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Advanced Academic Services, in partnership with AHEC (Area Healthcare Education Consortium), Texas Tech Medical Center, Walgreens, Silva Health Magnet, and CTE will be providing a Teddy Bear clinic for all fifth grade students at 18 designated elementary schools April 5, 2012. The clinic will be held at Coldwell Elementary.
The purpose of the Teddy Bear Clinic is to engage students in learning about healthcare careers. Upon arrival at the clinic, each student will receive a teddy bear that they will take home and keep. In groups, students will be moving through five stations. At each station, a presentation will be given that showcases a different healthcare career. Students will interact with healthcare workers at each station by completing medical procedures, such as bandaging a limb on their teddy bears. Healthcare career workers showcased will be nurses, pharmacists, EMTs, physicians, and medical assistants.The chart below lists the times that students will depart from their campuses to go to Coldwell for the clinic. We are anticipating that students will be gone from their campuses for no longer than two hours from their departure time.
Because the stations are manned by volunteers, and due to the availability of buses, some campuses may be scheduled for the clinic during the students’ lunch times. If this affects your campus, please make sure to make arrangements for students to eat early or to eat upon their return from the clinic. You may also have your students bring bottled water and healthy snacks.
Teddy Bear Clinic Bus Departure Times
8:30 a.m.--Group 1 Schools: Crockett, Moreno, Rusk
9:45 a.m.--Group 2 Schools: Lamar, Mesita
10:00 a.m.--Group 3 Schools: Alta Vista, Clendenin, Milam
10:45 a.m.--Group 4 Schools: Aoy, Zavala, Beall
11:30 a.m.--Group 5 Schools: Hart, Cooley, Vilas
12:15 a.m.--Group 6 Schools: Clardy, Burleson, Douglass
Reminders:
**Ensure that all students have signed field trip permission slips.
**Make sure that students are in line and ready to board buses on time. There will be over 1,300 students going through the Teddy Bear Clinic. It is essential to follow the schedule.
**Make arrangements for lunch if necessary.
**Students may bring snacks. However, only bottled water and healthy snacks are permitted.
**Note: Coldwell students will go through the Teddy Bear Clinic beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Teddy Bear Clinic--Zavala Elementary
Article 1 May 14, 2010 — EPISD News
In an effort to promote health careers with children, engage community partners, and educate children about common clinical procedures, the Borderland Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in partnership with Zavala Elementary School and with major sponsorship form Walgreen's, is hosting the clinic for 3rd-5th grade students. The Teddy Bear Clinic consists of stations manned by health professionals; children receive a free teddy bear that is 'sick' and needs care provided through various stations. Students will visit four major stations: nursing, medical assisting, medicine, and pharmacy.
The Far West Texas border region faces an urgent need to cultivate the next generation of culturally competent health professionals.
According to the County Health Workforce Profile prepared by the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2004, there were approximately 108 physicians per 100,000 residents in Texas border counties, compared with the national ratio of 278 physicians per 100,000 residents.
The border region faces similar shortages of dentists, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, mental health professionals, and social workers. In addition, the current public health workforce is not as diverse as the people it serves. These shortages translate into a lack of access to primary healthcare, which in turn contributes to poor health outcomes among border residents.
The Borderland AHEC was established in March of 2009 to address these critical issues through development of the existing healthcare workforce, support of health professions students, and health careers promotion with students in kindergarten through early college.
The severe shortage of health professionals can be addressed in part through pipeline and academic support programs designed to help students reach academic success and career goals.
The Borderland AHEC conducts career awareness and academic preparation at the elementary school level through interactive programming and provides information for students and parents. Such programs are particularly important for students from low-income backgrounds who may be the first in their families to attend college.
Stations will be co-facilitated by community partners, including: Walgreen's, Silva Magnet High School, Western Technical College, medical students from the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine and Anamarc.
