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SUMMARY REPORT:
Accomplishments and Projects Sponsored/Promoted by the USF Health Service Corps for July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015
Prepared by Ellen Kent, MPH, CPH, Coordinator for USF Health Service Corps, August 31, 2015
The USF Health Service Corps is an interdisciplinary program which enables USF Health students in Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Physical Therapy and Pharmacy to participate in meaningful, rewarding and fun health-related community service activities together.
The purpose of this annual report is to summarize the extensive contributions of USF Health students to community service throughout the year. Within this annual report, data is provided in seven sections which reflect the same seven categories of service opportunities that students can select from each semester. Students can learn about these opportunities by visiting the Service Corps Events and Projects Website .
Within this annual report, the two most significant sources of data are highlighted in green and yellow to make it easier for the reader. All items highlighted in yellow indicate cumulative numbers of student service hours and items highlighted in green indicate numbers of people served.
As a summary statement, it is impressive to note that between July 1, 2014 - June 30 2015, USF Health students dedicated 29,645 hours of community service and provided free services to 23,957 community members. This annual report is based on the events listed in the following websites:
Summer 2014 Service Corps Opportunities; Fall 2014 Service Corps Opportunities; Spring 2015 Service Corps Opportunities; Summer 2015 Service Corps Opportunities To actually visualize our Service Corps volunteers in action, truly ‘making life better’ and to see the positive reactions upon the faces of both the volunteers and the community members, the reader is encouraged to visit these photo galleries: Summer Semester 2014 Photos; Fall Semester 2014 Photos; Spring Semester 2015 Photos; Summer Semester 2015 Photos . The reader is welcome to review the summary report below and to contact the Service Corps Coordinator Ellen Kent, MPH, CPH at [email protected] or (813) 974-6622 for further information about becoming involved in the Service Corps.
An even more detailed and comprehensive report is available at this link:
USFHealthServiceCorpsDetailedAnnualReport2014to2015 which provides
additional information about the events and projects described in this summary
report.
I. Health Fairs, Screenings and Immunization Events
Summary Statement: USF Health students contributed 2995 volunteer hours and provided services to 4126 people through health screenings/immunization events.
At the COPH annual flu shot drive, nursing and medical students administered the vaccines,
while public health and pharmacy students provided health education displays. See complete photo album at 2014 flu shot day
(A) Background:
The USF Health Service Corps collaborates with community agencies to provide screening and health education services to low income, medically-underserved residents of the Tampa Bay area, many of whom do not receive regular preventive health care services. The USF Health Service Corps also provides health fair participants with a listing of referral clinic sites of low cost and free clinics in Hillsborough and surrounding counties, where they can receive follow-up health care services.
COM, CON, COP & DPT student volunteers who participate in health fairs sponsored by the USF Health Service Corps have received clinical training through their respective educational programs. Appropriate clinical supervision is provided for USF Health students for all health fairs; see also USF Health Service Corps Health Fair Policies & Procedures
(B) Events with clinical components: Between July 1, 2014–June 30, 2015, 441 USF Health students currently enrolled in USF Health clinical programs participated in 37 different health fairs, screenings and immunization events. Specifically, these Service Corps clinical volunteers included: 228 Morsani College of Medicine MD students (COM); 11 occupational medicine residents; 97 College of Nursing (CON) students; 80 College of Pharmacy (COP ) students; and 25 School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Services (DPT) students. Faculty supervision at these clinical events was provided by full time clinical faculty with the College of Medicine; College of Nursing; College of Pharmacy; School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Services; as well as 1 adjunct COM faculty with Catholic Mobile Medical Services (CMMS) and 1 adjunct CON faculty affiliated with the VA.
Physical therapy students and a faculty member teach a young man proper lifting techniques at a community health fair, see photo album at WholesomeMinistrieshealthfair2014
A COPH doctoral student, who is also a Nigerian physician, provides health education counseling at an international health fair. See photo album at InternationalhealthfairSept2014.
