School-Based Health: School Based, Student Connected- Using Telemedicine to Bridge the Gap

Time: Break Out Session # 1, 10:25 AM - 11:15 AM ET
BCCC Room:
MCCC Room:
Track: Health Sciences, Science and Technology

Description:

Imagine a student with asthma who is having difficulty breathing while at school being sent to the school nurse. The student is instructed to sit in front of a video screen. Using a special stethoscope, a doctor who is mile away examines the boy’s chest, and breathing. The doctor then sends a prescription to a local pharmacy and the meds are delivered to the school; the nurse administers the medication and then instructs to the student to go back to class.

The following is an example of a real scenario where school based health centers and Telemedicine will become the norm in promoting quality health care for all children regardless of location.

About the Presenter:

Dr. Joseph C. Barrow, Jr. began his career in education in 1980. Prior to becoming Superintendent, he has served previously as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal, across the K-12 spectrum in several Georgia school systems. He has been awarded multiple honors during his career; including being named the Georgia Association of Educational Leader’s Outstanding Educator and was recognized by the Georgia Senate for efforts in Educational Excellence. He and his wife, Dr. Susan Barrow, are the parents of five children.

In the past four and one-half years since Dr. Barrow became Ware County’s Superintendent of Schools, accomplishments include: 1) Improved Student Achievement; 2) Increased Graduation Rate; 3) System wide 21^st Century technology implementation and Connection to PeachNet/Internet2; 4) Educationally overcoming the largest wild fire in the history of Georgia; 5) Construction of the new award winning DAFFODIL PreK Center and state of the art CTAE Center at Ware County High School. He has accomplished all of this, while dealing with massive budget challenges.

Dr. Barrow subscribes to the school system slogan, “Pathways for All, Success for All" in all endeavors, and puts children first in every situation.

Resources:

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Prof-in-a-Box: Using Videoconferencing to Help Students in the Anatomy Dissection Lab

Time: Break Out Session # 3, 1:15 PM - 2:05 PM ET
MCCC Room:
IVC Remote Sites: Manheim Township SD, Bayside Academy, Montgomery County Community College, Binghamton University
Track: Health Sciences, Science and Technology

Description:
Distance learning technologies can be used to deliver lectures and to facilitate discussions between geographically dispersed groups. I designed an internet-videoconferencing system (Dr. PiB) that can be used to help students identify anatomical structures in the gross anatomy dissection lab at a remote site. The students were willing to use the system, were enthusiastic about the system, found it useful, and wanted to see its use expanded. I then modified Dr. PiB to make it WiFi capable and mobile. This allowed Dr. PiB to be used to guide/assist the students with performing their own dissections at a remote site. I am now modifying the system again to make use of post-PC technologies such as the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

About the Presenter:
Stephen J. Moorman, Ph.D. holds joint appointments in the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology and in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is also a UMDNJ Stuart D. Cook MD Master Educator, and a Harvard-Macy Medical Education Fellow. Dr. Moorman's research interest is in the use of technology in Medical Education and assessment.



Resources:

• Dr. Moorman's Presentation (PDF)
  
• Prof-in-a-Box Research Article (PDF)