RE: Emory University Outreach Project

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,I was just wondering if anyone knew of a project similar to that of Emory University, but in California.Thank you,From: Josh Shepherd <shepherd@...>Subject: [ ] Emory University Outreach Project Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 6:38 AM

Hello Everyone, We invite you to view this short presentation that illustrates the

great work that our friend Tom Himelick at Emory University is conducting along

with his colleagues and PA students on behalf of farmworkers in Georgia. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=OD6FdjYBVEQ Since 1996, the Emory University Physician

Assistant Program's South Georgia Farmworker Health Project has taken groups of

medical professionals and students to Decatur and Echols counties to provide

free outpatient care to medically underserved migrant farmworkers and their

families. Using a mobile outreach model to set up triage camps right in the

fields, Emory faculty and students treat everything from chronic medical

conditions, such as diabetes, to musculoskeletal disorders. The project is the

2010 Host City Prevention Campaign site, and will receive a $10,000 check from

AAPA, the PA Foundation, PAEA and the Student Academy of AAPA. The project

receives no federal or state funding.

For more information on the project, go to www.sgfhp.org Sylvia

Partida Chief

Operating Officer National

Center for Farmworker Health 1770

FM 967 Buda,

Texas 78610 512-312-5457 512-312-2600

(fax) partidancfh (DOT) org

[Guest guest]

Sylvia,

Thanks for posting this.  I had the honor and pleasure to watch

Tom, and many others, along with the students, set up that in-the-field exam

area and treat numerous farmworkers one evening in Southern Georgia.  It was

really an amazing sight.  The other thing that’s not mentioned in the video is

that Tom and his team have incredible working relationships around each of the

areas where they establish their clinics.  This includes massive dinners hosted

by area churches who feed the entire crew.

Great and inspiring work that both serves farmworkers and gives

students an experience they won’t forget.

Alice Larson

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Shepherd

Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 6:38 AM

Subject: [ ] Emory University Outreach Project

Hello Everyone,

We invite you to view this short

presentation that illustrates the great work that our friend Tom Himelick at

Emory University is conducting along with his colleagues and PA students on

behalf of farmworkers in Georgia.

Since 1996, the Emory University Physician Assistant Program's South

Georgia Farmworker Health Project has taken groups of medical professionals and

students to Decatur and Echols counties to provide free outpatient care to

medically underserved migrant farmworkers and their families. Using a mobile

outreach model to set up triage camps right in the fields, Emory faculty and

students treat everything from chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, to

musculoskeletal disorders. The project is the 2010 Host City Prevention

Campaign site, and will receive a $10,000 check from AAPA, the PA Foundation,

PAEA and the Student Academy of AAPA. The project receives no federal or state

funding.

For more information on the project, go to www.sgfhp.org

Sylvia Partida

Chief Operating Officer

National Center for Farmworker Health

1770 FM 967

Buda, Texas 78610

512-312-5457

512-312-2600 (fax)

partida@...