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Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet
2007- 2008 Cohort Healthcare Professional Program
Program Goal / Mission
Cohort leaders will facilitate the students' discovery of a healthcare profession over the next seven months using exciting stories, props, slides, and research. The students should have a well rounded view of the profession by the last session. In addition, the student should be able to present a project/poster presentation with regard to the knowledge gained over this period of time. Students will also be exposed to other healthcare professions via speakers.
Cohort - Definition
A cohort is a group of people who share a common characteristic or experience within a defined time period.
Sample Agenda
The agendas will be distributed prior to each session. For your information, the 4 hours of allotted time will be divided as follows:
Cohort time with the student (60 minutes)
Flex Project Time (20 minutes)
Flex Time (20 minutes)
Breaks (2 - 10 minute breaks for change of class / restroom)
Library Research or hands-on clinical activity (60 minutes)
Lunch (60 minutes)
The time will be rotated based upon speaker availability and library time allotted to each group.
Program Outcomes
At the end of this school year, the student will:
- Gain extensive knowledge regarding the cohort professional group in which they reside.
- Receive exposure to other healthcare careers via guest speakers each month.
- Present a project (or poster presentation) which demonstrates the knowledge and awareness obtained from the cohort professional group in which they reside.
Possible Conversation Topics for monthly sessions in addition to project work:
- Why or how did you choose your area within the health profession?
- Tips you found helpful when choosing the health profession that’s good for your strengths and characteristics.
- What are the educational needs are required?
- General salary information and the pros and cons of the salary and the demands of that profession.
- The need of professionals in your profession in underserved communities.
Project or Poster presentation which includes: (this is for guidance only)
- PURPOSE
- HYPOTHESIS
- RESEARCH DESIGN
- RESULTS
- CONCLUSION
- RESEARCH REPORT
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Your Preparation and Role as a Cohort Leader/Facilitator
If your students do not have a computer at home or at school that they can access with ample time, you may wish to print out many of the pages and create a resource notebook for your students if necessary.
Discuss the steps to prepare the project with your students to make sure your students understand each step.
Planning each step and estimating the time each step may take may be difficult for your future health professionals without your help. Your experience as an adult will help you to understand that many things take longer than it may seem in the eyes of a child.
If your students have access to a computer at home, or one at school where they can create their own documents, help them to prepare a planning chart on a spreadsheet where you list each step of the project and chart the dates for starting and completing each step. You may accomplish the same planning chart on a piece of graphing paper or budget sheets without a computer.
Try to help your students find projects that are truly interesting to them. If your student is self-motivated by the project, he or she will probably learn much more than by working on a project that someone else selected for the child.
DO help your students with locating background research materials.
DON'T do the research yourself. Make sure your students read and understand the important lessons to learn for the project.
DON'T make the planning decisions yourself. If the dates your students select to complete each step are too early, help them understand why the time should be extended and let them make the adjustments.
DO help with general supervision over doing the steps of each project when we meet each month.
DO include lesson plans about the projects every week to discuss the progress of the projects.
Possible Topics (these are only suggestions)
The only limitations on the topic selections are to recognize that the students will only be on site 6 more times and these are 10th graders. Some of these students are already enrolled in a college course. The idea is for the project to be challenging and offer awareness about your role as a healthcare professional.
- The Effect of Different OTC Medications
- MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) What do I need to do?
- The inhibitory effects of camptothecin, a topoisomerase I inhibitor, on collagen synthesis in fibroblasts from patients with systemic sclerosis. (Yes, I am serious)
- The Effects of Antibiotics on Bacterial Growth
- Which Pain Reliever Has a Faster Dissolution Time: Brand or Generic?
- Development of food intolerance in atopic and non-atopic families - influence of maternal nutrition and infant feeding practice in pre-term infants.
- Who are PharmD’s and what do they do?
- The history of pharmacy.
- Who are Nurse Practitioners and what do they do?
- What is an Advanced Practice Nurse?
- Who are Speech Pathologists and what do they do?
- Who are Registered Nurses and what do they do?
- Who are Radiologic Technologists and what do they do?
- What does it take to become a pediatrician?
- Medical School? How can I practice as a physician?
- History of Primary Care.
Note: Any supplies you may need, please let us know as soon as possible.
For more information, call (317) 583-3513.
About MICI-AHEC
Sponsored by St.Vincent Health, the Metropolitan Indianapolis-Central Indiana (MICI) Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is one of five regional centers affiliated with the Indiana AHEC Program Office. MICI-AHEC seeks to provide communities with health care professionals prepared to meet their needs. The MICI-AHEC serves Marion and the surrounding eight counties including: Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Johnson and Shelby.
About St.Vincent Health
St.Vincent Health is a healthcare system of 17 hospitals serving 45 counties in central Indiana and is among the largest employers in the state with 11,500 associates and 2,500 physicians. A member of Ascension Health, the nation’s largest Catholic health system, St.Vincent Health is committed to providing “Healthcare That Is Safe,” “Healthcare That Works,” and Healthcare That Leaves No One Behind.” | 