A total number of 2985 adult community members received free health services at 33 of these events, including: blood pressure
(BP); blood sugar (BS); blood cholesterol (BC) screenings; physical therapy assessments (PT); and free flu shots. In addition, 546 children received health screenings at 4 back to school health fairs in July-August 2014. Moreover, 225 adults and 35 children received free vision screening at these health fairs. (Note: Since the number of adults who received vision screenings at the health fairs is already included in the number of adults who received BP, BS, BC screenings this number cannot be added again to the total, so the total number of people who received free health services at the health fairs = 2985 + 546+ 35=3566.) In sum, 3566 people received free clinical services from USF Health MCOM, CON, COP, DPT students at these 37 events. (C) Events which also included non-clinical components: A number of these clinical Service Corps health fairs, screenings and flu shot events also included non-clinical components such as: health education displays for adults; citizen CPR for adults and health education and safety/fitness activities for children. In addition to the 3566 people mentioned above, an additional 560 children who did not receive clinical services at the events mentioned in part B above, participated in health education activities at these comprehensive community health fairs. Thus the sum total of people who received services at the health fairs = 3566+560=4126 The additional groups of student volunteers who were able to participate in these non-clinical activities included: 82 College of Public Health (COPH) graduate students; 4 occupational health psychology students; 2 College of Medicine graduate students; 48 COPH undergraduate students; 19 other USF undergrads (UG), 3 friends. By adding together the numbers of clinical and non-clinical volunteers at these 37 events, the cumulative number of students who volunteered in either a clinical or non-clinical capacity in all USF Health Service Corps sponsored health fairs/screenings/flu shot events for July 1, 2014- June 30, 2015 was: 599. Using an average of 5 hours of service per volunteer per event, this represents a total number of 599 x 5 =2995 student service hours at health fairs throughout the year. A chart which provides a detailed breakdown of the volunteer distribution by academic programs is provided below. Note: Many of our USF Health students participated in more than one health fair event throughout the year. Therefore, the numbers listed in this chart do not reflect total numbers of different student volunteers, but the cumulative sum of the number of students who participated in the 37 different health fair events. SUMMARY: Total number of events: 37 Total number of clinical volunteers: 441 (228 COM, 97 CON, 80 COP, 25 DPT, 11 occupational medicine) Total number of non-clinical volunteers: 158 (82 COPH graduate, 48 COPH undergraduate, 19 UG, 4 occupational health
psychology, 2 COM grad, 3 friends of students) Total number of volunteers: 599 Total number of service hours= 599 volunteers x 5 hours of service per event =2995 Number of adults who received clinical & health education services at health fairs and screening events: 2985 adults 546 youth received back to school physicals 225 adults (already included in total number of 2985 adults above) and 35 children received vision screening Number of children who benefited from health education activities at health fairs: 560 Total number of people who received services at health fairs: 2985 adults + 546 children (physicals) +35 children (vision) + 560 children (health education) =4126
KEY:
COM: Morsani College of Medicine MD student COM Grad: Morsani College of Medicine masters or doctoral student
CON: College of Nursing student COPH Grad: College of Public Health graduate student DPT: School of Physical Therapy student COPH UG: College of Public Health undergraduate student COP: College of Pharmacy student UG: Undergraduate, pre-health professional student
Volunteer Distribution for USF Health Service Corps Health Fairs, Screenings and Immunization Events
by Academic Program Program Cumulative Number of
Volunteers Number of Volunteer Hours
(based on average of 5 hours/volunteer/event)
COM (MD program)
228 1140
COM graduate school
2 10
CON 97 485
DPT 25 125
COP 80 400
OHM 11 55
COPH grad 82 410
COPH Undergrad 48 240
Other UG 19 95
Friends 3 15
OHP 4 20
Total 599 2995
II. Health Clinics for Medically Underserved Populations (primarily clinical volunteer
opportunities, with some opportunities for students in non-clinical programs to serve as interpreters)
USF Health students volunteer at these clinics on a regular basis throughout the year. These programs are sponsored by USF Health and outside organizations and promoted by the USF Health Service Corps.
Summary Statement: USF students contributed 9650 volunteer hours and provided services to 3763 people in health clinics for medically underserved populations.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Catholic Mobile Medical Services Weekly primary care clinic at San José Mission in Dover, Monday evenings . Clinical component: Trained bilingual medical students with the OBGYN interest group shadowed and assisted residents/volunteer
physicians with women’s health exams on a weekly basis.
Non-clinical components: Bilingual USF Health/pre-health professional students assisted as interpreters in the San Jose Mission
waiting room on the 2nd
and 4th Mondays of each month.
