“The City of Philadelphia is so appreciative of the great partnership among its health professions schools. We feel proud to have participated as a community preceptor site this summer and value highly the great work done by the BTG students to promote public health in Philadelphia.”
Donald Schwarz, MD, MPH
Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity and
Health Commissioner,
City of Philadelphia |
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BTG CHIP 2008-09 Report
Philadelphia Program Activities |
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Program Established: 1991
Program Period: June 23 to August 8, 2008
Students/Projects/Sites: 191 students worked on 78 projects at 80 sites in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Professional Disciplines: Medicine, occupational therapy, nursing, dental medicine, physical therapy, social work, creative arts therapy, public health, pharmacy, law, biomedicine, health psychology
Service Days: Students provided 4,985 days of health-related service
Participating Institutions:
- Bryn Mawr College
- Drexel University
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Temple University
- Thomas Jefferson University
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Locations Served: Community organization offices, day camps, in the field/community, community health centers/clinics, recreation centers, treatment centers, shelters (homeless and other), geriatric facilities, schools
Student Activities:* Health-related client education, health activities planning, health issues research, community social activities, community resource assessment, literacy activities, community outreach, linking clients with health resources, client interviews, oral health activities, program evaluation, advocacy activities
Population Demographics: Men and women, all ages (project dependent), predominantly African-American and English-speaking
Community Health Issues:* Diet and nutrition, exercise, cardiovascular health, communication issues (language/literacy), access to health care, oral health, obesity, mental health, personal hygiene, child care
Community Preceptor Orientation: On June 6, 2008, BTG hosted an orientation for community preceptors at Project H.O.M.E. In addition to effectively acquainting new preceptors with the program, the session offered an opportunity to present core curriculum highlights and to update all preceptors on the BTG program. Participating sites also used this gathering as an opportunity to get to know each other and some of the BTG program staff.
Didactic Sessions: Students from across the city received a full-day orientation on June 25, 2008, and spent each subsequent Wednesday morning in didactic sessions, in addition to their community-based work. BTG CHIP makes every effort to expose students to people and to issues/topics that will help them with their community-based work and professional development. New topics/approaches were added to curricular sessions this year. Topics presented during orientation and at the core morning sessions included Mural Arts; Precious Places; Welcome from the PA Department of Health; Evaluations and Cardiovascular Health Activities; Oral Health Resources; Healthy People 2010; Communities, Students and Universities Working Together: From Challenges to Partnerships; Asset Mapping Utilizing Geographic Information; Health Literacy; Incarceration; Building Resilience; Youth Voices; Vision for the City and Strategic Initiatives; and Where Do We Go From Here?
Building on the success of the two population-focused training sessions in the previous program year—Child Development and Behavior Management and Working with Elders—BTG added four sessions designed to help students acquire skills with direct relevance to their projects: Strengths, Needs and Challenges of Low-Income Women and Children; Homeless/Mental Health/Addiction; Culture/Language Issues and Skills; and How to Be an Advocate for Children. Students attended one of these training sessions on the afternoon of July 2.
Community Resource Fair: Community organizations were invited to the orientation lunch to ensure that students understood how to utilize existing resources, and so they could identify and connect with initiatives that would be helpful to their work with client populations. The following community organizations were among those present: Alcoholics Anonymous, Attic Youth Center, Bilingual Domestic Violence Program, CHOICE, Community Legal Services, Frankie’s World, PA Department of Health (PADOH), Philadelphia Corporation for the Aging (PCA), Project H.O.M.E., The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Women Organized Against Rape, and Women Organized Against Abuse (WAA).
Oral Health Activities: A dental mentor and a registered dental hygienist from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine offered information and expertise to all BTG students on oral health education activities. As part of their health promotion activities, student interns provided oral health education and dental referral programs at their community sites. To help ensure access to care and dental care in the home, the students were encouraged to distribute lists of oral health-care providers in the Philadelphia area and to assist clients in finding a dentist. Students working on 36 of the 78 Philadelphia projects requested oral health supplies (including toothbrushes, dental floss and toothpaste). According to the students’ estimates, they provided oral health activities for 1,197 children/youth and 606 adults—a total of 1,803 individuals. These numbers only include clients directly served by the dental education outreach, and do not include staff, caregivers and family members who also may have participated in dental health programs at the sites. As a result of the relationships made through BTG, the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine faculty and students provided oral health education, screening and/or treatment programs at the following sites in 2008: American Red Cross House; Consortium: Chestnut Place Clubhouse; Gaudenzia; Mazzoni Center; Mercy Hospice; St. Mary’s Respite; People's Emergency Center; and Philadelphia FIGHT: Jonathan Lax Treatment Center.
