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Incorporating Social Stories Into Patient Waiting Room, Ashwini Sarathy
Incorporating Social Stories Into Patient Waiting Room, Ashwini Sarathy
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Missed well child appointments are common across the country. In an effort to limit anxiety related to doctor's appointments, social stories were printed and offered to patients in the waiting room. The social stories went over common activities performed while at the doctor's office including taking blood pressure, height, weight, getting vaccines and physical exams.
Pediatric Firearm Safety: Education For Caregivers, Brittney Palermo
Pediatric Firearm Safety: Education For Caregivers, Brittney Palermo
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
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Mapping Pediatric Vaccination Schedule, Mialovena C. Exume
Mapping Pediatric Vaccination Schedule, Mialovena C. Exume
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Taking care of a child can be daunting and parents/guardians/families often report not being sure of what vaccinations their child might need and when. This project aims to provide a map of the pediatric vaccination schedule from birth to 18 months. This project also provides a booklet to help families track vaccination in the hopes of increasing vaccination adherence and providing education on routine recommended childhood vaccines.
Anxiety Screening In Pediatric Populations, Shubhankar Joshi
Anxiety Screening In Pediatric Populations, Shubhankar Joshi
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
This project is aimed to elucidate guidelines for addressing newly changed recommendations for pediatric anxiety. Similar to the depression screening PHQ2, we hope to establish/develop a similar questionnaire that would serve as a quick screening tool and then further steps for treatment and recommendations on anxiety diagnosis.
Reach Out And Read Awareness And Utilization At The Community Health Centers Of Burlington, Catrina Hood, Jacob Shaw M.D.
Reach Out And Read Awareness And Utilization At The Community Health Centers Of Burlington, Catrina Hood, Jacob Shaw M.D.
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
The Reach Out and Read (ROR) program is an evidence-based model of literacy promotion used to deliver anticipatory literacy guidance and books to parents and caregivers of children, ages 6 months through 5 years, at well child visits with Primary Care Providers (PCP's). The objective of this project was to assess provider familiarity with and utilization of ROR at the Community Health Centers of Burlington (CHCB) via anonymous survey.
Autism Resources For Primary Care Patients And Families, Keara M. Lynn
Autism Resources For Primary Care Patients And Families, Keara M. Lynn
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
At this time in Vermont, there are not enough resources to care for children with autism spectrum disorder. This problem has been exacerbated by the COVID19 pandemic and children are waiting months to years to access needed services. The goal of this project was to create a brochure for patients and families that has information about autism resources in the Northern Vermont community.
Eat, Sleep, Console For Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Babies, Kathryn Patton
Eat, Sleep, Console For Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Babies, Kathryn Patton
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is a complex disorder that manifests with neurologic, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal disturbances and is most often associated with opioid withdrawal. In the US, 6 out of 1,000 babies are born to mothers who used opioids during their pregnancy. These babies go on to develop NAS. Androscoggin County, where Central Maine Medical Center is located, has an even higher rate of babies with NAS: 100 out of 1,000. Most institutions use the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring System (FNASS) to guide pharmacologic treatment. This system assigns a score based on 21 clinical signs of withdrawal with a score …
When To Bring Your Child To The Emergency Room: A Pamphlet For Parents, Trina Thornburgh
When To Bring Your Child To The Emergency Room: A Pamphlet For Parents, Trina Thornburgh
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
For decades, emergency departments (EDs) have struggled with overuse. Children who receive their primary care at a community health clinic or who are Medicaid-insured are twice as likely as private practice patients to seek care in the ED. Additionally, many New American families do not have a comprehensive understanding of the US healthcare system. A pamphlet was created as a health literacy intervention for parents to better understand when to call 911, visit the ED, or go to a primary care provider. The pamphlet is being translated into 8 languages commonly spoken by New American families in Chittenden County, VT.
What To Expect: Patient Education To Improve Follow-Up For Well Child Visits In Rutland, Vt, Christina A. Dawson
What To Expect: Patient Education To Improve Follow-Up For Well Child Visits In Rutland, Vt, Christina A. Dawson
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Well-child visits (WCVs) are the cornerstone of pediatric preventative care. Attendance at these visits may prevent illness, reduce adverse side-effects associated with some conditions, and improve health behaviors. Despite this fact, many patients are still missing routine visits, particularly in lower income communities across the United States, like Rutland, VT. The goal of this project is to implement the creation of parent educational handouts distributed at routine visits at CHCRR Family Practice in Rutland, VT, to provide anticipatory guidance and improve attendance of pediatric well visits from birth to 5 years old.
Promotion Of Skin Protection In Children In Waterbury, Vt, Kelsey M. Sullivan
Promotion Of Skin Protection In Children In Waterbury, Vt, Kelsey M. Sullivan
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Background: Vermont has among the highest rates of skin cancer in the nation. Between 2001 and 2005, Vermont had the highest incidence of melanoma of any state, 63% higher than the national average. It is also estimated that if children under 18 regularly used sunscreen of at least SPF 15, the incidence of squamous and basal cell carcinomas would decrease by 78%. Modeling by the EPA and CDC suggests that recommended sun protection measures could prevent 11,000 cases of skin cancer, 50 deaths, and $30 million in cancer treatment costs nationwide. Intervention: To create an information sheet on skin protection …
Evaluation Of Screen Time In Children, Mohammad Mertaban
Evaluation Of Screen Time In Children, Mohammad Mertaban
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
An evaluation of screen time and media use in children. This project looks to education healthcare practitioners about the effects of current media practices in the United States on children. A presentation was given to healthcare practitioners at a family medicine practice and a brochure was created to distribute to families in the waiting room. Practitioners reported an increase in knowledge regarding the subject of screen time in children, an increase in their comfort level in in discussing these effects with patients, and increase in their ability to effectively communicate the media guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Keeping Kids Safe: Bicycle Safety, Kelsey M. Veilleux
Keeping Kids Safe: Bicycle Safety, Kelsey M. Veilleux
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Children bicycle safety is an important issue in the United States, especially in bike friendly areas such as Vermont. 112 children age 19 and under died in 2010 as a result of a bicycle related injury. Helmets are an easy way to protect children from bicycle related head and brain injury and death, but some people do not understand the importance of helmets or cannot afford to buy helmets. With the help of North Country Hospital we are striving to keep kids safe in the North East Kingdom of Vermont by teaching bike safety and providing helmets at discounted cost.