2006 Exploring Health Care Program Calendar

					March 24 7:40am STUDENTS ARRIVE! (NW28) 9:30am Check-in at Powell Hotel 10pm-11:30am Orientation 12pm Lunch 1pm-3:30pm Free Time 3:30pm-5:30pm Host Group Meeting 6:30pm Welcome Dinner	25 9:30am-10:30am Magnet Clinic 11am-12pm Walking tour of the Castro Neighborhood PM     4pm-6pm Presentations by Hosts/ UCSF Coordinators
26 9pm-10:30am Visit to Glide Memorial Church PM Free Day in San Francisco	27 10am Small Group Field Trips -On Lok Senior Health -North East Medical Services Clinic -Ward 86 (the AIDS clinic at SFGH)	28 AM <Half of the group> Doctor Rounds <Half of the group> Small group & Pathology lab at UCSF 12pm-1pm UCSF Tour 1 PM   5:30pm Dinner with UCSF students and Chinese medical students	29 10am-2pm Visit to St. Anthony's Foundation     4pm Meet a Sport Medicine Representative 7pm NBA	30 AM <Half of the group> Doctor Rounds <Half of the group> Classes & Small group at UCSF 12pm-1pm UCSF Tour 2 4:30pm-6pm Student and Host Presentations	31 AM SOMA   PM Buck Institute	April 1 AM Free Morning in SF 1pm Move to Palo Alto 2pm Check-in at Cardinal Hotel 3pm-5pm Tour of Stanford Campus
2 AM     PM Student and Host Presentations: Health Care in the US and Japan	3 9am-12pm Stanford hospital tour, discussion and patient interview 1pm-4pm Talk on reconstructive surgery and an anatomy dissection session by Dr. Chang   6pm-7pm Talk on contraception By Dr. Midori Nishimura and Dr. Eva Weinlander	4 AM   10am-12pm Chaplain Round at Stanford hospital by John Harrison and Dr. George Fitzgerald 1:30pm-3:30pm Talk on Transplant Donor Network 4pm-5:30pm Talk on Bioethical issues 6pm Dinner with Stanford medical students 7pm Medical ethics discussion with Stanford medical students	5 9am-10am The Hopital Tour with the art collector 11am-12pm Talk with Assosted Reproductive Technology by Dr. Bany Behr 2pm-4pm SIMTECH 4:30pm-5pm Keynote Address by Philip A. Pizzo 5:30pm Farewell Dinner 8pm Farewell Presentation	6 10am Leave hotel for airport   1:40pm Fly Back to Japan (NW27)

* time and dates are subject to change
* events in black are fixed
* events in blue are tentative

March 24 , Friday

7:40am Students arrive at San Francisco International Airport (NW28)

9:30am Check-in at Powell Hotel

10am-11:30am Orientation

12am Lunch

1pm-3:30pm Free Time

3:30pm-5:30pm Host Group Meeting

6:30pm Welcome Dinner

March 25, Saturday

9:30am-10:30am Magnet Clinic: “In the Middle of the Castro [neighborhood], Magnet takes a truly holistic approach to gay men’s physical, mental and sexual health. . .”
Magnet offers a variety of services to gay men, including anonymous testing and screening for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases.  However, Magnet prides itself on being more than just a sterile clinic.  At its location in the Castro, it also provides art shows, seminars, counseling services and even game nights.
The Director, Steven Gibson, will talk to the group about Magnet’s role in the community and gay men’s health care.  After the meeting, the group will go on a walking tour of the Castro to learn how this originally working-class neighborhood of European immigrants became an international symbol of gay pride and liberation.

11am-12pm Walking tour of the Castro Neighborhood

4pm-6pm Presentations by Hosts/ UCSF Coordinators

March 26, Sunday

9am-10:30am Glide Memorial Church: The Sunday Celebration at Glide Memorial Church is quite unique. The Glide Ensemble will clap, sway and blast out the spirit of empowerment though singing a variety of songs, including jazz, blues and gospel.

AM/PM Free Day: Enjoy shopping, site-seeing and eating & drinking in San Francisco!

March 27, Monday

AM Small Group Firlds Trips: Students will be divided into four groups and each group will go to a different hospital or clinic in San Francisco. Students will sign up by their own interests.
10am-
-On Lok Senior Health
-North East Medical Services Clinic near in China Town
-Ward 86 (the AIDS clinic at SFGH)

 

March 28, Tuesday

9am-12pm UCSF Academic Program1:
< Half of the group > Doctor rounds
< Half of the group > Small Group and Pathology lab at UCSF
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is one of the top 3 medical schools in the US locatecd in the San Francisco bay area. This year, three medical students will help to organized the academic programs at UCSF as program coodinators.The program includes doctor rounds, lectures and discussions.The students will surely get a valuable experience to see the differences between US and Japanese medical care.
As for doctor rounds, they are held at Moffitt Hospital, San Francisco General Hospital(SFGH) and Veterans' Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)

12pm-1pm UCSF Tour 1

5:30pm Dinner with UCSF students and Chinese medical students at Marnee Thai Restaurant

March 29, Wednesday

10am-2pm St. Anthony's Foundation: St. Anthony was founded in 1950 by Franciscan Alfred Boeddeker who gave the hope to his hungry and homeless neighbors, opening the doors of St. Anthony Dining Room and serving 400 free meals. Since then, this foundation continued to serve not only meals but also clothing, housing and healing of both body and spirit to homeless people. Alfred's spirit of dignity is still alive in the foundation.

