Week 8

2/24

I typically spend Mondays planning out social media posts for the upcoming week and getting started on those unless Dr. Leach or Cheryl requests something specific. Because I previously posted about mammograms and breast cancer, I wanted to create another post on benign breast conditions that can sometimes lead people to believe they have breast cancer. I retrieved my information from the ACOG website, as I do with most of my posts because it is the most reputable website for women’s health. With it still being flu season as well, I created a post on the flu and pregnancy and why pregnant woman are one of the most at-risk populations. I retrieved this information from the CDC website as it was a highlighted health topic at this time. I discovered a page on the CDC website with health topics by month and topics to focus on. This has been a good source for my Instagram posts in terms of keeping up-to-date with relevant information.

Competency 1.2.3.- Select valid sources of information about health

2/26

Today, I created the next Instagram post on postpartum complications as Dr. Leach sent me information from the ACOG website on three different and common complications that occur after delivery. I also looked up various healthy recipes for the break room and found one on vegetable lentil soup. I made this into a flyer with the cooking times, ingredients, and instructions. In addition, I looked up new and upcoming women’s health news, but did not find anything current that was quite worth posting about. Overall, I try to keep up-to-date with clinical information regarding all things women’s health for efficient information dissemination. This helps promote WHA in a positive light and shows they keep up with new updates in the healthcare field and care about all aspects of women’s health.

Competency 1.2.3.– Select valid sources of information about health

2/28

This past Friday, Dr. Leach requested help organizing the patient education pamphlets in one of the closets in the office. There are hundreds and hundreds of pamphlets that are very loosely organized without any real pattern or grouping. Overall, he said it was an inefficient use of the pamphlets and wanted a better system. Therefore, I researched different ways to organize them and gave Dr. Leach options that I found. He preferred a mail organizer system with labels so we ordered a trial structure to see if it would fit. Buying several of those would make finding the correct pamphlets a lot easier and the healthcare providers would be more prone to using them as a result.

Competency 1.6.6.– Assess the need for resources to foster health education