Annual totals: 198 volunteer hours (144 COM + 9 CON + 45 COPH) 288 patients
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Red Crescent Clinic: http://www.redcrescenttampa.org/ Clinical component: USF MCOM students volunteered at the Red Crescent Clinic on Tuesdays and Thursdays (9 am - 12 noon) and Saturdays from 9:30 am -1 pm and gained clinical experience by assisting with blood pressure measurements, taking histories, and other clinical activities. Annual totals: 700 COM student volunteer hours
1128 patients
________________________________________________________________________________________________ Primary Sector Medicine Program (PSMP): Judeo Christian Health Clinic (JCHC) and Brandon Outreach Clinic (BOC) During the academic year (August – April), second, third and fourth year medical students are assigned to JCHC (on Monday and Wednesday afternoons) and BOC (on Thursday mornings) as part of their Doctoring Clinical Experience (DCE), third year clerkship, and family medicine electives, respectively. Throughout the entire year, second, third and fourth year medical students can volunteer at JCHC at the monthly USF clinic on the second Wednesday evening of each month. In addition, rising 2nd year medical students can volunteer at these clinics during their summer break. In addition, bilingual USF pre-health professional students can volunteer as interpreters at the JCHC throughout the year. Outcomes: Total number of COM clinical volunteer hours: 192 Total number of interpreter volunteer hours = 636 Annual totals: 828 total volunteer hours (192 COM + 636 UG hours) 780 patients
The BRIDGE Healthcare Clinic (BRIDGE stands for Building Relationships and Initiatives Dedicated to Gaining Equality) is a student-run free clinic that is held every Tuesday evening at USF Morsani Center for Advanced Health Care and one Thursday evening a month at Florida Hospital (starting in April 2015) see http://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/blog/2015/04/20/usf-health-and-florida-hospital-tampa-partner-to-expand-bridge-clinic/ . The BRIDGE clinic serves uninsured residents of the University area community. Outcomes for July 1 2014- June 30 2105: Each week ~38 students volunteer at the BRIDGE Morsani clinic, which includes approximately 16 medical students, 8 physical therapy students, 2 public health students , 1 graduate student assisting with colon cancer education , 5 pharmacy students , 2 social work students, and 4 interpreter volunteers. Clinical supervision was provided by 40 USF Physicians, physical therapists, pharmacists and social workers. The students usually volunteer 3.5 hours during the weekly Tuesday evening clinics and 10-14 patients are seen each week. In addition, BRIDGE clinic opened a satellite center at Florida Hospital in February 2015, with clinics held one Thursday evening a month with clinical supervision provided by 2 Florida hospital physicians. As reported by the BRIDGE clinic student director, each month ~14 students volunteer at the BRIDGE Florida hospital clinic, which includes approximately 10 medical students and 4 interpreter volunteers. The students usually volunteer 3 hours during the monthly Thursday evening clinics and 5 patients are seen each month. Total patients seen: 25. Annual totals: Total estimated number of student volunteer hours at Morsani and Florida Hospital = 6,500
Total patients seen 830
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Tampa Bay Street Medicine is a student-run organization at USF Morsani College of Medicine that is dedicated to improving the medical care of the homeless in our community. Through direct outreach on the streets and in shelters, we seek to provide medical care, education, and health care access to some of the most vulnerable members of our community. We work under the clinical supervision of USF Health volunteer physicians, PAs and NPs to engage individuals outside of the traditional healthcare system in order to assess each unique situation holistically and develop a realistic plan to improve their health.
Between July 2014 – June 2015, TBSM conducted 25 street runs, with clinical supervision provided by 9 different USF physicians, PAs and NPs. Typical street runs consisted of 8-10 or more COM students per run. At 3 hours/run, volunteer hours totaled ~750 hours for the year. Services were provided to an average of 15-20 patients per night, for an annual total of ~400 patients . In addition, since January, students have also provided services to patients in their new continuity clinic on two Saturday afternoons of every month at The Well, an organization that provides social services to the homeless in Ybor City. During the bimonthly clinics, medical students work in teams under faculty preceptorship and coordinate with social work students, a mental health counselor, and massage therapist. During these clinics, COM students volunteered in numerous shifts; for a total of 18 student volunteer hours. Services were provided to a total of ~ 70 homeless people (10-15 people per afternoon). Annual totals: 750 + 18 = 768 COM student volunteer hours
400 + 70= 470 patients
The Ybor Youth Clinic (YYC) provides health care and social services for youth and young adults in Tampa area at low/no cost. Clinical component: USF medical students assisted as clinical volunteers at the YYC under supervision of USF Pediatrics physicians Students also contributed to one day outreach events at the YYC, as documented in Section III of this report, Special Events. Between July 1, 2014- June 30, 2015, 5-6 medical students volunteered each week and contributed a total of 600 hours. Students gained valuable clinical experience and learned about the comprehensive aspects of the multidisciplinary Ybor Youth clinic by taking vital signs, taking medical histories, providing patient education and filling prescriptions. Students assisted ~ 200 patients over the year. Annual totals: 600 COM student volunteer hours
200 patients
Ronald McDonald Care Mobile - Kids Klinic
Clinical component: During the school year 2014-2015, USF medical students assisted USF Pediatrics faculty on the USF Pediatrics Ronald McDonald Care Mobile on Tuesday afternoons at Metro Ministries and Salvation Army on Tuesday evenings. This program is organized by the Student Physicians for Social Responsibility organization. A total of 20 COM students contributed ~ 56 hours to the Kids Care clinic program (4 hrs. per session). The medical students participated in a total of 14 visits to Metropolitan Ministries (Tuesday afternoons) and Salvation army (Tuesday evenings) Medical students assisted with blood pressure, height and weight & vision screenings for ~ 67 children, with clinical supervision provided by USF Pediatrics Nurse Practitioner/Program Director of the RMCM.