Cardiovascular Health Activities: During the program year, 87.2 percent of the projects involved some type of cardiovascular-health-related education—153 BTG students performed cardiovascular-health-related activities on 68 of the Philadelphia community-based projects.
Heart Smart Dinner: The 2008 Heart Smart Dinner took place on July 16, 2008. Designed to celebrate community involvement with the Bridging the Gaps Program and to increase awareness of cardiovascular health, the annual event at Thomas Jefferson University brings together agency personnel and their families, community members, faculty, and students. A physician, who is one of the BTG faculty members, brings his band to add to the fun. This year, two of the student coordinators performed a “cardiovascular rap.”
In the weeks before the dinner, students are encouraged to work with their community sites to develop a poster highlighting cardiovascular health for the Heart Smart Poster Contest. The winning posters came from Women Against Abuse: Youth Survivors Program and Open Borders Project/Proyecto Sin Fronteras Adolescent Program. Each received a $100 award.
Annual Symposium: The BTG Annual Symposium took place on September 12, 2008, at Drexel University’s Behrakis Grand Hall. See details.
*The information provided here reflects only those activities and community health issues reported by 40% or more of students at each BTG program, based on cumulative data for the seven-week internship.
2008-09 Philadelphia Program Participants
Drexel University
Program Staff
Ingrid F. Cartagena
Elissa Goldberg, MSS, LSW
Steven Rosenzweig, MD
Vincent J. Zarro, MD, PhD
Academic Preceptors
Robert Chapman, PhD
Nina Cheung, MD
Stephen F. Gambescia, PhD, MEd, MBA, CHES
Cheryl Hanau, MD
Neal Handly, MD
Elizabeth Hartzell, PhD
Flossie M. Ierardi, MM, MT-BC, LPC
Priscilla Killian, MSN, RN, PNP
Burton Landau, PhD
Amy Montemarano, JD
Janet Moore, PsyD
Steven Rosenzweig, MD
Ellen Schelly-Hill, MMT, ADTR, LPC
Rashida T. West, JD
Vincent J. Zarro, MD, PhD
Community Preceptors
Lyn Back, MA
Roberta Balsam, MA
Tracy Broyles
Beth Cwiklinski, MSW
Glenna Deekle, MSW
Mary J. Fallon, MA, NHA
Aileen Haggerty
Guina Hammond, MEd
Bronal Harris
Victoria Harris
Amy Hirsch, Esq
Jean Linehan, RN, MS, CDE
Mark Lyons, PA-C, MPH
Charlene Melhorn, BS
Tammy Oliver, MHS
Hugh Organ
Blanca Pacheco
Manuel Portillo
Carol Rogers, PA-C
Erin Schmitt
Tara Swartzendruber-Landis
Adwoa Tacheampong
Lynn Trimborn, RN
Arte Verbrugghe
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
(Students from University of the Sciences in Philadelphia participate in the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine program)
Program Staff
Eugene Mochan, PhD, DO
Jennifer Patterson
Ruth Schemm, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Academic Preceptors
Eugene Mochan, PhD, DO
Ruth L. Schemm, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Community Preceptors
Ronald Allen
Paulette Copeland-Bolton
Pilar Fernandez-Blakey, BS
Carrie Fice
Lillian M. Hood, MSS
Tina Jenkins, MHS
Nancy Kincaid, RN, MA
Rebecca Kochman, MSW, LSW
Phyllis D. Lawhorn
Jacques Louis
Theresa Meggett
Tramaine Mills
James Murphy
Melanie Palmer
George Riley
Stacy Skiffer
Lakeisha Stokes
Patricia Thompson
Sandra Thompson
Margie Thompson-Craddock, MHS
Suzanne Walker-Garland
Brian Weaver
Temple University
Program Staff
