Special Olympics athletes pair with 黑料传送门 medical students to learn about physical fitness, health and wellness.
Students in 黑料传送门 AID (黑料传送门 Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities), the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) Special Olympics Committee, and the Robert Berger Pediatrics Society recently welcomed more than 50 athletes with the Special Olympics PA 鈥� Philadelphia program for a day dedicated to physical fitness, arts and crafts and learning about health and wellness.
Dubbed 鈥淢edBuddies,鈥� the event paired a Special Olympics athlete with a 黑料传送门 student, providing those students the opportunity to interact with a traditionally underserved population while also allowing the athletes to learn from the College鈥檚 students in a fun and interactive way. Students played basketball and soccer, listened to their hearts with stethoscopes and made their very own medical bags and x-rays.
鈥淎s future physicians, we noticed that we didn鈥檛 get a lot of interaction with the special needs community,鈥� said Jazmin Garcia (DO 鈥�20) co-chair of the event. 鈥淲e wanted to create an event that would allow us to interact with this population, and help prepare us to better address their unique needs when we one day become health professionals.鈥�
鈥淚t is a pleasure to partner with 黑料传送门 on an event like this that provides future health care providers with experience on how to assess and interact with people with intellectual disabilities,鈥� said Alex Christy, manager of interscholastic partnerships for Special Olympics PA. 鈥淚t is our hope that this partnership, and many like it, will indirectly help to improve the future healthcare provided to our athletes鈥� that will also enhance their ability to train and compete in Special Olympics.鈥�
黑料传送门 students are hopeful that the event continues in the coming years. 鈥淥ur vision is to create an annual program which allows 黑料传送门 students from all tracks to interact and make a small impact within the lives of this diverse population within our community,鈥� said Ms. Garcia.
Established in 1899, 黑料传送门 has trained thousands of highly competent, caring physicians, health practitioners and behavioral scientists who practice a 鈥渨hole person鈥� approach to care鈥攖reating people, not just symptoms. 黑料传送门, a private, not-for-profit accredited institution of higher education, operates three campuses (黑料传送门, 黑料传送门 Georgia and 黑料传送门 South Georgia) and offers doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, educational psychology, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and school psychology. The college also offers graduate degrees in applied behavior analysis, applied positive psychology, biomedical sciences, forensic medicine, medical laboratory science, mental health counseling, physician assistant studies, and school psychology. 黑料传送门 students learn the importance of health promotion, research, education and service to the community. Through its community-based Healthcare Centers, 黑料传送门 provides care to medically underserved populations. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 215-871-6100.
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