Annual totals: 56 COM student volunteer hours 67 patients
III. Special Events (non-clinical volunteer opportunities)
Summary Statement: USF Health students contributed 3335 volunteer hours and provided services to 11,081 people in 80 different special service events with a health focus.
In 2014-2015, USF Health Service Corps volunteers participated in 80 special events/projects which benefited 11, 081 children and adults. Some examples of these non-clinical special events in 2014-2015 included: dessert parties with the cancer patients and their caregivers at the American Cancer Society Benjamin Mendick Hope Lodge; evenings of enrichment for senior citizens at Weinberg Village and John Knox Village; safety fairs for children in collaboration with Safe Kids Tampa; health promotion events with Special Olympics Florida; picnics for farmworkers’ children; house painting projects for the low income; environmental restoration projects; community gardening projects; health awareness expos at schools and in the community; tobacco prevention forums and displays; education and recreation events for refugee children and adults; HIV awareness events; blood drives and organ donor/bone marrow registrations. Specifically, these Service Corps volunteers included: 151 Morsani College of Medicine MD students (COM); 137 College of Nursing students; 88 College of Pharmacy (COP) students; 9 School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Services (DPT) students); 143 College of Public Health (COPH) graduate students, 75 COPH undergraduate students; 15 Morsani College of Medicine MS/PHD students; 40 UG students, 8 faculty & staff, and one friend of a volunteer. By adding together the numbers of volunteers at these 80 special events, the cumulative number of volunteers in all USF Health Service Corps-sponsored special events for 2014-2015 was: 667. Using an average of 5 hours of service per volunteer per special service event, this represents a total number of 667 x 5 = 3335 student volunteer hours at special events throughout the year. A chart which provides a detailed summary of the volunteer distribution by academic program is provided below. Note: Many USF Health students participated in more than one special service event throughout the year. Therefore, the numbers listed in this chart do not reflect total numbers of different student volunteers, but the cumulative sum of the number of students who participated in the different special events. SUMMARY: 151 COM 15 COM grad 137 CON 9 DPT 88 COP 143 COPH grad 75 COPH UG 40 UG or other USF students (mainly premed) 4 CON faculty, 3 COPH fac & staff 1 DPT fac 1 friend Total number of volunteers: 667 Total number of volunteer hours: 667 x 5= 3335 Total number of community participants: 11081
Medical students teach their classmates how to perform cheek swabs, as they register for National Marrow donor program. See photo album at GiveLifeDayfall2014
An interdisciplinary group of public health, nursing, medicine and
pharmacy students led the health promotion stations at the Special
Olympics site in Tampa, see photo album at Special Olympics
Volunteer Distribution for USF Health Service Corps Special Events by Academic Program
Program Cumulative Number of Volunteers
Number of Volunteer Hours (based on average of 5 hours/ volunteer/event)
COM (MD program) 151 755
COM graduate school 15 75
CON 137 685
DPT 9 45
COP 88 440
COPH grad 143 715
COPH Undergrad 75 375
UG 40 200
Friends/family/faculty 9 45
Total 667 3335
IV. Fun Fundraising Events (non-clinical volunteer opportunities)
Summary Statement: 356 USF Health students contributed 1780 volunteer hours and raised: $ 20,136 in 17 fundraising events with a health focus.
