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Hepburn Internship:Lourdes Center for Public

Health

Hepburn Mentor:Dr. Stanton Miller The Summer Institute brings

together college students interested in public health to engage in discussion, research and effective implementation of health programs in accordance with the hospital’s mission of serving the community

Summer Institute

My Project: Prepare for Surgery class

BackgroundThe Prepare for Surgery Program is a holistic pre-surgical

program currently based on a Peggy Huddleston model. In the two hour class, patients learn:

To prepare their mind and body for surgery

To prepare their homes for recovery

To decrease anxiety and increase comfort in order to speed recovery.

The class covers many relaxation techniques and gives patients a comprehensive overview of their stay in the hospital.

Goals/Objectives

As part of the process of the change from a Peggy Huddleston Program to a Lourdes branded program:

Prepare research-based surgery specific patient education handout for pre and post care.

Map out process of patient throughout hospital for each procedure

Assist in development of CDs and brochuresResearch how to create study to evaluate

effectiveness

Responsibilities

Project Mentor: Nurse Coleen NaylorCreated surgery-specific educational

handouts for patients coming in to class.Created database for updating surgery

statistics for the program’s evaluation.Researched on different studies conducted on

holistic health practices and their effectiveness.

Researched articles as teaching material for class.

Additionally…

Collated statistics for the hospital’s Relax and Renew Program (for hospital associates)

Weekly Journal MeetingWeekly meeting with Dr. MillerIntern Culture: Group Lunch Community Service: Project Hope Clean-up

Weekly Journal Meeting

Discussed handpicked articles on different issues pertaining to health care :

Cultural competency in a health settingThe Role of Insurance CompaniesTargeted Marketing to specific populationsHealth disparities in the United StatesSyringe Exchange programs

At a weekly Journal Meeting

Challenges

Setting achievable goals within the time framework

Accessing surgery information from doctor’s offices and presenting information using Health Literacy standards.

Group Photo