Syllabus
Community Health Internship (BTG CHIP)
2023 Syllabus
Student Materials on the BTG website: www.bridgingthegaps.info > top of page STUDENT LOGIN > Password: btgchip > SYLLABUS / ASSIGNMENT DETAILS / RESOURCES
Program Directors
Academic Institution Name Email address
Drexel Elissa Goldberg, MSS, LSW ejg32@drexel.edu
Jefferson Maria Hervada-Page, MSS maria.hervada-page@jefferson.edu
Temple Ingrid Mapanao, MSW, MPH ingrid@temple.edu
Jerome Wright, BA jerome.wright@temple.edu
UPenn Ellen Martinak, MS martinak@upenn.edu
DeSales Mary Ellen Miller PhD, RN, APHN-BC maryellen.miller@desales.edu
Tricia Bernecker PhD, RN Tricia.Bernecker@desales.edu
Cooper Anthony Rostain, MD, MS Rostain-anthony@CooperHealth.edu
Mara Gordon, MD gordon-mara@CooperHealth.edu
Expectations:
Taken from the BTG Student Agreement 2023:
Bridging the Gaps is both a professional development experience and a job. Therefore, we expect that students will handle their commitment to the program professionally, including completing all of the requirements stated herein and treating people with respect and dignity. If a student does not fulfill these expectations, we will notify the student's school through a letter to the appropriate Dean. Unprofessional behavior reflects not only on the individual, but on the institution and the profession.
Assignments: (SEE ASSIGNMENT DETAILS for more information)
1. RECORDED SESSIONS:
MUST BE VIEWED PRIOR TO JUNE 14
BTG Program Evaluation, Bridget McCormick, MS, Bridging the Gaps
Passcode: &6N.H&jP
Introduction to Oral Health in the Bridging the Gaps Program, Joan I. Gluch, PhD, RDH, PHDHP, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
https://upenn.zoom.us/rec/share/g38ryfEdGipxBuvMfJjtA3sG8ZsiAqvSxz81eddM3QhYihDd6yoC1bDch3fv3zgJ.XDVzafpGAVDjMd3f
Passcode: Rbrg6J5&
Oral Health Slides
Introduction from Pennsylvania Department of Health, Edward Naugle, PhD, Director, Pennsylvania Primary Care Office
https://upenn.zoom.us/rec/share/xFWYxXnIfhsLkP8SBkY2tOkxhIDbUPc9dkYZ-LqAnHNhv3p58DD0F314fl6K57tW.2y2rZnnBbYIpM8js
Passcode: 9HX1F%yF
MUST BE VIEWED PRIOR TO JUNE 21
Introduction to Health Literacy Tenets, Mary Ellen T. Miller PhD, RN, APHN-BC, DeSales University
https://upenn.zoom.us/rec/share/KD6zT0Np8JbqO9CMom4cC1ojNvGw_pQAqT_0JQ6A-Xa3BKKfWUQzfzq7JhfDng9K.gYg6rN6-_0EpjoRF
Passcode: EumSNV0!
Additional Resource:
Mandated Reporting, Maria Hervada-Page, MSW, Thomas Jefferson University
https://upenn.zoom.us/rec/share/a2e_yFxoXk7Xfh0rHxPcJ1g3otRHhp1kPUd-W-VnPcSCHgXFhck99dNYWVUi1mba.1o9RO6PEHUa4Xfby
Passcode: +3bapqq6
Mandated Reporter Slides
2. STORY TELLING PROJECT: Due July 17th submit to student coordinators
Goal: For students to hear the perspective of the community from someone in the community.
3. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE/SMOKING CESSATION/ ORAL HEALTH: Due July 17th
submit to student coordinators
Goal: For Students to incorporate into their projects when appropriate.
4. SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT:
If your site is hosting an event, awareness campaign, resources, etc. tag @btgupdates so we can share the post or email Bridget McCormick (bmccor@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)
5. WEEKLY JOURNALS/ FINAL PAPER
6. TEAM EXPERIENCE SUMMARY/ SYMPOSIUM: Professional Presentation Materials (see
Symposium section in student login, details TBA)
7. CENTRAL TEXT: Another Day in the Death of America, A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary
Younge, your Program Director will provide you with your book.
8. EVALUATIONS AND QUESTIONNAIRES: Completion of weekly and end of the program
evaluations and questionnaires is a program requirement. Links will be sent via redcap.
Small Group:
Lead by a skilled facilitator Small Groups will focus on what students are learning through their community-based work as well as from all other components of the program: BTG presentations, the students’ growing understanding of their community site, the storytelling project, articles, discussions, etc. Small Groups take place weekly during the Wednesday Curricular Sessions.
Group Number Small Group Facilitators Email
Group 1 Tariem Burroughs tab54@drexel.edu
Group 2 Anthony Singleton asingleton@educators4education.org
Group 3 Nikki Thomas nicoleat@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Group 4 Elissa Goldberg ejg32@drexel.edu
Group 5 Susan Brotherton susan.a.brotherton@gmail.com
Group 6 Sara Solomon sarasol@upenn.edu
Group 7 Rayn Philips rphillips@gaudenzia.org
Group 8 Crystal Wortham crystal@upliftphilly.org
Group 9 Pat Dooley Patrick.Dooley@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Group 10 Darcie Rudolf darcier@upliftphilly.org
Group 11 Teresa Mendez-Quigley Teresa@upliftphilly.org
Alternate Ingrid Mapanao ingrid@temple.edu
Course Schedule: for weeks we are on zoom, links will be sent by your Program Director.
6/14 & 6/28 will be held in person
JUNE 14th BTG ORIENTATION:
Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine (3500N. Broad St)
Morning Session:
8:00 - 8:30AM Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30AM Strength-based Community, Community Panel moderated by Nicole Thomas,
MBA
9:30 - 10:00 AM Cardiovascular Health from a Community Perspective, Nicole Thomas, MBA
10:00 - 10:15AM BREAK
10:15 - 11:15AM Mental Health and Wellbeing, Rachel Talley, MD
11:15 - 11:30AM Introduction to Small Groups
11:30 - 12:30PM Small Groups
12:30 - 1:30PM LUNCH
Afternoon Session:
1:30 - 2:00PM BTG Welcome/Introduction, Lucy Wolf Tuton, PhD., BTG Executive Director
2:00 - 3:00PM Gun Violence in Philadelphia, Scott Charles, MAPP
Introduction to Fighting Chance training session offered June 22nd 4:30- 6:30PM
3:00 - 3:30PM Philly Librarians, What we do, Why we do it, What we hope to achieve –
3:30 - 4:00PM Play on Philly, What we do, Why we do it, What we hope to achieve
JUNE 21st
Zoom
Morning Session:
8:30 - 8:45AM Announcements
8:45 - 12:00PM Building Community with The Full Human in Mind, Michael O’Bryan, Humanature
(Includes breakout sessions with small groups)
Objectives:
1) Define key terms and frameworks: biopsychosocial-spiritual development, social
capital, implicit bias, explicit bias, heuristics, mental models, de-biasing, and informed
intuition.
2) Identify experiences where bias might be impacting perception of individual and
group histories, potential, performance, and needs.
3) Generate simple personal interventions to challenge potentially biased perspectives
and outcomes.
12:00 -1:00PM Lunch
Afternoon Session:
1:00 - 1:45PM Narrative Medicine/Storytelling, Mara Gordon, MD
1:45 - 2:00PM Break
2:00 - 2:30PM Health Literacy Tenets, Mary Ellen T. Miller PhD, RN, APHN-BC, DeSales University
Learning Outcomes: Students to watch recorded session prior
After this on-line sessions, participants will be able to:
1) Describe health literacy and its' impact on health outcomes
2) State methods individuals use to conceal their literacy status
3) Assess written health information for literacy level appropriateness
2:30 - 3:00PM Tobacco Free Policy and Smoking Cessation, Ryan Coffman, MPH, CHES,
CTTS-M Tobacco Policy and Control Program Manager, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
3:00 - 3:30PM Lynette Medley MEd, Founder/CEO (she/her), No More Secrets: Mind Body Spirit,
Inc.
JUNE 28th
Thomas Jefferson University (1001 Locust St)
Morning Session:
8:30 - 8:45AM Updates/Announcements
8:45 - 10:45AM The Power of Resilience-based, Trauma-Sensitive, Strength Focused Communication in Working with Youth, Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed
Objectives
1) The participant will have a grasp on the behavioral change process and how a strength- based approach combats the demoralization that can paralyze behavioral change progress.
2) The participant will be better prepared to eliminate shame from interactions by focusing on building confidence in youth. They will understand that confidence has to be rooted in existing competencies.
3) The participant will understand how to communicate with youth in a way that builds on their existing strengths rather than undermines their forward movement. This objective focuses on shifting away from approaching youth with lectures and giving control back to people from whom it has been taken away.
4) The participant will be prepared to communicate with youth in a way that restores control to their decision-making processes.
10:45 - 11:00AM Break
11:00 -12:00PM Small Groups
Afternoon Session:
COMPONENT PROGRAM: See your Program Director for details on your school’s afternoon component schedule
JULY 5th
Zoom
Morning Session:
8:30 - 8:45AM Updates/Announcements
8:45 - 10:45AM Screening of The Road to Justice, followed by a conversation with Executive Producer, Andre’ Robert Lee
10:45 - 11:00AM Break
11:00 -12:00PM Small Groups
Afternoon Session:
COMPONENT PROGRAM: See your Program Director for details on your school’s afternoon component schedule
JULY 12th
Zoom
Morning Session:
8:30 - 8:45AM Updates/Announcements
8:45 - 10:45AM Panel on Perspectives
What are the issues this marginalized and under-represented population are facing?
What are the resources? What is being done and who is doing it. What can the BTG
students do as future health professionals?
1. Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins, Ph.D., Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP)
2. Nancy Brisbon, MD, Mazzoni Center
3. TBD
4. Vicki Landers (she/they), Founder and Executive Director, Disability Pride PA
10:45 - 11:00AM Break
11:00 - 12:00PM Small Groups
Afternoon Session:
COMPONENT PROGRAM: See your Program Director for details on your school’s afternoon component schedule
July 19th
Zoom
Morning Session:
8:30 - 8:45AM Updates/Announcements
8:45 - 9:45AM "EIHCTRSDUE: A practical approach to navigating the ethical, legal, and racial dilemmas in child abuse reporting,” Mario Cruz, MD, Medical Director for Pediatrics at Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers and Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine
Objectives:
1) List two changes in the Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law that resulted in an increased number of child abuse reports.
2) Provide one example of how erroneous child abuse reporting might have an adverse impact on a family.
3) Provide one example of a strategy that mandated reporters can use to minimize their risk of making a biased or erroneous child abuse report.
9:45 - 10:45AM Progressive View of Harm Reduction: Harm Reduction in HIV/AIDS, The Overdose Epidemic and The Hospital and Clinic, Brian Work, MD MPH
10:45 - 11:00AM Break
11:00 -12:00PM Small Groups
Afternoon Session:
COMPONENT PROGRAM: See your Program Director for details on your school’s afternoon component schedule
JULY 26th
Morning Session:
8:30 - 8:45AM Updates/Announcements
8:45 - 10:30AM TBD
10:30 - 10:45AM Break
10:45 -11:00AM Storytelling preview, BTG 2023 Student Coordinators
11:00 - 12:00PM Small Groups
Afternoon Session:
COMPONENT PROGRAM: See your Program Director for details on your school’s afternoon component schedule
Complete and Submit: Final BTG Evaluations and Questionnaires / Team Experience Summaries / Poster Presentation /Final Paper
FALL 2023: BTG 33rd Symposium October 19, 2023, 9-11AM
Keynote: Gary Younge
Students will present their BTG projects in a professional format, details TBD
