Street Medicine Institute Trainings and Webinars

SMI's webinar series is aimed at bringing you practical information, training, and discussion on key topics in street medicine.

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Upcoming Trainings

Street Medicine 101- virtual workshop

Tuesday, October 28, 2025- Registration is closed.
8 am - 12 pm HST / 11 am - 3 pm PDT / 2 pm - 6 pm EDT

At the Street Medicine Institute, we have seen exponential growth in interest from people around the world to develop street medicine programs in response to the compounding problems of poor health outcomes, increased costs, and deepening social exclusion for people experiencing homelessness.

Blending the philosophical and the pragmatic, participants will learn how to start a program, identify why we do street medicine, and understand who we should be when working on the streets.

Because Street Medicine 101 sold out at last month’s International Street Medicine Symposium, we are offering this workshop virtually.

For this Street Medicine 101 encore, some material will be pre-recorded.

Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Determination of credit is pending.

Members of the Street Medicine Institute receive a 50% discount on the Street Medicine 101 workshop. Join as a member here.

WEBINAR- Executive Order on Homelessness: Implications and Advocacy for People Sleeping Rough in the US

Thursday, November 6, 2025

1 - 2:30 pm HST / 3 - 4:30 pm PST / 6 - 7:30 pm EST

President Trump's executive order, "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets," seeks to increase involuntary commitment of houseless people with mental health and substance use disorders and increase punishment for public drug use, camping, and squatting. The order additionally calls for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to stop funding harm reduction and requires recipients of federal funding for homelessness projects to share health data with federal agencies. While many non-profit organizations serving homeless individuals oppose the executive order, other groups applaud the order and hope it will reduce suffering among people who have become homeless due to serious mental illness and substance use problems.

Combining expertise in street medicine, lived experience of homelessness, health care, and civil rights, speakers Gina Salazar, Emily Hills, and Liz Frye will offer a thought-provoking analysis of the executive order's legal, ethical, and health impacts on unsheltered people.

Emily Hills – Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Hawai'i
Gina Salazar – Peer Support Specialist, Huntsman Mental Health Institute Receiving Center
Liz Frye, MD MPH – street psychiatrist and Chair, Street Medicine Institute Board of Directors

Register for the Webinar

Past Webinars

Medicaid & the Big Beautiful Bill: Implications for Street Medicine in the United States- October 7, 2025

The Big Beautiful Bill (HR1) has passed, bringing major implications for our patients and for the field of street medicine un the US. To help us understand what this means in practice, join us for a Q&A with two national experts:

Andy Schneider – National Medicaid expert and Professor, Georgetown University
Laura Brennan – Senior Policy Manager, National Health Care for the Homeless Council

We’ll discuss:

What changes to Medicaid are included in the Big Beautiful Bill
How these changes will impact our patients and our work
What advocacy options are available now and in the future

Encampment Sweeps & Street Medicine: Reducing Harm, Protecting Health- March 4, 2025

Join the California Street Medicine Collaborative, USC Street Medicine, and the Street Medicine Institute for a crucial discussion on street medicine and encampment sweeps. This webinar will highlight the release of Mitigating the Health Impacts of Encampment Sweeps in California: A Practice Guide for Street Medicine, offering practical strategies to reduce harm and protect health before, during, and after sweeps.