Dianne Butera, MSW
Kathleen Reeves, MD
Academic Preceptors
Trisha Acri, MD
Dianne Butera, MSW
Ina Caligaro, PharmD
Amy Heath, PT, DPT, OCS
Moya Kinnealey, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, BCP
Nancy Rothman, EdD, RN
Community Preceptors
Donna Bolno, MEd, MSS, LSW
Susan Brotherton, MSW
Raeleena Collington, MS
Annet Davis-Vogel, RN, MSW, CCRC
Maria Lauren Donohue, MSBT
Jennifer Drass
Peggy Eagle, BS, MHT
Lisa Marie Gass
Heather Hillas
Eliza Johnson, BS
Debra Jones
Monica Kondrad, RNC, BSN
Beth Lewis, DSW
Diana Love
Michelle Lutz
Mark Lyons, PA-C, MPH
Julie Nelson
Madeleine Nist, MA
Blanca Pacheco
Manuel Portillo
Doris Phillips
John Phillips
Carol Rogers, PA-C
Kenya Shujaa
Terry Trudeau
Renee Turchi, MD, MPH
Arte Verbrugghe
Kevin Weber
Zeelyna Wise |
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Thomas Jefferson University
(Students from Bryn Mawr College participate in the Thomas Jefferson University program)
Program Staff
Maria Hervada-Page, MSS
R. Patrick McManus Jr., MD
George P. Valko, MD
Academic Preceptors
Nancy E. Brisbon, MD
Lauren Collins, MD
Maria Hervada-Page, MSS
Chris Jerpbak, MD
Caryn Johnson, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
R. Patrick McManus Jr., MD
Carl Pitts, PT, DPT
Charles A. Pohl, MD
Molly A. Rose, PhD, RN
George Valko, MD
Lara Weinstein, MD
Robert Winn, MD
Community Preceptors
Mary Ellen Bolden
Denise Botcheos, LSW
Charles Brown, MSW, LSW
Julia Cannon
Kate Colameco, BSW
Karen DiTrolio, MPA
Marvin Elias, PhD
Rita Genovese, CPC, PCS
Stephanie Goldstein
Jeanette Johnson
Sharon McCollum
Marcella Miller-Greaves
Heather Palasky, RN, BSN
Juliane Ramic, MSW
Carol Rogers, PA-C
Lorraine Thomas
Terry Trudeau
Dana Twynam
Chris Whaley, MA
Neva White, MSN, CRNP, CDE
Skip Wiener
University of Pennsylvania
Program Staff
Louis M. Bell, MD
M. Ellen Sheridan Bradley, LSW, CAC
Peter F. Cronholm, MD, MSCE
Mary Frances Cummings, MPH, RDH
Jeffrey Draine, PhD
Joan I. Gluch, PhD, RDH
Ellen Martinak, BS
Ann L. O'Sullivan, PhD, FAAN, CPNP
Susan Primavera
Anthony Rostain, MD, MS, MA
Lucy Wolf Tuton, PhD
Academic Preceptors
Louis M. Bell, MD
Brendan Carr, MD, MA
Peter F. Cronholm, MD, MSCE
Jeffrey Draine, PhD
Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MEd, FAAP
Joan I. Gluch, PhD, RDH
Sara Kinsman, MD, MSCE, PhD
Steve Larson, MD
Stephen Ludwig, MD
Kathryn Margo, MD
Raina Merchant, MD
Ann L. O’Sullivan, PhD, FAAN, CPNP
Noel B. Rosales, MD
Anthony Rostain, MD, MA, MS
Courtney Schreiber, MD, MPH
Douglas Weibe, PhD
Joanne N. Wood, MD
Community Preceptors
Melissa Aguirre, BA
Nicholas Bisaccia, MSEd
Karen DiTrolio, MPA
Maria Lauren Donohue, MSBT
Marvin Elias, PhD
Paul Giannette, MA
Stephanie Goldstein
Laurie Grant, RN, EdM
Pat Harner
Bill King, MD, FAACP
Julia Kristan, BA
Amanda Marlow
Colleen McCauley-Brown, MPH, RN, BSN
Sharon McCollum
Theresa McKelvy, RN, MS
Matthew O’Brien, MD
Geraldine O’Hare, MSN, CRNP
Hugh Organ
Heather Palasky, RN, BSN
Larry Patrick, MPA
Carol Rogers, PA-C
Andrea Saldivar, BA
Dan Taylor, DO, FAACP
Lorraine Thomas
Frank Torrisi,DDS, MBA
Stephani Tyrance, MPH
Annet Davis-Vogel, RN, MSW, CCRC
Yohan Weerasingha
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2008-09 Philadelphia Community Partners
For a complete alphabetical list of all 2008 BTG CHIP community partners and to view community project summaries by site, click here.
