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Integration Of A Social Needs Program Into An Urban Student Run Free Clinic, Iyanna Peppers

Medical Student Research Symposium

Background/Problem Statement

The Cass Clinic in Detroit, MI is a student-run free clinic (SRFC) that provides care for an underserved, underrepresented population. Our patients experience a high incidence of chronic health conditions accompanied by poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity which complicate care. Integrating social well-being into primary care creates a two-pronged approach to improving patient outcomes: medical care and disease prevention. A social needs program was implemented at Cass Clinic in order to address such social determinants of health.

Methods

A social needs screening modality was created and integrated into a medical encounter triage form. Two AAFP social needs screening …

Healthy Hearts: An Interactive Demonstration To Increase Interest In Medicine In Elementary/ Middle School Students In/Around Detroit., Neha Chava, Jessica Elderkin, Austin Kim, Molly Dahle, Rohit Goru, Karamoja Monchamp, Neeraj Ochaney, Meghan Dwaihy Md, Mph

Medical Student Research Symposium

There continues to be a lack of representation and diversity in higher education today, especially in medicine and healthcare. As part of the Healthy Hearts student organization at Wayne State University School of Medicine, we developed a one-time educational session and interactive demonstration to teach students about heart and lung health and fuel students’ enthusiasm for healthcare. This project serves as a quality improvement study to understand how we can increase STEM interest in elementary and middle school students in and around Detroit, Michigan. A three question pre- and post-intervention survey was constructed to measure change in: 1) interest in …

Sex-Based Differences In Depth Of Soft Tissue And Bone Diameter At The Sternal Intraosseous Catheter Insertion Site, Tristan Lemon, Ryan Kelly, Revelle Gappy, Sarah Meram, James Paxton

Medical Student Research Symposium

Background

Intraosseous (IO) catheters are commonly used to rapidly obtain vascular access for critically-ill patients in the emergency department (ED). While the sternum is a common IO insertion site for adult subjects, little is known about sex-based variation in the proper depth of insertion.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was performed, utilizing CT scans obtained from DMC over a ten-year period (2009-2018) to estimate soft tissue depth overlying the recommended sternal IO insertion site. Depths of soft tissue from skin surface to bone surface (Measurement A) and from skin surface to the opposite bony cortex (Measurement B) were measured using …