Article 1 May 14, 2010 — EPISD News
In an effort to promote health careers with children, engage community partners, and educate children about common clinical procedures, the Borderland Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in partnership with Zavala Elementary School and with major sponsorship form Walgreen's, is hosting the clinic for 3rd-5th grade students. The Teddy Bear Clinic consists of stations manned by health professionals; children receive a free teddy bear that is 'sick' and needs care provided through various stations. Students will visit four major stations: nursing, medical assisting, medicine, and pharmacy.
The Far West Texas border region faces an urgent need to cultivate the next generation of culturally competent health professionals.
According to the County Health Workforce Profile prepared by the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2004, there were approximately 108 physicians per 100,000 residents in Texas border counties, compared with the national ratio of 278 physicians per 100,000 residents.
The border region faces similar shortages of dentists, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, mental health professionals, and social workers. In addition, the current public health workforce is not as diverse as the people it serves. These shortages translate into a lack of access to primary healthcare, which in turn contributes to poor health outcomes among border residents.
The Borderland AHEC was established in March of 2009 to address these critical issues through development of the existing healthcare workforce, support of health professions students, and health careers promotion with students in kindergarten through early college.
The severe shortage of health professionals can be addressed in part through pipeline and academic support programs designed to help students reach academic success and career goals.
The Borderland AHEC conducts career awareness and academic preparation at the elementary school level through interactive programming and provides information for students and parents. Such programs are particularly important for students from low-income backgrounds who may be the first in their families to attend college.
Stations will be co-facilitated by community partners, including: Walgreen's, Silva Magnet High School, Western Technical College, medical students from the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine and Anamarc.
Teddy Bear Clinic--Coldwell Elementary
Article 1 Wednesday, June 1, 2011 -- Written by Lisa Ruley
As sick teddy bears receive treatment, students receive health career awareness.
WHAT: Teddy Bear Clinic sponsored by Borderland Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Youth Health Service Corps.
WHEN: 9 a.m.–noon, Wednesday (June 1)
WHERE: Coldwell Elementary School Gymnasium, 4101 Altura Ave., El Paso, Texas
EVENT: In an effort to get children interested in health careers, engage community partners and educate children about common clinical procedures, the Borderland AHEC will host a Teddy Bear Clinic for 1,368 fifth-grade students.
The clinic consists of stations manned by health professionals. Children from 18 elementary schools will receive a free teddy bear that is sick and needs medical care provided through five stations: medical assistance, nursing, doctor, pharmacy and emergency medical technician. Stations will be co-facilitated by community partners including Walgreen’s, the El Paso Independent School District, the Texas Tech Health University Sciences Center and Salud Y Vida.
The El Paso region faces an urgent need to cultivate the next generation of culturally competent health professionals. According to the 2004 County Health Workforce Profile prepared by the Bureau of Health Professions, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there were approximately 108 physicians per 100,000 residents in Texas border counties, compared with the national ratio of 278 physicians per 100,000 residents.
Article 2 Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 5:37am by Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
As Sick Teddy Bears Receive Treatment, Students Receive Health Career Awareness
In an effort to promote health careers with children, engage community partners, and educate children about common clinical procedures, the Borderland Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in partnership with El Paso Independent School District and with major sponsorship form Walgreen’s, recently hosted a Teddy Bear Clinic for 1,368 fifth grade students. The Teddy Bear Clinic was held at Coldwell Elementary with 18 elementary schools participating. The Clinic consisted of stations manned by health professionals. Children received a free teddy bear that was ‘sick’ and needed care provided through various stations. Students visited five major stations: Medical Assistance, Nursing, Doctor, Pharmacy and Emergency Medical Technician.
In addition to programs for students in higher grades, the Borderland AHEC conducts career awareness and academic preparation at the elementary school level through interactive programming and provides information for students and parents. Such programs are particularly important for students from low-income backgrounds who may be the first in their families to attend college, said Marci Daniels, Borderland AHEC director.
Stations were co-facilitated by community partners, including: Walgreen’s, El Paso Independent School District, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and Salud Y Vida.