Wednesday, Week 2

Guys!

We really pulled it together today. I am so impressed by the nutrition/diabetes awareness demonstration. I thought the props were extremely powerful tools in getting our point across, thank you Jeanette for being so creative!

I noticed that a lot of the kids were "getting into" being healthy by asking questions after the presentation and by pulling us aside throughout the day to show us the number of steps they had taken.

On a side note, we probably need to set up some type of clearly marked 'permanent bins' (preferably in the Plum room) that the kids can come back to on their own to pick up their folders. I noticed that many folders had been forgotten and a few of the cameras we handed out were still in the boxes/crates we left behind last week.

Keep up the amazing work,

Cristina

Ideas to get you started on reflection

Last week was our first week at Good Samaritan Community Center working with junior high students at Day Camp. This blog is an outlet for you to reflect on your time at Good Sam. You can do this any way that you like, but if you don't feel you have any ideas of how to start, try answering some of the following questions.

• What surprised you the most about your first interactions with the students?
• What are some of the differences you noticed between the younger and older kids? In working with the boys versus the girls?
• Did anything come up during the first week you felt unprepared for or overwhelmed by?
• What have you learned from the kids?
• What do you think you could do differently next week to improve your time at Good Sam? What worked well that could be done again?

Hi guys,

My OR elective has been keeping me busy and exhausted, but I can still contribute to the project. If you guys need opinions, suggestion etc, please post them here. I will reply ASAP. Even though my class ends at 3 pm, and I still can help run errands after.

Teck

First Posting

I have just started this blog for our project, Healthy Choices for Kids. This blog has been started to give the medical and nursing students that are participating to post their reflections about their participation in this project. I was at Good Sam yesterday and was interviewed along with Ashley Garcia by a reporter from the Express News newspaper. She was interested in knowing the history of the evolution of this project, how it is going right now, and what we are learning from the children. Next Wednesday, Sarah Lucero, from KENS, will be coming to Good Sam to do a story on the project for airing later in the summer.

In reflecting upon the two week course that began this project for the students, in retrospect, I like the idea of the teaching fitness by having the students participating in it. It really drives home the point that all of us, as health care providers, need to understand: "that are ability to walk the talk" is critical if we are to have an impact on our patients. However, it is important to remember that we do need to schedule in time for cleaning up after the fitness activity so that the rest of the day does not become delayed.