Reflection Paper On Health Fair

Volunteer at the Sweetwater Senior Center Health Fair. I provided information to the seniors via brochures and by speaking to them about topics that affect their health and access to health resources. I spoke to them about depression including the symptoms, preventative measures, and treatment options. We listened to the specific concerns of those around us and helped conduct the fair as smoothly as possible. There were a lot more people than originally anticipated so I ran out of brochures and my station became verbal by explaining the disease to the seniors rather than having them take a brochure. This entire health fair was conducted in Spanish since that is the primary language spoken by the population.

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She made sure to ask her patients if it was alright that I was in the room while she examined them. I was able to help around the entire clinic, not only observing her but also helping the Medical Assistant with vitals, helping her receptionist with signing people in, and helping her manager with the inventory of vaccines. On Wednesdays we would go to Homestead to a children’s home for children who had crossed the border and took care of all their medical needs, which included vaccinations, nutritional intake, and simple things that we take for granted like clothing and shoes. Dr. Montano was always very attentive of her patients and made sure that every examination was thorough. Even though a lot of the patients I saw were children with colds or infants following up with their shots, once in awhile there were interesting cases that required careful thought. Whenever that happened, she would take me aside after treating the patient and explain the disease or let me read up on it in her office. When she had medical students come and shadow her, we all went into the rooms but I took the role of scribe while the students helped diagnose and