Week 7: Intern

Presentation + HF
Training GM
 Vietnamese Community Health

Alternatives to Technology:

Art and Wellness

Week 7 General Meeting
Too Much Screen Time
● A Stanford study revealed that during the
average school week, screen time made up
50.2% of a student’s waking hours.
○ This increased to 77.6% during the
Pandemic.
● Symptoms include
○ Frequent headaches
○ Strained eyes
○ Sleep issues
 2/3
Of college students expressed
feelings of loneliness
 Alternatives to Screen Time

Painting Nature
Any type of creative painting Studies show that spending
or drawing, like we just did, time in nature can benefit your
can help reconnect you to your physical and mental health.
creative side!
Journaling
Describing your feelings or
mentally going through your day
can help ground yourself and work
through difficult decisions.
Thank you!
 HF Logistics &
Policies
Westminster Civic Week 8
Center Sunday,
March 5th
8200 Westminster Blvd.,
Westminster, CA 92683
10AM-2PM
1. Face masks will be required throughout the entirety of Health Fair. Entry
will be denied if the participant is not wearing a face mask.
2. All VCH members will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination
AND a negative COVID-19 test result within 7 days of Health Fair.
3. Temperatures will be taken before leaving for Health Fair for volunteers or
at the entrance of the venue for patients and providers.
4. Hand sanitizers will be put out at all stations! Please apply regularly
throughout Health Fair and avoid touching your face or others.
5. All VCH members are asked to fill out this contact tracing form if you
experience any COVID-19 symptoms after Health Fair.

Note: Latest you can submit your COVID-19 test

is Thursday, 3/2 @ 11AM
 Etiquette

Pre-HF Post-HF
● Dresscode: VCH polo, long ● Do not leave your station
pants, closed-toed before asking Tim (VD)
comfortable shoes ● Wait until all clean-up is
● Grab some breakfast and finished before heading home
water!! (@home volunteers)
● HIPAA Certification (ALL ● Do not get services before
volunteers) receiving permission from staff
● Call time for UCLA ● Be mindful of your behavior (i.e.
volunteers: 7:00 AM limit phone usage and be
● Call time for @home professional!)
volunteers: 8:30 AM ● Be proactive, friendly, and
attentive
 Information Booths

1. Westminster Family Resource Center

2. Western U → Skin Cancer Education

3. Orange County (OC) Foot and Ankle Group

 Stations
Group 1: Bone Density
Group 2:
Glucose/cholesterol
Group 3: Hemoglobin
Group 4: Vision
Group 5:
Supercrew/Hypertension
/BMI
Group 6: Dental
Group 7: Registration
Group 8: Consultations

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Station Worksheet

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 Bone Density

Who Key Terms

Magnolia Medical Imaging Center Osteoporosis - Chứng loãng
xương / La osteoporosis

Overview Calcium and vitamin D - canxi và

Work with imaging technology to measure vitamin D / calcio y vitamina D
patients’ bone density

Volunteer roles
● Assist with bone density screenings
● Translations
● Sticker system for patient flow
 Glucose/Cholesterol
Who
● WesternU Western University
Vietnamese Student Association
Responsibilities
● Preparation of materials for
students
● Assign and call out stickers
while patients wait in the waiting
area.
● Translation, if needed
What to Expect
● Our glucose and cholesterol
stations can become extremely
busy → can be helpful to
pre-label stickers, write numbers
on whiteboard, and speak loudly
● Be proactive in your role
Helpful Phrases
● Have you eaten or drank
anything today? → Hôm nay cô
chú đã ăn uống gì chưa?/ ¿Has
comido o bebido algo hoy?
● Cholesterol → đo lượng
mỡ/exámen de colesterol
● Glucose screening → đo lượng
đường/exámen de glucosa
Hemoglobin
Who: Cal State Long Beach Nursing
Student Association

Great if you:
● Want to learn more about how to take
blood samples and hemoglobin
● Love talking with patients and
providers!

Duties
● Preparation of materials for
students
● Assign and call out stickers
while patients wait in the
waiting area.
● Translation, if needed
 Vision
Who
Southern California
College of Optometry
(SCCO) and you!

Services
- Snellen chart
- Ophthalmoscopy examinations
- Optometry Consultations from ● Please read the letters on this line.
○ Xin [bác/cô/chú] đọc các chữ
Preceptor trên hàng này.
Responsibilities ○ Por favor lea las letras en esta
- Assist the optometry students! línea.
● Please cover your left/right eye.
- Translation
○ Xin [bác/cô/chú] che mắt
- Perform basic visual acuity trái/phải.
screening ○ Por favor tápese su ojo
- Manage patient flow izquierdo/derecho.
- Call patients
- Direct to the next open station
Supercrew/Hypertension/BMI
Who: VCH Volunteers!

Volunteer Roles:
- Measure patients’ blood
pressure, height, and weight
- Prepare patient and provider
prizes
- Manage patient food and
water station

Great If You:
- Want to interact directly with
patients
- Enjoy providing HS services
- Are Hypertension certified

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 Dental
PROVIDER: UCLA School of Dentistry

SERVICES: Dental Check Ups / Head and Neck Cancer

Screenings / Teeth Brushing Demos / Fluoride Brightening
(new!) / Free Toothbrushes and Toothpaste

VOLUNTEERS: Maintain patient flow w sticker system /

translate / toothbrushing demos

BENEFITS: dental students are very social

(networking!)/ learn about dentistry & dental school /
Work with a lot of patients

HELPFUL TERMS:
răng - teeth
đánh răng - brush teeth
ung thư cổ - neck cancer
kem đánh răng - toothpaste
 Registration
Who: VCH Volunteers!

Volunteer Roles:
- Before HF: Health Fair Packets/Waivers
- Numbering Packets & Preparing them on clipboards
for easy distribution
- During Health Fair: Collecting Registration Packets
- Greeters: Welcoming Patients + COVID Temp & Symptom
Checks
- Collectors: Keeping track of Registration Number System
- Floaters: Translations if needed!

Great If You:Are conversational/fluent in Vietnamese and/or

Spanish
- LOVE LOVE LOVE talking and interacting directly with
patients
 Sign-in: tinyurl.com/W23gmW7

PROVIDER: Cardiology, Ob/Gyn, Endocrinology

SERVICES: Consultations with doctors!

VOLUNTEERS: Maintain patient flow w sticker system /

translate / Invite patients to provider

GREAT BECAUSE: Can talk to providers during

downtime/Learn about what it’s like to be a doctor/Work with
a lot of patients

HELPFUL TERMS:
Tim- heart
Nội tiết tố - hormone
Phụ khoa- gynecology
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Announcements
VOTW: Samantha Vuong and Albert Vo
“I joined VCH because I
“I joined VCH because I wanted to volunteer and
wanted to connect with give back to the
and give back to the community that I grew up
Vietnamese and in. I came into VCH
Hispanic communities in looking to be able to
O.C. and the greater Los interact with patients
Angeles area. In the and get a better
process, I also found understanding of all the
myself making countless different aspects of
unforgettable healthcare and what
connections with the kind of career I wanted
amazing members of to pursue, and in doing
VCH. Interacting with the so, I met a community of
residents of Santa Ana wonderful and
and Westminster has supportive people who
motivated me to were looking to do the
continue studying the same. My favorite part of
Vietnamese and Spanish this past weekend’s
languages to better Health Site was flyering
serve and connect with and seeing how excited
them. I’m grateful to be a some people got when
part of VCH.” they learned about our
Health Fair!”
 Just Boba Fundraiser & Social
When:
Thursday (February 23)
12PM-11PM

Where: Just Boba (Next to

In-N-Out)

Social:
Meet at Bruin Bear at 6:45PM OR
Just Boba at 7PM.

For more information on how to

support VCH, check the weekly
newsletter sent out on Sunday
OR tomorrow from
vchbruins@gmail.com 23
Applications
APPLY FOR STAFF OR Must have completed or will
COMMITTEE HEAD complete Internship
POSITIONS!!
Check our website and emails
Due THIS FRIDAY for the application and outline
2/24 at 11:59 PM of expectations/roles
Canned Food
Drive
Collect canned food to provide for
service recipients facing food
insecurity!

When: Ends Week 8 Wednesday!

Where: During staff office hours
(listed in our weekly newsletter
and website)

** If you’re in the mentorship

program, you can earn up to 5
points for your mentorship fam!
 Merch!
PRICE: $25
WHERE: HERE! (or OH)
WHEN: NOW!
*other limited edition merch only $15!*