黑料传送门 students gave online demonstrations on survival techniques, life skills and wellness topics to more than 80 Philadelphia area Girl Scouts.
黑料传送门 students from the Wilderness Medicine Society Club and the Pediatrics Club joined more than 80 area Girl Scouts on February 7 for the Havertown Girl Scouts Health Fest, a first annual event featuring a series of virtual demonstrations on a variety of health and wellness topics, including basic survival techniques.
The event, organized by second-year DO student Jacquelyn Pearlmutter, included nine 黑料传送门 students leading presentations on topics such as first aid, a 鈥渟top the bleed鈥� demonstration, meditation, CPR, outdoor cooking and a dance workshop. 黑料传送门 Associate Professor (and former Girl Scout) Barbara Williams-Page, DO, led the event with an introduction. Erik Langenau, DO, MS, professor of pediatrics and faculty liaison to the Pediatrics Club, helped coordinate with the local Girl Scout troops and the 黑料传送门 student clubs.
The Girl Scouts in attendance ranged from 4th-12th grades at the Junior, Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador levels and came from a number of local troops. The Havertown-area troops are part of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP), one of the largest Girl Scout councils in the country, serving nearly 40,000 girls in Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia counties.
鈥淰irtual meetings can be a struggle for both girls and adults who are feeling 鈥榸oomed out,鈥欌�� said Kathy L贸pez, a Girl Scout volunteer who serves as Service Unit Manager and liaison between the local troops and the GSEP Council. 鈥淪o we [were] especially excited for the creativity and willingness the 黑料传送门 students brought to this, and the girls (and leaders) were excited to learn some new things.鈥�
The goal of the event was to 鈥渢each the Girl Scouts useful skills as well as bring them together in an isolating time to connect with each other,鈥� said Pearlmutter. 鈥淲hen you can do things in person, it obviously makes things easier, but we tried to make it as interactive as possible.鈥�
Following the event, both the scouts and the 黑料传送门 students were eager to coordinate similar events in the future. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of interest among the [黑料传送门] students,鈥� said Pearlmutter. 鈥淲e're excited about the prospect of 黑料传送门 students following up with individual troops in the spring, either in person or virtually, to help them complete [skill builder] badges,鈥� added L贸pez.
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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