One of our favorite annual walks/fundraising initiatives is the March of Dimes walk, see photo album at MOD 2015.
This year, 356 USF students from Colleges of Nursing, Medicine, Public Health, and Pharmacy the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, as well as other USF Colleges, and family & friends participated in 17 different fundraising walks/events and helped to raise over 20 thousand dollars to benefit non-profit organizations with a health focus. Assuming an average of 5 hours per volunteer per fund-raising event, this represents 1780 volunteer service hours contributed by the USF Health community to fundraising initiatives with a primary health focus.
Volunteer Distribution for USF Health Service Corps Fundraising Events by Academic Program
Program Cumulative Number of Volunteers
Number of Volunteer Hours
(based on average of 5 hours/volunteer/event)
COM (MD program) 25 students
6 faculty
125
30
COM graduate school 12 60
CON students & faculty 34 students
2 Fac
170
10
DPT 5 25
COP 152 760
COPH grad 54
11 Fac/staff
270
55
COPH Undergrad 10 50
UG or grad (non USF Health) 28 140
Friends/family 17 85
Total 356 1780
List of Fundraising Walks, Bike Rides and other events Saturday, September 6
th. Tampa Bay AIDS walk at Vinoy Park in Downtown St. Petersburg to benefit the AIDS Service
Association of Pinellas. Saturday, September 27
th. Annual Chick-Fil-A Fall Stampede to benefit the Children’s Cancer Center at Curtis Hixon Waterfront
Park. Saturday, October 18
th. Making Strides for Breast Cancer Walk at Amalie Forum!
Saturday, October 18
th. Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes at Curtis Hixon Park
Saturday, November 8
th. Ride to Defeat ALS.
Saturday, November 15
th.American Heart Association’s Tampa Bay Start! Heart Walk at Raymond James Stadium
Saturday, December 13
th. Let It Snow 5k Benefitting Girls on the Run at HCC-Dale Mabry.
Saturday, February 7
th. Family friendly UNDY 5000 5K Run/Walk at Al Lopez Park, Tampa, benefiting The Colon Cancer Alliance
and the BRIDGE Healthcare Clinic. Saturday, March 21
st. Ybor Youth Clinic’s Second Annual Slam Dunk Scavenger Hunt fundraiser
Saturday, April 11
th .2015 Tampa Bay Heart Ball at the A La Carte Event Pavilion
Sunday, April 12
th. The American Diabetes Association’s Tour De Cure Bike Ride in Lakewood Ranch.
Friday, April 17
th. Fiesta by the Bay at Ybor Museum Garden to benefit the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at USF.
Saturday, April 18
th – Sunday, April 19
th, American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at USF!
Saturday, May 2nd
. March of Dimes 'March for Babies' walk at the Amalie Arena.
Saturday, May 2nd
. Girls on the Run Tampa Bay 5k-HCC - Dale Mabry Campus.
Saturday- Sunday, May 2nd
-3rd
. USF Health Cycling Team for the Bike MS Citrus Tour 2015
Thursday, May 21st. Second Annual Strokes for Stroke Art Show in Ybor City
V. Teaching, Mentoring and Advocacy Opportunities (non-clinical volunteer opportunities) Summary Statement: USF Health students contributed a total of 6864 volunteer hours to teaching, mentoring and advocacy opportunities and served 4627 people.
Teaching in the Schools: USF Health students can teach students at local schools in Hillsborough County about health issues and inspire them to become a health professional! This teaching opportunity can serve as an individual service project or as a group project that students can plan and implement with student organizations/courses. To sign up, students contact Ellen Kent at [email protected] or 813-974-6622 and specify: (1) academic program; (2) The grade level(s) they wish to teach; (3) Possible dates/times ; (4) The topic(s) they plan to discuss and activities they plan to lead; (5) If you would like Mrs. Kent to provide health education materials and suggestions for learning activities. Mrs. Kent can then ‘match’ students with Service Corps partner schools at their preferred date and time, and provide age-appropriate teaching ideas and resources!
Volunteer Distribution for USF Health Service Corps Teaching Events by Academic Program for Academic Year
Program
Cumulative Number of Volunteers
Number of Volunteer Hours
(based on a total of 5 hours dedicated to lesson preparation plus classroom teaching)
COM 40 200
CON 4 20
CON fac 1 5
COP 63 315
COPH grad 8 40
COPH UG 23 115
COPH fac 2 10
COM grad 9 45
Total 150 750
Total: =2390 K-12 students reached during the year by 147 USF Health students and 3 USF Health faculty, for a sum of 750 volunteer hours
USF Health students (and faculty, too!) continue to enjoy the service
learning option of teaching in the schools. This year, we implemented a
new project of interdisciplinary panel discussions about health careers at
an elementary, middle and a high school, all on the same day!
