As volunteers, all students are vaccinated and wear the proper PPE to participate
in the drive-through vaccine clinic.
After a curriculum change brought on by COVID-19 allowed medical students to learn vaccination techniques earlier in their education, 黑料传送门 South Georgia's Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) students are now volunteering in vaccination efforts at Moultrie鈥檚 local hospital.
In addition to learning inoculations in the primary care skills course, the medical students also completed additional training and are certified by the CDC to administer vaccines.
And keeping in line with the mission of 黑料传送门 South Georgia, students are taking that training to their local hospital, Colquitt Regional, to volunteer at the drive through vaccination clinic. The second-year DO students are assisting with screening patients, administering vaccines and documenting doses.
鈥淲e have been most impressed by the 黑料传送门 students who have stepped forward to volunteer at our COVID vaccination clinics,鈥� said Colquitt Regional President and CEO, Jim Matney. 鈥淭heir skills and work ethic are solid. With a task as large as vaccinating an entire community, it鈥檚 important to use all of our resources, and 黑料传送门 students have been an invaluable partner for us.鈥�
Miles McCabe (DO 鈥�23) has volunteered multiple times at Colquitt Regional and administered the vaccine to a number of Moultrie residents.
鈥淚 really enjoy the patient contact and have met some very unique people from the community,鈥� McCabe said. 鈥淥ne thing I have noticed is that all the patients are so thankful and appreciative. The staff from Colquitt Regional emanates positive energy and the patients are happy to receive their doses of the vaccine. Everyone is doing their part to progress in overcoming the pandemic together.鈥�
McCabe added, 鈥淚 look forward to Fridays because I am outside interacting with others and using skills we have learned in the classroom. I feel honored to have this opportunity to work alongside healthcare providers in the field and to serve patients. This has been an exciting opportunity to create a positive impact in the Moultrie community.鈥�
With clinical rotations coming up in July, Ravi Soni (DO 鈥�23) said volunteering at Colquitt Regional has given him a chance to work with his future colleagues. Alongside the employees at the hospital, he鈥檚 vaccinated nearly 60 community members.
Soni said, 鈥淚鈥檒l be rotating in Moultrie next year, so it鈥檚 been great to meet and work with some of the staff through this vaccination effort. We learn so much in class, but it鈥檚 important to be able to really participate in patient care, and it鈥檚 so rewarding to help people. I left knowing that 300+ people are now vaccinated. It鈥檚 great to know we鈥檙e helping to make our community safer.鈥�
In 2019, 黑料传送门, a premier osteopathic medical school established in 1899, extended its commitment to the Southeast by establishing 黑料传送门 South Georgia. An additional teaching location in Moultrie, Georgia, 黑料传送门 South Georgia offers both a full, four-year medical program leading to the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree and a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences. 黑料传送门 is a private, not-for-profit institution that trains professionals in the health and behavioral sciences fields. Joining 黑料传送门 Georgia in Suwanee in helping to meet the healthcare needs of the state, 黑料传送门 South Georgia focuses on educating physicians for the region. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 229-668-3110.
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