Dawg Days is the UW Annual Tradition of welcoming new and continuing students back to campus.

There are 235 events for students to engage with. Please explore the Dawg Daze website (uwdawgdaze.com) to look at all of the options!

The Gold Humanism Honor Society, is launching a new and exciting Veteran’s Health Initiative. The aim of the initiative is to bring awareness to the unique health needs for the Veteran population, while providing medical students and clinicians with the tools and resources to address those needs.

To introduce this project, they are now recruiting medical and health profession student Veterans, Service Members, and HPSP scholars to participate in the creation of a video highlighting our student Veterans and military service members. They will compile interviews via recorded Zoom meetings, and you can choose to participate with video or audio based on preference. The final video will be hosted on the Gold Humanism Honor Society webpage.

They aim to touch on the following themes:

• Who is a Veteran & what does it mean to be a Veteran?
• What are ways to serve in military medicine?
• Who is an HPSP Scholar & why did you choose military medicine?
• Why is military service important as it relates to medical care and health?
• Why is it important to ask about military service in the medical appointment?

If you are interested in participating in our video, please sign up for a Zoom time slot here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FA4A829AAF8C61-veterans.

Their interview timeline is projected to be from 9/30/2020-10/11/2020. Should your schedule conflict with available interview slots, please reach out. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions or comments to their project leads: Mike Middleton, Cara Zhou, and Samantha Wagner

Health Sciences students now have the option to engage in one or both of the two ways we are involved with clinics:

(1) Remote Support: students are paired with providers to support their patients by calling them in advance of telehealth visits and help them navigate set-up.

***All Health Sciences students are cleared to participate.   If you do not already have Epic access, we can grant you permissions for your work on this project.  It is also necessary to have HIPAA-compliant Zoom

(2) In-Person Support (New!): students set up a telehealth support kiosk in a clinic lobby to provide help with installation of software and use of telehealth-compatible devices.

***UW health science students who are cleared for IN-PERSON service learning (SOM, SON, SOP, MEDEX) may sign-up to participate! No access to Epic needed.

If you are interested, please leave your information at this wejoinin and they will get back to you with next steps: https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/zolib

Please feel free to email Chris (chrisjy@uw.edu) with any questions.

Foundations for Interprofessional Practice is a three-part year-long sequence that introduces pre-licensure health sciences students to the competencies needed to practice in an interprofessional team. The series involves over 500 students from dentistry, dietetics, health administration, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and the MEDEX physician assistant program. Participation in the Foundations series is required for some students, as is determined by program. If you are not required to attend Foundations, but the sessions outlined below sound interesting to you, please contact Rachel Lazzar to inquire about the possibility of participating: rlazzar@uw.edu.

FOR THE EVENT
Engaging Differing Perspectives on Health: The Case of Inpatient “Doris”
October 26, 2020, 3:30–5:20 pm
“Doris” is an elderly woman hospitalized with congestive heart failure who does not accept many of the recommendations made for her care.  Her ongoing refusals create conflict amongst team members, who hold different perspectives on how best to care for her. This case-based session is an opportunity for students to experience tension within their teams, and to practice engaging constructively when there is inter-professional conflict.

Application deadline is July 14, 2020. Action Academy Program Details can be found here.  Action Academy Application here

As we all know 2020 is a very important Election year that will shape the course of our democracy for decades to come.  Millennials and Gen Z’ers  will hold the largest share of eligible voters this fall and they have the power to make a difference. These new members of our democracy however, historically vote at lower rates than older cohorts. We can help change this historical trend by supporting initiatives to increase access to the democratic process. Folks at Common Power, a Seattle based organization that provides creative onramps to civic engagement have launched two Summer programs through our CP Future community that will provide ongoing, structured opportunities for this group of voters. It will provide everyone with a voice and take part in nonpartisan democratic engagement activities.

Action Academy is a 12-week program for young adults to explore voting rights, a cornerstone in our democracy. A range of activities from zoom calls, in-depth interviews, and meeting of professional mentors to name a few. Participants will receive a $1000 stipend upon completion of the program. Potential participants must apply.

For more information, feel free to contact Larcy Douglas at larcy@commonpurposenow.org. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!

Application & More Information

• Seattle: https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=8CWM8H4DXF&site=1&cohortyear=2020

Applications are now open for the interprofessional elective WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program. There is not a specific deadline, but spaces are open until filled.  This program is designed for students who will be a graduate student through the next two years, so good for DAY 1 and EDP 1 and 2 students.

Watch the video! Video Link:  https://youtu.be/FqsHsra3bms

Visit the website: https://depts.washington.edu/ahec/wwami-ahec-scholars-program/

 What is it?

• An interdisciplinary educational and training program focusing on increasing the diverse, culturally competent healthcare workforce that specializes in rural and underserved areas.
• It provides you with skills and experiences to better prepare you for work in these areas.
• It especially seeks to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds, rural areas, and racial/ethnic groups that are inadequately represented in health care (but that is not a stipulation for acceptance).
• The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will identify AHEC Scholar students as having special training and experience with rural and underserved communities.

What is the structure?

• This is a two-year inter-professional program in which you would learn about other disciplines and develop team-based learning and skills that you can take into practice.
• You can take the courses for UW elective credit if you are a UW student or no credit/no cost.
• If you complete the program, you would will receive a certificate of completion.

Who can apply?

• You can apply if you are in a health professional program that ends in a certificate or degree. (The long list of accepted disciplines is in the application.)

• • Last year in Seattle, the program had students from UW Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PT/OT, Prosthetics and Orthotics , PA (MEDEX) and N.D. students from Bastyr, Doctorate of Nursing students from Seattle University and and Shoreline Community College Nursing joined also.
  • This past year, 100 students across Washington and Idaho were enrolled in the program.

