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.