- Allegheny West Foundation
- Althea Gibson Community Education
and Tennis Center
- American Red Cross House
- Bartram Beacon Community Center
- Bethesda Project: My Brother’s House
- Brother Rousseau Academy
- Build-a-Bridge International
- Cambria Healthcare Center
- Children’s Crisis Treatment Center: Therapeutic Nursery
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia:
- Early Head Start Program
- Primary Care Center at Cobb’s Creek
- Church of the Advocate
- Columbia North YMCA
- Community Women’s Education Project
- Congreso de Latinos Unidos:
- Children and Youth Summer YouthWorks Program
- REACH Adolescent Violence Reduction Program
- Consortium, Inc.:
- Chestnut Place Clubhouse
- PRIDE Partial Hospital Program
- Covenant House Pennsylvania
- Family Practice and Counseling Network:
- Dental Clinic, 11th Street Family Health Services
- The Health Annex
- Frankie’s World
- Haddington Townhouses Youth Program
- Hall Mercer: Child and Family Unit
- Head Start Learning Tree
- Health Federation of Philadelphia: Early Head Start
- H.E.R.O. (Helping Energize and Rebuild Ourselves) Community Center
- Gaudenzia: People with Hope Program
- Independence Promotion Project: Services on Site (SOS)
- Intercommunity Action, Inc.: Journey’s Way
- KidZone Philadelphia
- Lee Cultural Center
- Lutheran Settlement House:
- Jane Addams Place
- Senior Center
- Lutheran Children and Family Service: Refugee Resettlement Program
- Maternity Care Coalition:
- Cribs for Kids
- South Philadelphia MOMobile
- Mazzoni Center
- Mercy Hospice
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- Nationalities Service Center:
- Health Outreach
- Senior Center
- Newcomers’ Health Project
- NewCourtland LIFE Program
- New Directions for Women
- Norris Homes: Norris Kids Camp
- North Light Community Center
- Northern Home for Children
- Open Borders Project/Proyecto Sin Fronteras
- People’s Emergency Center
- Philadelphia Department of Public Health:
- Office of Food Protection
- Health Commissioner’s Office, Language Access
- Philadelphia FIGHT:
- Prison Services
- Jonathan Lax Treatment Center
- Philadelphia Senior Center:
- South Broad Street Branch
- Tioga Branch
- Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service & Education Center
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Project H.O.M.E.:
- Honickman Learning Center, Children’s Program
- Honickman Learning Center, Teen Program
- Street Outreach Coordination Center
- Public Citizens for Children and Youth
- Puentes de Salud: Health Clinic
- Salvation Army: Red Shield Residence
- South Philadelphia Hispanic Community Outreach
- Spiral Q Puppet Theatre
- St. Christopher’s Hospital: The Center for Children with Special Healthcare Needs
- St. Mary’s Family Respite Center
- Temple Health Connection
- Temple University: Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
- The Attic Youth Center
- Thomas Jefferson University: Exploring Health Careers
- To Our Children’s Future with Health:
- Lamberton Beacon
- Safe Haven
- Unitarian Universalist House: Outreach Program
- University of Pennsylvania: HIV Prevention Research Division
- Urban Tree Connection
- Wagner Beacon Center
- West Poplar Apartments: Summer Enrichment Program
- Women Against Abuse
- Youth Emergency Service
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“I may consider starting a partnership with other practicing health-care professionals in a variety of disciplines under one roof. Bridging the Gaps has taught me that in order to truly connect with members of the community to provide a quality health-care home, you must establish a strong connection with all other institutions of health in the community.”
Dylan Bordonaro
University of Pennsylvania
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