2007 Exploring Health Care Program Calendar
Below you will find a tentative calendar for this year's EHC program. Please check back frequently-new events and updated information will be added in the coming weeks!
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March 23
9:15am STUDENTS ARRIVE! (NW28)
10:30am
Charter Bus to Powell Hotel
12pm
Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm
Orientation
3:00pm-5:00pm
Check-In and Free Time
6:00pm
Welcome Dinner
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24
10:00am-11:00am
Magnet Clinic
11:30am-1:00pm
Walking tour of the Castro Neighborhood
1:00pm
Lunch in the Castro
4:00-6:30pm
Presentations by Hosts/ UCSF Coordinators
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25
9:00am-10:30am
Visit to Glide Memorial Church
10:30am-6:00pm
Free Day in San Francisco
6:30pm
Dinner with the Serving American Community Program
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26
3:30pm-5:00pm
SOMA Mental Health Services
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27
AM
<Half of the group>
Doctor Rounds
<Half of the group>
Small groups at UCSF
12:00pm-1:00pm
UCSF Tour 2
3:15-4:15pm Tour of San Francisco General Hospital
6:00pm
Dinner with UCSF students |
28
10:00am-2:00pm
Visit to St. Anthony's Foundation
Afternoon:
*Small group to Glide Health Clinic
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*Events at UCSF
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29
AM
<Half of the group>
Doctor Rounds
<Half of the group>
Small groups at UCSF
12:00pm-1:00pm
UCSF Tour 1
4pm
Meet a Sport Medicine Representative
7:30pm
NBA Game (Warriors vs. Suns)
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30
Morning: Small group visits to clinics in San Francisco
Afternoon: Presentations |
31
9:00AM
Check out of the Powell Hotel
11:00-12:30
Visit Pacific Free Clinic in San Jose
1:30pm
Check-in at The Stanford Guesthouse
Afternoon
Campus tour and free time on campus
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1
Morning: Presentations
Afternoon:
Free Time at Stanford
Evening: Movie Night
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2
9:00am-12:00pm
Stanford hospital tour, discussion and patient interview
1:15pm-2:15pm Stanford Life Flight
2:30-4:30
Cross-cultural communication and Interpreter Services
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3
9:00am-11:00am
Talk on Organ Transplantation
Afternoon:
Small group visits at Stanford
Evening: Medical Ethics Dinner
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4
Morning: Anatomy Lab with Dr. Gosling
1:15-2:30: Visit with SPORT
3:00-5:00pm: Chaplain Rounds
5:30pm-8:00pm
Farewell Dinner
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5
10:00am
Leave hotel for airport
1:40pm
Fly Back to Japan (NW27)
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* time and dates are subject to change
* events in black are fixed
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events in blue are tentative
March 23 , Friday
9:15am Students arrive at San Francisco International Airport (NW028)
10:30am Charter Bus to the Powell Hotel
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm Orientation
3:00pm-5:00pm Check-in and Free Time
6:00pm Welcome Dinner
March 24, Saturday
10:00am-11:00am 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.
11:30am-1:00pm Walking tour of the Castro Neighborhood
4:00-6:30 Presentations by Hosts/ UCSF Coordinators
March 25, Sunday
9:00am-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!
6:30pmDinner with the Serving American Community Program
March 26, Monday
3:30pm-5:00pm Visit to South of Market (SOMA) Mental Health Services
March 27, Tuesday
9:00am-12:00pm UCSF Academic Program 2
< Half of the group > Doctor rounds
< Half of the group > Small Groups 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.
12:00pm-1:00pm UCSF Tour 2
3:15-4:15pm Tour of San Francisco General Hostpital.
"UCSF is proud of its more than 133 years providing quality medical care at San Francisco General Hospital. SFGH, which is widely regarded as one of the finest public hospitals in the nation, is home to more than 2,000 UCSF physicians and staff, who work side-by-side with the dedicated employees of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Together, the people of SFGH deliver around-the-clock trauma, psychiatric and emergency care, outpatient treatment and a wide range of other important medical services to everyone in San Francisco, regardless of their ability to pay."
6:00pm Dinner with UCSF students
March 28, Wednesday
10:00am-2:00pm 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.
March 29, Thursday
9:00am-12:00pm UCSF Academic Program1:
< Half of the group > Doctor rounds
< Half of the group > Small Group at UCSF
12:00pm-1:00pm UCSF Tour 1
4:00pm Meet a sport medicine representative
7:30pm NBA: Golden State Warriors v. Phoenix Suns
March 30, Friday
Morning: Small group visits to clinics in San Francisco
Afternoon: Host and Student Presentations
March 31, Saturday
9:00 Check out of the Powell Hotel
11:00am-12:30pm Visit Pacific Free Clinic
1:30pm Check-in at the Stanford Guesthouse
Afternoon Tour of Stanford Campus and Free time
April 1, Sunday
Morning: Presentations
Afternoon: Free Time at Stanford
Evening: Movie Night
April 2, 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.
1:15pm-2:15pm Visit to Stanford Life Flight: "The Life Flight program at Stanford is staffed by a specially trained crew of two Flight Nurses and a Pilot. The nurses all have backgrounds in critical care and emergency medicine.
Stanford Life Flight flies in a custom-configured BK 117 helicopter that can fly under both visual and instrument flight rules, allowing us to respond to calls in nearly any weather. The aircraft will accommodate two patients with two Flight Nurses, or one patient with up to four caregivers, plus the Pilot."
Afternoon Talk on Cross-Cultural Communication in Medicine and Interpreter Services
April 3, Tuesday
9:00am-11:00am Talk on Organ Transplantation with Dr. Salvatierra and Dr. Concepcion
Afternoon: Small group visits at Stanford
6:00pm Dinner with Stanford medical students
7:00pm Discuss medical ethics case studies with Stanford medical students
April 4, Wednesday
9:00am Anatomy Lab with Dr. Gosling
1:15-2:30pm Visit to SPORT (Sports to Prevent Obesity Randomized Trial): SPORT is a research program that examines the efficacy of using after school sports programs to combat childhood obesity.
3:00pm-5:00pm 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 staff and residents of the Spiritual Care Service at Stanford Hospital, including the 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.
5:30pm Farewell Dinner and Presentation at Ming's Restaurant
April 5, Thursday
9:30am Leave hotel for airport
1:40pm Fly back to Japan (NW27)
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