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Culturally Sensitive Carbohydrate Sources For Nepalese With Diabetes Or Prediabetes, Rachel Bombardier
Culturally Sensitive Carbohydrate Sources For Nepalese With Diabetes Or Prediabetes, Rachel Bombardier
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Over 8,000 refugees have started new lives in Vermont since 1980. Many of these people utilize the Community Health Centers of Burlington, for some this may be their first time navigating America's healthcare system. This is a daunting task due to a multitude of barriers, including missing cultural competencies in various aspects of their care. This project focuses on dietary recommendations for Nepalese patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, specifically carbohydrate sources based on fiber content. Type 2 diabetes is a very prevalent chronic disease that costs Vermont $520 million each year. Understanding healthy food options in a culturally …
Tracking Home Blood Glucose Through Mychart, Zachary T. Osborn
Tracking Home Blood Glucose Through Mychart, Zachary T. Osborn
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is a crucial tool in the management of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics on insulin, and for Type 2 Diabetics who are titrating medications and/or undergoing lifestyle changes. Patients often fail to bring in their SMBG readings (or monitor at all) for a variety of reasons, hindering efforts to adjust their therapy. This project sought to address this gap through educating patients and providers about the EPICs ability to track SMBG readings submitted through MyChart.
Tracking Home Blood Glucose Through Mychart, Zachary T. Osborn
Tracking Home Blood Glucose Through Mychart, Zachary T. Osborn
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is a crucial tool in the management of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics on insulin, and for Type 2 Diabetics who are titrating medications and/or undergoing lifestyle changes. Patients often fail to bring in their SMBG readings (or monitor at all) for a variety of reasons, hindering efforts to adjust their therapy. This project sought to address this gap through educating patients and providers about the EPICs ability to track SMBG readings submitted through MyChart.
Preventive Medicine Screening Measures, Isaac Adams
Preventive Medicine Screening Measures, Isaac Adams
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
In order to make progress towards long-term health on a community level, it is imperative to address health needs on a population basis and using a preventive strategy to prevent the development of more serious illness. With this in mind, this project aimed to create a poster providing easy to understand information to patients with regard to health screenings. Specifically, it addressed screenings for diabetes and pre diabetes, colon cancer, lung cancer, and breast cancer.
Increasing Healthcare Delivery To The Abenaki People Through Health Screenings, Warrick Sahene
Increasing Healthcare Delivery To The Abenaki People Through Health Screenings, Warrick Sahene
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Utilizing health screenings can increase the number of Abenaki individuals identified with comorbidities related to diabetes and hypertension. Education and resources for health maintenance are also provided to this patient population through physician counseling.
Home Exercise For Patients With Limited Access And Resources, Justin L. Esteban
Home Exercise For Patients With Limited Access And Resources, Justin L. Esteban
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Patients with limited resources and who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, don’t have the time or resources available to partake/pursue exercise. Having a home workout program may prove to be beneficial to patients who don't have access to a gym, equipment, or are otherwise constrained by time.
Accessibility Of Nutritious And Healthy Foods To Older Adults, Kristen Wright
Accessibility Of Nutritious And Healthy Foods To Older Adults, Kristen Wright
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Food insecurity rates are high among older adults who have chronic conditions and/or are homebound. These patients have functional limitations, comorbidities limiting their mobility, and often are socially isolated or live alone, all of which impact their ability to access or make healthy meals. As food insecurity rises, so do the health care costs related to inaccessibility to healthy food, involving the increased risk or prevalence of chronic conditions like hypertension, diabetes, and cancer. This project aimed to understand the barriers older adults face in accessing and making healthy meals, and to educate health care providers and patients on recognizing …
Tracking Home Blood Glucose Through Mychart, Zachary T. Osborn
Tracking Home Blood Glucose Through Mychart, Zachary T. Osborn
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is a crucial tool in the management of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics on insulin, and for Type 2 Diabetics who are titrating medications and/or undergoing lifestyle changes. Patients often fail to bring in their SMBG readings (or monitor at all) for a variety of reasons, hindering efforts to adjust their therapy. This project aimed to address this issue by educating patients and attendings about EPIC's ability to log blood glucose measurements through MyChart.
Addressing Diabetes Education In Chittenden County, Varun Gupta
Addressing Diabetes Education In Chittenden County, Varun Gupta
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
The percent of adults in Chittenden County with diabetes who have received diabetes education was short of national goals. To gather more information about the problem, a NP and 2 diabetic patients were interviewed. A educational handout was created to address some of the concerns brought up that reflect some of the unmet educational needs.