Tomorrow is the big, last day in Biostats. We present our clinical study research projects. One of our group members was talented with Prezi, so she offered to create the presentation. I have to admit that the graphics and style is so much more appealing the a classic Powerpoint. We've practiced many, many times, so we honestly feel confident about presenting. Like I've said in previous posts, we chose a clinical study comparing the effectiveness of herbal toothpaste. vs. 'regular' toothpaste.
After finishing our officially last lecture day in Biostats, we enjoyed lunch and headed to class for our Wednesday HCD class. This week's focus was rural care, and the stigma of receiving care for depression/ mental health issues. Educating rural residents about depression is also very important. An interesting fact is that women are 70% more likely to experience depression. The depressing thing about depression is that it is mostly costly in terms of potential life lost!! A suggested way to battle the stigma of depression is to increase confidence in the health care. We discussed how in rural places many communities are very close-knit, and personal news gets out easily, so increasing confidence of patients and helping them trust their doctors is definitely a place to start. Rural health care is very important, particularly in states where a good chunk of the population lives outside the 'big cities.'
For our Wednesday Fireside Chat series, we welcomed Mrs. Terri Hartman, a librarian at UNMC who has been informing us about the importance of making use of resources offered by our school libraries when working on research projects. She is a very down-to-earth woman who is fun to listen to, and she also gets us to remember the information she teaches us by having us recall it to her. This helps us focus and remember important information, such as the email address to shoot a message to if we encounter an issue. Right after hearing her talk today in our HCD (healthcare disparities) class, our group tried some of the search options she showed us, and we've already found at least ten very good papers that we may use. Our topic is precocious puberty, which is essentially getting puberty early due to obestiy, for example. It's a super interesting topic! Besides being funny, she is also an excellent speaker, and we were blessed to hear from her today :)
I promised better pictures, didn't I?? And I've delivered. The pictures for the past few days have not been very fascinating, but hopefully this round will be better:
After finishing our officially last lecture day in Biostats, we enjoyed lunch and headed to class for our Wednesday HCD class. This week's focus was rural care, and the stigma of receiving care for depression/ mental health issues. Educating rural residents about depression is also very important. An interesting fact is that women are 70% more likely to experience depression. The depressing thing about depression is that it is mostly costly in terms of potential life lost!! A suggested way to battle the stigma of depression is to increase confidence in the health care. We discussed how in rural places many communities are very close-knit, and personal news gets out easily, so increasing confidence of patients and helping them trust their doctors is definitely a place to start. Rural health care is very important, particularly in states where a good chunk of the population lives outside the 'big cities.'
For our Wednesday Fireside Chat series, we welcomed Mrs. Terri Hartman, a librarian at UNMC who has been informing us about the importance of making use of resources offered by our school libraries when working on research projects. She is a very down-to-earth woman who is fun to listen to, and she also gets us to remember the information she teaches us by having us recall it to her. This helps us focus and remember important information, such as the email address to shoot a message to if we encounter an issue. Right after hearing her talk today in our HCD (healthcare disparities) class, our group tried some of the search options she showed us, and we've already found at least ten very good papers that we may use. Our topic is precocious puberty, which is essentially getting puberty early due to obestiy, for example. It's a super interesting topic! Besides being funny, she is also an excellent speaker, and we were blessed to hear from her today :)
I promised better pictures, didn't I?? And I've delivered. The pictures for the past few days have not been very fascinating, but hopefully this round will be better: