Learning from OurselvesCamp MD - Camp Medical

DetectivesTraci Adams-Wilson, MICI-AHEC

Krystal Ardayfio, MICI-AHECLisa Christy, IUSM

Lisa Fink, IUSM

Indiana AHEC Network 6th Statewide MeetingMarch 10, 2015

IUPUI

Camp MD

Today’s Objectives

1. Overview2. Genesis3. Strategy4. Best Practices5. Lessons Learned6. Present7. Future

Camp MDOverview

• Camp MD: Medical Detectives (Camp MD)• Grades 9-12 • Youth interested in a career in medicine or other health careers• Cost $50 (scholarships available)• 2 days• IU School of Medicine (IUPUI Campus)•Mid June

Camp MDGenesis

• “The story of us”• 1st Camp MD - June 2008• A collaboration of MICI-AHEC + IUSM Office of Multicultural Affairs

IUSM Medical Service-LearningIUSM Health Professions ProgramsIUSM Students (Med and GRAD) IUSM Faculty and StaffCamp Participants

Camp MDStrategy

• Based on the “pipeline” model• Replicate existing successful model (Dr. Camp grades 5-8)• Robust marketing strategy to yield inclusion and buy in • Target population • Faculty• Staff• Students•MICI-AHEC

Camp MD

Best Practices• Developing creative, hands on activities that engage participants• Fostering a welcoming environment where participants feel

comfortable learning• Empower students by helping them see themselves in the role of

the healthcare professional (i.e. scrub shirts, stethoscopes, etc.) • Identifying nurturing constructive partnerships with like-minded

partners who have a common vision and goals for the young people served

• Think! Creatively!

Camp MDLessons Learned

• Inclusion and professionally developed integrative curriculum is key

• Students and parents will participate in other programs offered based

on positive experiences

• Students need to see themselves in the role they desire to become

• Utilize specialized resources of collaborators

• e.g. MICI-AHEC’s organizational skills and data collection

• e.g. students’ enthusiasm

• e.g. IUSM’s resources such as labs, space, etc.

Camp MDPresent

• Plans are currently underway to bring another outstanding program to the youth Indianapolis

• Thursday June 18- Friday June 19

• Theme: Gastrointestinal System

• Activities/tours: Surgery Skills Center

Simulation Center

Respiratory Therapy Lab

Intro to Various Health Care Professions

Campus Tour

Health Career Case Scenarios (skits & role play)

Camp MDFuture

Why expand Dr. Camp/Camp MD?

• To be inclusive and encourage this cultural shift.  • To empower the students to work together by sharing their projects and ideas with the

other campus students.  • To mentor one another by providing their successful project model to serve as a

structural template for creating statewide cohesion while keeping campus individuality for the common project.

• To include center students at satellite campuses.

• Center students can contribute to class activities on their own time, and they can put their own creative spin on their extracurricular chapters allowing center students to feel more included, while also giving them ownership of their own local project.

Camp MDFuture

• Currently, there are two sites working on a Doctor Camp expansion and we know there CAN and WILL be more in the near future. 

• Our Indianapolis camp would not be possible without the support and partnership from our local MICI-AHEC office

• Because of the enthusiasm of students like Lisa Fink, we now have multiple project leaders fostering the nine doors to ONE school approach through statewide student engagement opportunities

• We also have to applaud other inter-professional student volunteers along with Marti Reeser and Rene Jackson in the IUSM Health Professions Program