For more information contact:
Stacey L. Morrison, MLIS, MA
Associate Director, WWAMI AHEC Program Office
uwahec@uw.edu

As part of this new Interprofessional Health Sciences project students will connect with residents of Northhaven Retirement Center and Wisteria View Manor via letter/telephone/zoom.  These centers have identified many residents who are becoming increasingly isolated due to COVID restrictions.  Student volunteers will make a three-month commitment to contact their “grandparent” a minimum of once every other week.  Students who are fluent in other languages are encouraged to join.

For more information contact Patti Matsuda, pmatsuda@uw.edu

https://www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/evidence-based-practices-in-childrens-behavioral-health

In this certificate program, you’ll learn the core elements of various evidence-based treatments for common childhood disorders such as anxiety, depression, extreme/complex behaviors and trauma. Primary EBPs reviewed include: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety, Trauma, Depression, Multisystemic Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

Three Courses
EBP in Counseling Settings:  Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety & Mood Disorders
EBP in Counseling Settings: Cultural Humility & Treatments for Trauma Disorders in Schools
EBP in Counseling Settings: Extreme & Complex Cases

Current MSW students who are in practicum and work with children meet the  requirements to apply.

UW Hall Health and a team of MPH students are studying mental health among students during the COVID-19 epidemic, and how UW could be more supportive.

10th annual Womxn Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities 2020: Ofrendas For The Future.

The UW Libraries website wants to hear from you! Whether you’re a frequent visitor or have never logged on, we need your input testing features to improve the site.

Get a $10 Amazon gift card or $10 added to your Husky card for completing a 20-minute study and telling us what you think. Sign up here: https://tiny.cc/uwlib
If you have any questions about this study, please reach out to us at vwojnas@uw.edu

Free online course from Indiana University School of Social Work: Telehealth Basics for Social Work Educators and Clinicians

Click on the link below to access:
https://expand.iu.edu/browse/socialwork/courses/telehealth-basics-for-social-work-educators-behavioral-health-clinicians-responding-to-covid-19
You’ll need to sign up for a guest account and verify your email address before you can sign in.

The Indiana University School of Social Work is offering a free introductory program titled ‘Telehealth Basics for Social Work Educators and Clinicians’ responding to COVID-19.  The program is online and self-paced. It includes 3 modules that provide help with risk-management, ethical guidelines, service policies, social media, and strategies and skills for engaging with clients online. Participants that complete the program can earn 2 CEU’s.

 

The three modules in this course were adapted from our IUSSW e-Social Work Practice Certificate

~Submission Form (Deadline: Sun, April 26 @ 11:59 PM): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15RoF3pVqxcoUZDzrWFXUhIFmZUcbk6g3nDuJguZCXKk/edit

Contact:  cjuw@uw.edu

We’re living through such unprecedentedly difficult times, and it is understandable to feel overwhelmed –with trepidation, grief, loneliness, exhaustion, and the muted desperation of having all sense of normalcy evaporate. We at Capillaries: The Journal of Narrative Medicine believe that writing and art has real power now, more than ever, to help us unpack our thoughts. Thus, we offer our journal to you, as a space to decompress and reflect on personal, community, national, and global issues.

Capillaries is a student-run project at the University of Washington. Since February 2018, our mission has been to provide the UW community (students, staff, and faculty) with the opportunity to reflect on experiences with medicine, healing, illness, and/or grief through prose, poetry, and artwork. Furthermore, Capillaries aims to support students and the community in their healthcare journeys and to promote greater understanding between the sciences and the humanities.

In our Spring 2020 issue, we want to encourage diverse perspectives and ideas from all members of the health sciences –reflections on being a student during this time, on caring for patients and one’s family, and on how this pandemic exposes the resilience, strength, and compassion of our society but also its flaws (e.g. discrimination/microaggressions, how people are profiteering off of this pandemic, inequities in access to healthcare resources and educational resources, etc).

~For previous editions of the journal (including a special-edition journal in collaboration with the Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, Research, and Practice (CHSIE) and the Seattle-King County Clinic in Spring 2019) and submission guidelines, please see our website: https://www.capillariesjournal.com/

 

https://www.socialwork.career/2020/03/covid-19-resources-social-workers-therapists.html

Roundup of over 50 free resources that may be of help to you as a social worker, mental health professional and/or social work educator during the COVID-19 pandemic.

These include free on demand trainings (some of which offer free CEUs), resources to assist with hospice and palliative care, protecting immigrant families, and several social work and higher education specific resources.

In addition to these resources, there is a 30 free self-care tools such as meditations and workouts, and 50 more resources to help you serve your clients and educate/entertain your children.

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It can become really daunting, while managing a class schedule and personal life, to keep track of all of the upcoming deadlines to apply to vital opportunities including scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, and research presentations. To support you in staying organized Student Services is providing an “Opportunities Calendar”. This is a simple to use shared google sheet that has all opportunities, their due dates, and resource link. Use the tabs at the bottom of the page to navigate to a different month to see what deadlines are approaching. This will be updated weekly so this is a great link to save!

 

Hello Huskies!

We are recruiting research participants!

Are you interested in participating in our study that is seeking to analyze the association between major and marijuana usage amongst undergraduate students? You do not have to use cannabis to participate in this study. The study consists of 1 questionnaire that will take about 5-10 minutes to complete. All information will be collected anonymously.

• If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact the research team sabuchbinder@gmail.com. You can also contact the course instructors for SPH 480 at SPH480@uw.edu for any concerns about this project.

If you are ready to participate now, please click the link below and fill out the questionnaire completely and truthfully to the best of your ability.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5CP4RQ0ScCVVx6jSWNKKatXTOHEmGELE6L2EV_6wmQp8_2A/viewform?usp=sf_link

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