“Operation House Call was a wholly positive experience, one that I hope other aspiring health care professionals will get to have. I believe that this initiative is invaluable because it allows us to see people as more than statistics, clinical facts and diagnoses and instead get to know them as human beings. My visit helped me to clear up any misconceptions I had and to better understand how I can help provide services. I felt welcomed in my host family and honored to hear such personal and intimate details of their lives. I will be sure to use this experience moving forward in my education and practice.”

“I feel that I learned so much... (My family) gave me a lot of things to think about regarding how I can be a better provider and care for children who have intellectual/developmental disabilities. I am so grateful to them for opening up their hearts and home to us and I have been inspired to learn about and gain more experience in working with children who have IDDs.”

“Such a dedicated and compassionate family like this deserves an equally dedicated team of physicians to do everything possible”

“Operation House Call has been one of the most rewarding parts of this year…It was a great reminder of why I decided to become a pediatric nurse practitioner.”

“Operation House Call has been one of the best experiences of my time at YSN. The training at the school was eye-opening, particularly our co-teacher. It was engaging and was good preparation before we went to visit the different homes. Meeting with (my host family) was an education experience and I will come back to that time and conversation in my practice. Thank you for putting this together and allowing us to participate”

“Thank you very much for making OHC available to us at YSN. It was one of my favorite and one of the most valuable experiences of my (academic) year.”