[Ohio-talk] FW: Training medical students at OSU -- please help!

[Colleen Roth]

Hi JW.
This is a wonderful opportunity. I have been able to talk to hospital staff in the Toledo Area for many years.
This was something Helen was passionate about and we have been doing it here for quite a while.
There is a program in Toledo with a little different slant to help medical students and other staff who work with families who have a family member with a Chronic condition. These include things that require intense care by the family.
The Students interview participaants and actually go to their homes.
I am not suggesting this but what an opportunity for learning.
Coleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: J.W. Smith <jwsmithnfb at frontier.com>
To: "'Ationfb of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>, "Capital Chapter \(Columbus, Ohio\were Mailing List" <capchapohio at nfbnet.org>
Date: Saturday, Aug 20, 2011 19:21:11
Subject: [Ohio-talk] FW: Training medical students at OSU -- please help!

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> Dr. J. Webster Smith
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> President, National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
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> PO Box 458 Athens, OH 45701
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> From: Witte, Ann C. [mailto:Ann.Witte at osumc.edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:40 AM
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> Subject: Training medical students at OSU -- please help!
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> Greetings, Dr. J. Webster Smith! 
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> My name is Ann Witte, and I am a program assistant for a new program within
> the Nisonger Center in OSU's Medical Center.  Here is a little info about
> the effort of our program:  we are recruiting people with disabilities to
> help medical students feel more comfortable with patients who have
> disabilities and, we hope, provide better care.  
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> The OSU medical school is revising the entire 4 year undergraduate medical
> curriculum, and we want to make sure that the treatment of patients with
> disabilities is adequately addressed.  We are trying to build an army of
> volunteers with disabilities to convince the medical school that there are
> people with disabilities in the community who are ready and willing to help.
> While we do not know what activities the curriculum revision will contain,
> we would like to see both formal and informal opportunities for students to
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> We are hoping to make contacts with facilities and locations at which people
> with disabilities spend a lot of their time and to which these medical
> students could visit.  Please contact me if this is something in which the
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio may have interest, and redirect me
> to the appropriate contact if you would like me to contact a specific
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> We appreciate your work and dedication, and I really hope to hear from you
> soon.  Thanks for your time!
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> Sincerely, 
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> Ann Witte
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