Community Health Initiative by University Students

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Community Health Initiative by University
Students
ORIENTATION

• Meghan Clare, CHIUS Public Relations
• publicrelations.chius_at_gmail.com

• Florina Feng Sean Nixon, CHIUS Co-chairs
• cochairs.chius_at_gmail.com

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Outline

• History of CHIUS
• Objectives
• Principles
• CHIUS Structure
• Service Learning Components
• Becoming a Supervisor
• Question Period
• Video

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How It All Began?
Identify a need and set priorities
Set aims and objectives
Decide the best ways of achieving the aims
Identify resources
RESULTS Converting talk into ACTION
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Identifying Needs and Priorities

• "We were frustrated A drug addict was brought
  in to talk about what it was like to live on the
  street, but that was a misrepresentation of the
  issues because until you sit down in their
  community and walk the streets that addicts
  walk, I think it's difficult to have an
  understanding of what's going on.
• Steve Mathias in CMAJ May 15, 2001 164 (10)

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Needs Assessment

• There was inadequate access to after hours and
  weekend medical services in the Downtown
  Eastside.
• Womens health priorities are not being
  adequately addressed in the Downtown Eastside.

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Setting Aims and Objectives

• Improve the health and quality of life of
  marginalized populations residing in Vancouvers
  DTES and throughout Vancouvers inner city core.
• Increase exposure and thus knowledge and comfort
  regarding the care of marginalized populations.
• Generate opportunities for students from various
  health disciplines to learn and practice
  together.

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Best Ways of Achieving Aims Principles

• Learning
• Appreciation of inner city health issues
• Hands on clinical activities
• Intra-disciplinary learning

• Service
• Strong emphasis on the social aspect of health
  care
• 2. Health care services
• 3. Targeted programming

Student Leadership 1. Dynamic teamwork 2.
Leadership and coordination skills 3. Experience
in public health

• Interprofessionalism
• Understanding of other disciplines through
  clinical work and programming activities
• Integrated health care for the community

• Reflection
• End-of-shift meeting to consolidate student
  experiences
• To identify areas for further improvement

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Best Ways of Achieving Aims Structure Student
Leadership

• Co-Chairs
• Programming
• Public Relations
• Research
• Supervisor
• Funding/Treasurer
• IT
• Secretary
• Beauty Night Coordinators

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Identify Resources

• Partnerships
• Funds, mentors, staff, supplies, space
• Volunteers

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Results Participating Faculties

• Dentistry
• Dietetics
• Epidemiology
• Medicine
• Masters of Health Administration
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy
• Pharmacy
• Physical Therapy
• Social Work

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How We Have Grown
April 29th, 2000 Opening Day of the first
clinic Includes 3 FACULTIES
Present Includes 10 FACULTIES. CHIUS Services
expand to two clinics, Programming Events,
Outreach, and Research Projects
November 1998 Original proposal drafted
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Service Learning Components
COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE BY UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS (CHIUS)
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC
RESEARCH
VANCOUVER NATIVE HEALTH CLINIC
OUTREACH
PROGRAMMING EVENTS
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Service-Learning Components Downtown Community
Health Clinic

• DCHC Clinic Hours of Operation
• Saturday 830am 1230pm 130pm 530pm
• Sunday 830am 1230pm 130pm 530pm

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Service Learning Components
COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE BY UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS (CHIUS)
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC
RESEARCH
VANCOUVER NATIVE HEALTH CLINIC
OUTREACH
PROGRAMMING EVENTS
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Service Learning Components
COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE BY UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS (CHIUS)
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC
RESEARCH
VANCOUVER NATIVE HEALTH CLINIC
OUTREACH
PROGRAMMING EVENTS
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What is Programming?

• CHIUS has two division
• Clinic work
• Programming
• An interdisciplinary, team-based approach to
  address the needs of the downtown eastside
  residents (DTES)
• Done by workshops and specific events put on by a
  variety of faculties
• Started two years with goals of educating DTES
  residents about health related topics

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How Does Programming Work?

• Where (Location)
• 2 clinics
• DCHC
• Vancouver Native Health
• Different population
• When (Times)
• Weekends, usually mornings

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How Does Programming Work?