USF Health Service Corps has its own Meals on Wheels Route on Friday mornings!
USF Health Service Corps Meals on Wheels of Tampa Route! We have developed this service project to make this very easy for USF Health students, faculty and staff, so that they can volunteer as little or as much as they wish. In the fall, we had a Monday route, every other week, and in the spring and summer, we have maintained our Friday morning route every other week. Volunteers pick up 10-12 meals in a cooler at a site near USF, deliver the meals to home bound individuals on our route, and then return the cooler to the pickup site. This process takes 1-2 hours to complete and volunteers are provided with directions. Volunteers can sign up for a time slot at this Google sign-up sheet . FALL 2014: 3 CON students, 5 COPH students, 1 COPH faculty, 2 social work staff, 1 COP student & one relative of a student volunteered in 22 slots. At 2 hours of volunteer time/slot, this equates to 44 volunteer hours SPRING 2015 (January – June): Students, faculty staff and friends volunteered in 21 slots: which equates to 42 hours. 2 SW staff/faculty, 3 CON, 3 COP, 1 COPH faculty 2 COPH, 2 UG Total number of volunteer hours: 86 Note: Due to the fact that the number of people on the MOW route can vary each time, and our MOW routes have changed, we do not have the total number of people served throughout the year, but we do have an estimate for the number of meals that were served. A total of 43 slots were covered. With 10-12 meals delivered each route, ~475 meals were delivered during the year.
Refugee and Migrant Women's Initiative (RAMWI) at University Area Community Development Center - Monthly Saturday workshops, 10 am–12 noon. RAMWI is designed to help educate and empower refugee women while offering them a friendly support system that will help them in their transition to life in Tampa. Students help by serving as interpreters, teaching women how to create arts and crafts items, and facilitating health education activities for children. Total volunteer hours: 35 volunteer slots x 2 hours each slot = 70 volunteer hours (60 COPH grad/staff hours and 2 COPH UG hours and 8 UG hours) Total number of participants during the year: 100 women and children
Girls on the Run of Greater Tampa Bay is a positive youth development program for young girls that combines training for a 5k with an interactive curriculum to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles in pre-teen girls. The 12 week curriculum addresses physical, social, emotional, and mental well-being. The 24 lessons provide the girls with tools to make positive decisions to avoid risky behaviors. Volunteers during the Fall semester: 4 COPH student volunteer coaches (~ 80 hours dedicated by each coach = total 320 hrs.) 1 Data Entry Volunteer (COPH student - 50 hours) Number of Girls on the Run Participants: 194 girls SPRING: Coaches throughout the semester- 3 COPH students ~ 80 hours dedicated by each coach = total of 240 hrs.) 1 Data Entry Volunteer (COPH student - 50 hours) Number of Girls on the Run Participants: 220 girls Total volunteer hours for year (all COPH students)= 660 Total participants: 414 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Children’s Cancer Center - Students Achieving through Interactive Learning (S.A.I.L.) is an interactive tutoring program offered weekly at the Children’s Cancer Center. Are you interested in tutoring school age children with cancer or chronic blood disorders and their siblings? Do you have a special talent/skill that you would like to share with kids, such as art, music, cooking, or sports? Then this is a great opportunity for you! We just ask you to come once or twice a month to make it more meaningful for you and the kids. For more information, please contact Katie Genrich ([email protected]). Fall: USF MD/Grad Students: 19 Volunteers Total Hours Volunteered: 184 hours Spring: Volunteers: 14 volunteers, 10 of which are Big Buddies (students participating in SAIL/Teen Group/Sickle Cell/Big Buddy) Hours: 283 hours, including Big Buddies who spend a minimum of 3 hours each month with their little buddy Total number volunteer hours: 467 Total number served: 10 little buddies throughout the year and additional youth were served through the drop-in Saturday morning SAIL program
REACH OUT AND READ Program
USF pre-medical students can read to pediatric patients at the USF Pediatrics 17 Davis and Health Park clinics for one hour and
then shadow a physician for one hour. Due to the popularity of this program, students can reserve a dedicated time slot for 2
hours, every other week.
