黑料传送门 Georgia Gold Humanism Honor Society chapter members pose for a group photo during the 2024 Gold Humanism Summit in Atlanta.
Members of the are expected to be 鈥渆xemplars of humanism.鈥� As physicians, these individuals are 鈥渃haracterized by the respectful and compassionate relationship鈥� they develop between themselves, members of the healthcare team, and their patients.
Those attributes are defining characteristics for 黑料传送门 Georgia students Sahara Peters (DO 鈥�24) and Jasmine Ito (DO 鈥�24). Peters and Ito are president and vice president, respectively, of the .
鈥淪tudents in GHHS seek out impact,鈥� said Ito. 鈥淭hey're not just about grades or the numbers. It's really about, 鈥楬ey, who are you as a person? How do you use that to best serve others? What makes you passionate about things? How can we support your passion?.鈥� The hope is that by being a passionate caregiver we can, in the end, provide wonderful care for our patients.鈥�
Peters, Ito and other members of 黑料传送门 Georgia鈥檚 GHHS chapter recently organized an
event as part of the 2024 Gold Humanism Summit, which took place February 29鈥揗arch
2 in Atlanta, GA. The summit focused on exploring best practices and strategies to
鈥渇uel change and inspire action.鈥� The theme of this year鈥檚 event was 鈥淭he Person in
Front of You.鈥�
The group鈥檚 program was designed to challenge participants to take principles typically found in the technology space鈥攄eveloping new approaches to common problems, implementing alternative thought processes, or utilizing data to understand patterns and trends鈥攁nd applying them to medicine.
鈥淭he national organization reached out to us and said, 鈥榃e want to do something interactive and celebrate young minds,鈥欌�� said Ito. 鈥淪o we got together and came up with a 鈥楬ackathon.鈥欌��
As part of the student鈥檚 event, the "hackers," selected from among the conference attendees, were presented with a prompt or challenge and given one day to develop a solution. The solutions were then presented to a panel of judges for review. A cash prize was awarded to the winning teams.
Peters and Ito used a partnership with Grace Village Medical Clinic in Clarkston, GA, a center primarily focused on treating an ethnically diverse population of refugees from around the world, as the basis for their prompt.
鈥淸Clarkston] has the third largest refugee population in Georgia, with over 60 different languages spoken,鈥� said Ito. 鈥淭he town is about three stoplights. You could blink, and you鈥檇 miss it, but it's really wonderful community.鈥�
Grace Village was established with help from 黑料传送门 Georgia professor Scott T. Keller, DO, FAAFP, and serves as a resource for one of the most diverse populations in Georgia. Clarkston bills itself as the 鈥�,鈥� with nearly half the residents identifying as foreign-born, representing 50 countries across six continents.
鈥淲e talked with Grace Village and asked, 鈥榃hat are the big issues you鈥檙e seeing?鈥欌�� Ito said. 鈥淭hey told us, 鈥楧iabetes is out of control, and our clients don't have diabetes in their home countries. When they come here, they adjust to the diet, the lifestyle, and they sometimes end up with diabetes and don't understand it or how to manage it.鈥欌��
鈥淏ased on their feedback, the challenge question we developed was: 鈥楬ow can we support limited English proficient patients to lower their A1C on a tri-monthly basis?鈥欌�� said Ito. 鈥淚t was a pretty cool way to get people to work together in a multidisciplinary approach.鈥�
Peters hopes that by encouraging others to think about issues critically and with a humanistic approach, they can grow their impact in the communities they鈥檙e a part of.
To grow her own impact, Peters doesn鈥檛 have to go very far.
鈥淚t鈥檚 so important for us to be established in our communities and show up for them,鈥� Peters said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 doing the hard work that we're doing, but also trying to establish our program and our school as active participants in the community because what are we without them? That鈥檚 a mission that Jasmine and I have been committed to in different ways throughout our four years.鈥�
黑料传送门 Georgia has been serving students and the community for 20 years as a branch campus of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (黑料传送门), a private, not-for-profit, accredited institution of higher education established in 1899. Located in Suwanee (Gwinnett County), 黑料传送门 Georgia offers doctoral degrees in osteopathic medicine, pharmacy and physical therapy. Graduate degrees are offered in biomedical sciences, medical laboratory science and physician assistant studies. The campus joins 黑料传送门 South Georgia in Moultrie in helping to meet the healthcare needs of the state. Emphasizing "a whole person" approach to care, 黑料传送门 Georgia focuses on educational excellence, interprofessional education and service to the community. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 678-225-7500. The campus is also home to the Georgia Osteopathic Care Center, an osteopathic manipulative medicine clinic, which is open to the public by appointment. For more information, visit .
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