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Summer
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This
program is a two week intensive immersion learning experience,
where faculty and students relocate from an urban to a rural
community to provide health care to migrant and seasonal farm
workers and their families.
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Many gains, not immediately evident, emerge from this two-week
program. Here is a partial list to consider,
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Children receive physicals necessary
to enter the school system.
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Mentoring between the nurse
practitioners and undergraduates provides additional education and
encouragement.
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Students develop respect for
unfamiliar cultures and lifestyles i.e. rural lifestyles and
cultures of the farm workers.
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Students face real-world health care
challenges such as working with interpreters and medical supply
shortages.
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Interdisciplinary collaboration
enables all students to appreciate the contribution of other
health professionals to the well being of the person.
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Ellenton Clinic: Farm
Worker Health Program
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Emory University
Faculty, Undergraduate and Graduate students
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Physical Therapy and
Psychology students from Georgia State University
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Dental Hygiene Students
from Clayton College & State University, Darton College
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Nurse Practitioner
Students from Kennesaw State University
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Atlanta (SPCC) &
Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Centers
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Colquitt Co. Health
Department
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Georgia Dept. of Labor,
Moultrie
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Colquitt Co. Board of
Education
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Local Churches
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Local Farm Workers &
Owners
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MedShare
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Southern Pine Migrant
Education Agency
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Local Businesses
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Dr. Judith Wold
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Prof. Ann Connor
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Prof. Elizabeth
Downes
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Undergrad and graduate
students from NHWSN
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PT and Psych students
from GSU
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Dental Hygiene Students
from Clayton State University & Darton Coolge
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NP Students from
Kennesaw State University
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Interpreters
and others
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Anticipated Expenses for Participants |
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All students are responsible for their own transportation between Atlanta and Moultrie, and all local transportation once in Moultrie between the hotel, school, camps, etc. (It is possible …. but not guaranteed … that some AHEC funding may be available to offset transportation-related expenses.)
- All students who are accepted must submit a non-refundable check for $100 to hold their place in the program. This check will be used to defray the cost of the hotel.
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For graduate students enrolled in coursework for summer semester 2008, there are no additional fees associated with participation in the program.
For graduate students who are NOT enrolled in summer semester 2008 coursework, a residency fee of $125 would apply.
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For undergraduates, who are only involved in the Moultrie Farm Worker Family Health Program for the summer (with no other course registration on file), the summer semester residency fee of $125 would apply.
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