Don’t Sugarcoat Diabetes 2022-2023: Virtual Outreach for Diabetes Prevention among South Texas High School Students
| Responder | Lucas Rivas |
| Project Title | Don’t Sugarcoat Diabetes 2022-2023: Virtual Outreach for Diabetes Prevention among South Texas High School Students |
| Start Date | 8/20/22 |
| End Date | 2/1/23 |
| Project Location: City | San Antonio |
| Project Location: County | Bexar |
| Other Student Leaders | Michelle Bao, Medical Sofia Ares Muzquiz, Medical Adrianna Lam, Medical Sammy Russell, Medical Evelyn Pierrand, Nursing |
| Community Partner Organization | UT Health San Antonio Office of Recruitment and Science Outreach |
| CSL Mentor – Name | Maria Danet Bluhm |
| Other Mentors | N/A |
| Is this project interprofessional? | Yes |
| Professions Represented | Medicine,Nursing |
| Project Category | Education |
| Project Activities | Focus Groups/Surveys/Interviews,Health Education |
| Is this project conducted as part of a student organization? | No |
| Student Organization Name | N/A |
| Is this project done as part of an academic course (required OR elective)? | No |
| Course Name | N/A |
| Community Partner Name | Irene Chapa |
| Community Partner Job Title | Director, Office of Recruitment and Science Outreach |
| Total Number of Students on Project Team | 5 |
| Number of Community Beneficiaries | 22 |
| Total Number of Other Faculty/Staff | 3 |
| Number of Other Community Volunteers | 0 |
| Mentor Hours | 20 |
| Student Leader Hours | 92 |
| Total Number of Student Hours | 387 |
| Semester Service Hours | 192 |
| What type of funding did you use to conduct this project? | CSL Mini or Midi grant from the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics |
| Mini/Midi Grant Amount Awarded | $2,570 |
| Did you do this project as part of Federal Work Study from the Office for Financial Aid? | No |
| Did you receive In-Kind Donations for this project? | No |
| Amount of In-Kind Donation $ | N/A |
| CSL Abstract | DSD Abstract.pdf |
| CSL Poster | et al 2023 DSD CSL Poster.PDF |
| Challenges | Don’t Sugarcoat Diabetes was an excellent program that allowed us to make an impact in the community. We decided that the best way to host the seminar was virtually as the previous year, through Zoom, thinking that this gave the participants the ultimate flexibility and convenience. Although we had good intentions with this, we found that the number of community beneficiaries could have been higher if we conducted in person seminars. Additionally, balancing school, personal responsibilities, and CSL at times could be difficult in terms of coordinating hours where all parties involved are available and able to contribute. |
| Lessons Learned | CSL projects are great ways to become involved in the community and make an impact. That being said, these projects require coordination between student leaders, faculty, community partners, community beneficiaries, etc. We quickly learned that in order to provide a quality project, we had to have clear communications amongst all parts and establish goals. This meant clearing up your schedule to meet with mentors, faculty, leaders, etc. and at times having to send follow-up emails to very busy recipients. |
| Success Story | Our results showed that our project made a difference in the expertise of the student participants in our topic, but the biggest success in our book was seeing students get excited over our presentation and become interested in following our footsteps. In each of our seminars, we were able to engage the students through humor and things they were familiar with which led them to have many questions about our professions afterwards. We even had a few participants decide to change career dreams and choose the path of medicine. |
| Conferences Where You Presented Project | N/A |
| Publications of your Project | N/A |