neighborhoods.

The clinical intervention is not just an inhaler — it's a housing inspection, a social work referral, an advocacy letter. Know the practical pathway.

When a family fears immigration enforcement as a barrier to housing remediation, that fear is a clinical barrier. Address it as such — know community legal aid resources.

Creighton Phoenix's campus brings medicine, nursing, pharmacy, PT, OT, and social work students together physically. This is not a talking point — it shapes clinical training.

In role-play stations, demonstrate that you know the scope and expertise of each profession — and that you actively seek input rather than directing.

The promotores de salud (community health worker) model is widely used in Phoenix's Latino communities — know what they do and how physicians partner with them.

"Since 2011 I've sat on MMI panels across Canada, the USA, and the UK — scoring thousands of candidates across medicine, dentistry, PA, and nursing. Universal MMI is built on everything I've learned sitting on the other side of that table."

Both campuses award the same MD degree and share the Jesuit curriculum and mission. Creighton Phoenix is embedded in the Arizona health context — Latino and Indigenous communities, extreme heat, immigration, Catholic health system partners like Dignity Health. The community and clinical contexts differ significantly.

Promotores de salud (health promoters) are community health workers from Latino communities who provide health education, navigation, and support in culturally and linguistically appropriate ways. They are a cornerstone of healthcare delivery in Phoenix's Latino neighborhoods and Creighton Phoenix trains students alongside them.

AHCCCS (Arizona Medicaid) covers legal residents including undocumented children under CHIP in Arizona. Undocumented adults receive only emergency Medicaid — acute care only. This creates large gaps in chronic disease management for Phoenix's undocumented adult population.

Entering classes have median MCAT around 511 and median GPA around 3.68. Creighton Phoenix weights Jesuit mission fit, Phoenix community ties, and interprofessional experience.

Creighton is a private university with no in-state preference. However, Arizona community ties, Spanish language skills, and familiarity with Phoenix health issues are significant positive factors.

Dignity Health is Creighton Phoenix's major clinical partner. Dignity Health operates under the Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives, which affect certain reproductive services and end-of-life procedures. Students learn to navigate these constraints while ensuring patient access to referrals.

Low-income Phoenix neighborhoods have less tree canopy, more pavement, and less AC coverage than affluent areas — creating localized heat islands where temperatures can be 10-15°F hotter than nearby affluent neighborhoods. This environmental injustice drives the disparate heat mortality burden on poor communities.

Phoenix has high pediatric asthma rates driven by: substandard housing (mold, cockroaches), freeway proximity in low-income areas, dust storms (haboobs) causing particulate spikes, and urban heat. Low-income Latino and Black children bear a disproportionate asthma burden.