Summer- July & August 2014: 51 volunteers contributed 408 hours Fall volunteers: 49 volunteers contributed 742 volunteer hours January – May: 75 volunteers contributed 1200 hours May – June: 64 volunteers contributed 250 hours Total volunteer hours: 2600 hours Estimated children served = 1300 (each student interacted with at least one child per 2 hour volunteer/shadowing slot)
The USF Health Mentoring Group. This initiative, which is a collaborative effort of the Office of Student Diversity and USF Health students, is dedicated to developing best practice models with regards to mentor training, community assessment/engagement, program evaluation, and science/wellness curriculum development. A summary of each program and outcomes for 2014-2015 is provided below. Questions about the USF Health Mentoring Group can be sent to Shirley B. Smith ([email protected] ), Director, Office of Student Diversity and Enrichment.
Total number of volunteer service hours for USF Health Mentoring Group Programs = 2231 Total number of youth reached through USF Health Mentoring Group Programs= 413 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Boys and Girls Club We are partnering with the staff and administrators at the Wilbert Davis Boys and Girls Club in the East Tampa area to provide afterschool enrichment for youth in grades 6-12. During our sessions, we address a variety of health topics through fun activities and small group work. Total volunteer hours: 150 volunteer hours Total number youth reached: 60 students reached ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exploring USF Health Exploring USF Health connects local high school students interested in a career in healthcare with professional students from USF Health. Volunteers serve as mentors and role models for students while leading them through a curriculum that explores a public health topic and the related professions. This program meets one Saturday a month at USF Health. Total: 365 volunteer hours Total number youth reached: 20 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Plexus Program The USF Health Plexus Program links at-need pre-health undergraduate students with current graduate health (MD, DPT) students who provide continued support, guidance and assistance both on a 1-1 basis and as a network to facilitate the development of professional behaviors and attitudes necessary for a successful health career. This program started in fall 2013. Total volunteer hours= 388 Estimate of 34 total students served ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Empowering Survivors through Educational Experiences in Medicine | ESTEEM student organization The student leaders for ESTEEM lead regular support/ educational sessions for women at a domestic violence shelter in Tampa. The sessions were offered on a monthly basis in the fall, and bimonthly during the spring. The themes of the sessions range from nutrition, to sexual health, to positive thinking, to stress management. The students also answer questions the women may pose on the subject, and accompany the discussion portions with relevant activities. For example, during the stress management session they offered a guided Yoga session, and during the positive thinking module they offered poetry and painting activity. Total: 448 volunteer hours for the monthly counseling sessions. Average number of women seen per session/per shelter 7 – 10, representing ~ 120 total health education 'visits'/encounters.
The YMCA Teen Achievers Program is dedicated to helping high risk teens graduate from high school prepared for a successful future. The sessions focus on relevant medical topics and promoting interest in health education and careers. This year the program expanded to include exercise and sports topics as a way to promote interest in health life choices. This program meets monthly at the Central City Family YMCA or Blake HS. Total: 230 volunteer hours Total number youth reached: 80 students
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Brain Expansions Scholastic Training (B.E.S.T.) Program focuses on engaging middle school and high school students in
health care careers, while enhancing their academics using memory skill and chess. The program’s primary goal is to ignite
interest and allow exposure in science technology and health. USF pre-med and medical student serve as instructors and mentors
throughout the year. Throughout the year there were a total of 15 volunteers.
Total volunteer hours: 650 hours Total number youth reached: ~ 99 youth
VII. Collection Drives
Summary Statement: Each year, the USF Health Service Corps organizes collection drives to benefit the community and USF Health students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate. Students and staff dedicated ~ 600 hours
This year, students, as well as faculty & staff, participated in 10 different collection drives, and contributed:
Book drive: 1000 (100 student and staff volunteer hours) Food drive: 1551 items (150 student volunteer hours) School supplies drive: 30 boxes (75 student and staff volunteer hours) 2 hygiene items drives: 8 boxes (25 student and staff hours) 5 drives for collecting clothing, shoes and accessories for teens for low income and the homeless: 35 boxes (250 student and staff volunteer hours)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ List of Collection Drives:
June 2nd
– July 11th
, Summer Collection Drive for the Farmworkers Self-Help Teen Dream Club! 10 large bags/boxes collected August through September: Annual Tools for Schools Collection Drive of NEW school supplies! See also Tools for
schools flyer2014 . These school supplies were given to youth who reside in the university area, whose families might otherwise
not be able to purchase these essential ‘tools’. 30 boxes/bags were collected.
