BTG Lehigh Valley Region 2010-11 Data

BTG Hope

“It is obvious that with the Bridging the Gaps Program our community and the academic education of LECOM students are brought together in a very unique and rewarding way … The Northwest Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center (NW PA AHEC) is pleased to support the Bridging the Gaps Program. We hope that each year will be a continued success for the Erie community as well as all the other Pennsylvania communities honored to have this type of relationship with medical schools and their students.”

Jane A. Mullinax, MEd Director of Career Development,
NW PA AHEC

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BTG CHIP 2010-11 Report

Lehigh Valley Program Activities

2010-11 Program Participants
2010-11 Community Partners

Program Established: 2010.

Program Period: June 21 to August 6, 2010

Students/Projects/Sites: 6 students worked on 3 projects at 3 community sites in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Professional Disciplines: Nursing, physician assistant, public health.

Service Days: Students provided 137 days of health-related service.

Participating Institutions: DeSales University, East Stroudsburg University, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Marywood University.

Locations Served: Day camp, community health centers/clinic, community organization office, recreation center, school.

Student Activities:* Health-related client education, advocacy activities, assessing community resources, community outreach, community social activities, client interviews, literacy activities, oral health activities, health activity planning, health issues research.

Population Demographics: Mixture of females and males; all ages except newborn and geriatric; black/African-American; Hispanic; mixture of race ethnicities, non-English speaking and English speaking; immigrant populations.

Community Health Issues:* Diet and nutrition, cardiovascular health, obesity, child care, exercise, oral health, access to health care, communication (language/literacy), diabetes, personal hygiene.

Didactic Sessions: Lehigh Valley students joined the Wednesday morning didactic sessions of the Philadelphia Consortium program and then returned to the Lehigh Valley for their Wednesday afternoon component program sessions.

Oral Health Activities: According to student estimates, 101 children (aged 13 and under) and 5 young people (aged 14 to 20) received oral health education.

Symposium: Lehigh Valley BTG students presented at the Lehigh Valley Health Network Research Scholar Poster Presentation on July 30, 2010.

*The information provided here reflects only those categories reported by 40% or more of students participating at this BTG program location.

2010-11 Lehigh Valley Program Participants

Program Staff
Maggie Hadinger, MS
Abby S. Letcher, MD
Mary Ellen Miller, PhD, RN

Academic Preceptors
Mary Ellen Miller, PhD, RN

Community Preceptors
Tina Amato
Abby Letcher, MD
Jaquita Rodriguez-Wilson

2010-11 Lehigh Valley Community Partners

For a complete alphabetical list of all 2010 BTG CHIP community partners and to view community project summaries by site, click here.

Alliance Hall of Allentown
Neighborhood Health Centers of the Lehigh Valley, Casa Guadalupe
Neighborhood Health Centers of the Lehigh Valley, The Caring Place

BTG 20th Anniversary Tribute

“As a future physician, I have come to learn that health, especially in geriatrics, is not only what the labs and x-rays tell you, but for a majority, it is the interaction and communication with their loved ones.”

Filip Moshkovsky
Lake Erie College of
Osteopathic Medicine

What BTG Means to Us

Jane A. Mullinax, MEd Director of Career Development, NW PA AHEC

BTG CHIP 2010-11 Report

“As a future physician, I have come to learn that health, especially in geriatrics, is not only what the labs and x-rays tell you, but for a majority, it is the interaction and communication with their loved ones.”

Filip Moshkovsky Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jane A. Mullinax, MEd Director of Career Development,
NW PA AHEC

Filip Moshkovsky
Lake Erie College of
Osteopathic Medicine