• Who
• Interdisciplinary committee
• UBC students Nursing, OT, PT, social work,
  pharmacy, dietetics, medicine
• Professional mentors
• DTES residents
• What
• Hold events

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Programming Events

• Two types
• Faculty Specific
• Ideally once a month
• Ex. Pharmacy ? brown bag event
• Ex. Dentistry ? dental screening
• Programming specific
• Once a month
• Organized by the programming committee

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Programming Specific Events

• 4 main workshops reflect needs of community
• Footcare
• Backcare
• Handcare/wound care
• Hypertension (HTN)

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Ex. HTN Workshop

• There are 3 stations set up.
• Station 1 Med/nursing students will take blood
  pressure.
• Station 2 Med/nursing students will interpret
  the readings and work with the individual to
  determine what changes need to be made to
  increase, decrease or maintain blood pressure.
• Station 3 Pharmacy students will work with the
  individual to determine what blood pressure
  medications they are taking, if any, and if they
  should be on any. Make recommendations to go see
  their doctor.

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Ex. HTN Workshop

• Aids for students
• Hand out provided
• Station 1 How to measure BP
• Station 2
• Definition of HTN
• Complications
• Diagnosis
• Risk Factors primary and secondary
• Prevention lifestyle
• Treatment
• Station 3 Medications
• Books
• Mentor

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Ex. HTN Workshop

• Benefits to DTES residents
• One on one interaction
• Feeling that someone cares
• Check BP
• Benefits to Students
• Clinical skills
• Clinical knowledge
• Interact with DTES residents
• Experience DTES!

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Programming Vs. Clinic

• Similarities
• Interact with marginalized population
• Gain clinical knowledge
• Practice clinical skills
• Differences
• More personalized life experience
• Leadership opportunities
• Learn how teach

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How Can You Get Involved?

• Programming committee
• Co-chairs
• Faculty representatives
• OT and PT
• Anyone who wants to run a workshop ? proposal
• Applications come out in Feb/March
• Programming volunteer
• Anyone who wants to assist with a workshop
• Event commitment only, no role in planning
• Sign up online or email chiusprogramming_at_gmail.com
  

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Service Learning Components
COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE BY UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS (CHIUS)
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC
RESEARCH
VANCOUVER NATIVE HEALTH CLINIC
OUTREACH
PROGRAMMING EVENTS
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Service Learning Components Outreach

• Initiatives
• Youth Wellness Project
• General health literacy education for street
  involved youth
• Reproductive Health Workshop Series
• Pre-natal and post-natal health literacy
  education for marginalized inner city women.
• Beauty Night
• Nail and makeup application, craft and cooking
  skills workshops for women in the DTES

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Youth Wellness Project
Its a totally different experience to learn
about the issues first hand from youths currently
entrenched with these problems. The experience
and knowledge gained goes far beyond what we
learn in the classroom
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Service Learning Components
COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE BY UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS (CHIUS)
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC
RESEARCH
VANCOUVER NATIVE HEALTH CLINIC
OUTREACH
PROGRAMMING EVENTS
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Research

• Projects include
• 1) chart review to develop a better profile of
  CHIUS patients.
• 2) a survey to explore the impact of
  participating in CHIUS on future career
  decisions.
• For more information or to propose a new CHIUS
  research project contact
• Kris Kang ktkang_at_interchange.ubc.ca
• Ian Williamson iwilliam_at_interchange.ubc.ca
• Biri Mangat bmangat_at_interchange.ubc.ca

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Research Contd

• For consistent data collection, all CHIUS must
  chart using SOAP
• S Subjective
• O Objective
• A Assessment
• P Plan

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CHIUS TriviaWhat happens after 4 shifts?
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• You get a cookie.
• Youve successfully completed the maximum hours.
• You become a beautiful unicorn.
• You attain the high and mighty role of being a
  SUPERVISOR?

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The answer is..

• D a supervisor!!!

I know, hes more of a boss than a supervisor.
But you get the idea
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Becoming a Supervisor at CHIUS

• Volunteer for 4 shifts
• Shadow 2 supervisors on 2 more shifts
• Read over the list of supervisor responsibilities
  that will be emailed to you
• Contact the supervisor co-chairs via email to
  become a supervisor

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What does a supervisor do?

• Ensure CHIUS guidelines are being followed at all
  times
• At the beginning of the clinic, hold an
  introductory session
• During the clinic, facilitate interactions
  between students and the physician
• At the end of the clinic, hold a debriefing
  session

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Benefits

• Sign up for as many shifts a month as you like
• Help other students just starting out at CHIUS
• Develop your organization, problem solving,
  leadership and communication skills
• Be a role model for students
• Have fun?

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Questions regarding orientations?

• Contact
• Stephanie lsteph1_at_gmail.com
• Michael Suen mike.wh.suen_at_gmail.com

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Signing-Up for Shifts

• www.chius.ca

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Questions?
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Video
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CHIUS Orientation Part 2

• Schedule a clinic tour at DCHC (led by a clinic
  supervisor)
• Go on a tour of the DTES