August 11th
-15th
. Fall Clothing Drive to benefit Metropolitan Ministries. Students donated "gently used" clothing and almost new shoes to collection boxes in the lobby of the COM Office of Student Affairs. Project led by COM 2017. 75 lbs. of clothing or ~ 10 boxes were collected October 28
th through December 4
th: October - November: Community Food Drive, sponsored by: USF Health Service Corps,
USF Health Office of Shared Student Services and USF Health, see Fall2014FoodDriveFlyer. We collected 1551 items this year, which we donated to the following five non-profit agencies: Tampa Jewish Family Services Community Food Bank; Catholic Mobile Medical Services/San Jose Mission; Meals on Wheels of Tampa; Metropolitan Ministries; and Project Downtown (in collaboration with Muslims without Borders and Council on American-Islamic Relations).
This year, the Service Corps organized a Wonderful Winter Book Drive to benefit both the USF Reach Out and Read Program and the USF Bay Area Early Steps Program. This was definitely the most successful Service Corps book collection drive yet, with donations of over 1000 books for children and teens.
The annual USF Health Service Corps Food Drive Our highly successful book drive, to benefit the USF Reach Out
and Read and Early Steps Programs
January 7th - February 19th. Love Your Genes Collection Drive and Health Awareness Event. See Love Your Genes flyer. USF Health invited students, faculty, and staff to donate gently used jeans that no longer fit, into collection boxes . Between February 18th -19th, the donated jeans were displayed to raise awareness about eating disorders and remind students to love their body at any size, and the jeans were then donated to Metropolitan Ministries. Over 100 jeans were donated. (5 boxes)
February 2nd - 6th, Collection Drive of feminine hygiene items and socks to benefit the homeless in Tampa, sponsored by the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA). Donations were distributed to the homeless in Tampa Bay by the MCOM Tampa Bay Street Medicine student organization. 4 large boxes were collected February 2nd - February 25th. Hygiene Supplies Collection Drive. See hygiene collection flyer. Students faculty and staff donated soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc. for USF Health students traveling on international service projects during spring break. 4 boxes of hygiene items were collected and then distributed by students who were traveling on the spring break Project World Health and IHSC (International Health Service Collaborative) and Christian Medical and Dentist Association (CMDA) trips to Dominican Republic, Panama and Bolivia. February 16
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th. Professional Clothing Drive to benefit homeless youth, see also Professional Clothing Drive flyer
Some of our College of medicine students are also involved with the USF Kosove Society’s homeless youth initiative and contribute to peer mentoring, career prep, and interview and resume skills with homeless youth in Tampa Bay who have aged-out of the foster care system. The students organized a March career fair for homeless youth and collected new/gently-used professional clothes to donate to the youth so that they can select a professional outfit to use for job interviews. April 22nd - May 6th. End of the Semester Spring Cleaning/Moving Collection Drive! Approximately 5 boxes of clothing and food items were donated to San Jose Mission.
VII. Camps for People with Special Health Care Needs (non-clinical volunteer opportunities)
Summary Statement: 116 students and 3 family members participated as volunteers in 6 different camps with a health focus and contributed ~4421 volunteer hours _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Children’s Cancer Center Camps One COM student (MCOM 2017) served as a volunteer for the July 14– 18 Oncology camp 2014: and contributed ~ 40 hours _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2014 July 6
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th. Camp Perthes at Rotary Camp Florida for children who have Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
1 COM volunteer (class of 2017) served as a volunteer counselor and contributed ~16 hours. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ July 28
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st , 2014 Animation Gets Real Autism & Animation Program - USF iTeach Lab. 1 HS student (son of
employee) served as a volunteer and provided peer support for children with autism attending this special day camp program and contributed ~ 40 hours. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Camp Boggy Creek is a year-round camping facility for children, ages 7-16, who have chronic or life-threatening illnesses and offers week long summer sessions and weekend programs during the school year. Throughout the year, there were a total of 100 USF student volunteers, from both the College of Medicine and College of Arts and Sciences who contributed ~ 4000 student volunteer hours _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Diabetes Camps A total of 9 students (2 COM and 7 UG graduate) and one fellow volunteered with Florida diabetes camps and contributed ~ 300 student volunteer hours _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Faces of Courage March 13 & 14, 2015 Women of Color Camp: CON student and friend and two sons of a CON student contributed ~ 25 volunteer hours
