Dermatologists from Lilly and Epiphany Clinics are running the screenings, and Lubbock Christian University is partnering on the event. Pre-health studies students at LCU gave up part of their Friday to train alongside the doctors, then volunteer their Saturday to help the check-in process move faster for everyone who comes through.
Toby Rogers, dean of the LCU College of Science and Health Professions, said the screenings cost nothing and give people a chance to get checked by experts who do this kind of work regularly. He also pointed out the upside for the students, who get real exposure to medical work most people in a classroom never see before they start a career.
Skin cancer screenings often get skipped because of cost or scheduling, but a free bus pulling into town removes both excuses for a day.
A bus with no permanent address just might catch something a checkup closer to home would have missed.