SUMMER & FALL PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION

​This program is free for students in NYC, Montreal, and LA

Adolescents Caring for COMmunity by Promoting Literacy on Insurance, Stroke, Health Education, Emergencies, and Dementia (ACComPLISHED) 

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The Community Health Program is an excellent option for students contemplating a career in health or academia who want to make an impact in their community. Students will explore clinical correlates, engage in simulated patient encounters, and develop knowledge and skills in workshops. The students will hear from several physicians and allied health professionals from Columbia University and New York Presbyterian. Students participate in a hybrid interdisciplinary community health program delivered throughout the summer with weekly zooms and monthly in-person sessions. Each student is matched with personal mentors at Columbia; students write weekly reflections, complete validated questionnaires during in-class didactics, and implement a mentored capstone community intervention. Each student chooses 5 family or community members to teach program content to weekly as a health education liaison There are hundreds of office hours over the course of the program to support students. Students are invited to present their projects at a symposium at Columbia VP&S at the end of the summer.

COMMUNITY HEALTH TOPICS
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• Learn how to recognize disease as well as the risk factors and methods for prevention
• Discuss various areas of health such as diabetes, hypertension, nutrition, mental health, and sleep, and their role in in stroke and dementia.
• Build skills in promoting a healthy lifestyle, counseling patients, and tackling health emergencies.
• Develop confidence and comfort in your ability to be a health leader in your community
• Foster your interest and understanding of medical and allied health professions
• Make new friends and lasting student-mentor relationships

WORK WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
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• Create a health education module
• Work with health liaison contacts
• Conduct a mentored capstone community project

Tiers	Deadlines	Cost
Regular	November 16	$250
Late	December 7	$300

This program is free for students in NYC, Montreal, and LA.

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As part of ACComPLISHED and Summer Program assignments, students worked in groups to create some of the most creative and informative medical education modules, which are geared towards' patient health literacy and packaged in a way that is interactive, attractive, and easy to understand. 

​Check out highlights of some of their work below!

DIABETES

by Breeana, Maiya, and Shiloh

AIR POLLUTION

by Angel, Eric, Naomi, and Sarah

HEALTHY MENU

by Ramez

THYROID CANCER

by Gregory, Jasper, Lar, and Michael

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