- Justice Education Orientation
- Speaker from the free medical clinic
- Tour of the foundation
- Lunch in the St. Anthony Dining Room
- Reflection Session

4pm Meet a sport medicine representative

7pm NBA: Golden State Warriors v. Oklahoma City Hornets

March 30, Thursday

9am-12pm UCSF Academic Program 2
< Half of the group > Doctor rounds
< Half of the group > Classes and Small Group at UCSF

12pm-1pm UCSF Tour 2

4:30pm-6pm Student and Host Presentations

March 31, Friday

AM SOMA

PM Buck Institute

April 1, Saturday

AM Free Morning in SF

1pm Move to Palo Alto

2am Check-in at Cardinal Hotel

3pm-5pm Tour of Stanford Campus

April 2, Sunday

AM

PM Presentation Day: Health Care in the US and Japan: Both Japanese and the U.S. students prepare for these presentations in advance. Presenting different aspects of health care will be a great way for you to compare the two countries’ systems (both positive and negative) by learning from your medical student peers. This should be an informative and enjoyable session for all of you and also for the U.S. medical students and VIA staff!

April 3, Monday

9pm-12pm Stanford hospital tour, discussion and patient interview: Students wil have the chance to tour Stanford hospital and also observe a patient interview led by Dr. Elliott Wolfe, MD, FACP Consulting Professor of Medicine.

1pm-4pm Talk on reconstructive surgery and an anatomy dissection session by Dr. Chang

4:30pm-5:30pm Presentation on Reproductive Health and Contraception: Contraception means birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom), drugs or surgical procedure according to wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn. Dr. Midori Nishimura (who speaks English and Japanese fluently), and Dr. Eva Weinlander, both of whom are experts in this field, will display and discuss various methods of contraception and answer your questions about reproductive health.  

April 4, Tuesday

10am-12pm Stanford Chaplain and Spiritual Care Service: In the U.S., chaplains (who are similar to pastors or priests) serve the spiritual and religious needs of patients in hospitals, prisoners and those in the military.
You will meet the director of the Spiritual Care Service at Stanford Hospital, George Fitzgerald, and his colleague, Reverend John Harrison.  They will talk about the importance of providing “interfaith” spiritual care for patients and their families.  According to their website, “The Spiritual Care Service has 240 volunteers to assist the staff in providing spiritual care and support.  The volunteers are interfaith and include members from Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh spiritual traditions.”
You will also have the opportunity to talk, in small groups, with a chaplain about their work.  

 

1:30pm-3:30pm Talk on Transplant Donor Network: Students will hear about organ donation in the US and also learn about the mission of the California Transplant Donor Network. Students will likely hear from a donor and/or recipient.

4pm-5:30pm Talk on Bioethical Issues by Dr. John J. Paris (Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics at Boston College): Dr. Paris has been directly involved in resolving many of the most prominent and influential ethics cases in the US over the last 25 years. His talk will draw on this experience to provide students an overview of the current biomedical ethics landscape in the US. The talk will also serve as an introduction to the ethics case studies that will be discussed later that evening.

6pm Dinner with Stanford medical students at Ming's Chinese restaurant

7pm Discuss medical ethics case studies with Stanford medical students

April 5, Wednesday

9am-10am Hospital Tour with the art collector

11am-12pm Talk on Assisted Reproductive Technology by Dr. Barry Behr: The talk will consist of a general discussion of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and the ART clinic's activities on campus. ART consists of fertility treatments which help infertile couples become pregnant, like ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) or IVF (in-vitro fertilization).

2pm-4pm SIMTECH (3D virtual worlds for team training of emergency room team leaders)
SIMTECH (Simulation Technologies for Team Learning) is a 3D computer program that simulates emergency medical environments for team training.
According to SIMTECH’s website:“Medical errors constitute the fifth leading cause of death, being more common than victims of breast cancer, AIDS and road accidents. The new "high tech" environment of health care necessitates more frequent man-machine interaction and sets new demands on prevention of human error to ensure patient safety. Advocates of advanced medical simulation claim that simulators should be introduced as a routine part of medical training.”
You’ll have a chance to talk to staff at SIMTECH and see this new and unique learning tool. You’ll also have the opportunity to use the various simulation tools for yourself.

4:30pm-5pm Keynote Address by Philip A. Pizzo, the dean of Stanford medical school

5:30pm Farewell Dinner

8pm Farewell Presentation

April 6, Thursday

10am Leave hotel for airport

1:40pm Fly back to Japan (NW27)

 

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