![Medical students board a bus to visit some of the poorest neighborhoods in St. Louis.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/46219/081417_ch_washumedschoolbus_01__medium.jpg)
First, Seek To Understand: Lessons In Poverty Teach Medical Students To Be Better Doctors
Every year, for the past 15 years, a group of first-year medical students in St. Louis, Missouri have climbed on board three yellow school buses and headed north.