Website Design |
 |
Health Care Challenge 1997-98Student HandbookApplicationProgramParticipantsPress CoverageSponsorsCCMS Main Page |
|
||||||
Columbia Medical Society plans Health Care Challenge |
|
|
Register-Star, April 1997 |
|
|
HUDSON - In an effort to raise awareness in the community regarding health care issues, the Columbia County Medical Society is planning a Health Care Challenge. According to Society President Dr. Clarence B. Henry, the challenge, open to all county students, is a way for the society to give something to the community. "Many times education only occurs when an illness strikes," he said. "We want to help educate the community on issues before they happen." The challenge, which is planned for Jan.10 at Columbia-Greene Community College, will give students the opportunity to research a topic and present their findings at an all day event. Henry says some of these topics may include cholesterol levels, diabetes, bike helmet use or managed health care. "The main idea is for everyone to learn from the students research," he said. Each student will exhibit their findings and give a 10-minute presentation on their selected topic. |
The medical society is hoping the students' research will involve their parents, teachers and administrators. Society member Dr. Markandu Thambirajah said, "If the student finds information he may pass it on to a relative who could benefit from the data. We want to create a learning experience for everyone." Students from grades 1-12 are able to compete in the challenge, which will present performance awards. Age ranges, exact awards and other smaller details about the challenge have yet to be decided. The society is planning ahead to ensure success and its members feel they are well on their way to creating a positive community event. In addition to the competition, other organizations and businesses will be present at the challenge to help educate the public on health issues. The challenge is being partially sponsored by the Columbia County Medical Society and other corporations. A press conference to announce the challenge will be conducted May 20, 11 am., at the county office building, 401 State St., Hudson. |
Medical Society invites all to Health Challenge |
|
|
The Independent, Monday, March 9, 1998 |
|
|
GREENPORT-The Columbia County Healthcare Challenge is Saturday, March 14, at Columbia-Greene Community College, starting at 9 a.m. Sponsored by the Columbia County Medical Society, students are judged by community doctors on their presentation of a health related topic they have researched. The medical society has raised over $7,500 to he presented as achievement awards. In addition, there will be exhibits related to healthcare from the sponsors, and an open forum in which county doctors will be available for discussion of health matters. All are invited to attend this free educational event. Refreshments will be served. Sponsors include: Albany Associates in Cardiology, Columbia-Greene Radiology Associates, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Mountain Range Farms, LP., Pacesetter, Inc., Twin County Medical Associates. |
Capital Region Otolaryngology, Karuvath Enu, M.D., Novartis Pharmaceuticals, SmithKline Pharmaceuticals, Richard Back, M.D., Albany Medical Center, Astra, Barnwell Nursing Home. Brian Daggett, M.D., Clarence B. Henry, M.D., Community Hospice Foundation, Hudson City Savings, Rotary Club of Philmont, Sanford Ullman, M.D., TAP Pharmaceuticals, Germantown Telephone Company. Ginsberg's Institutional Foods, Taconic Farms, Inc., Columbia Emergency Services, P.C., Golub Foundation, Joseph Lalka, M.D., Kenneth Schnide, M.D., Koweek, Cranna, Agata and McEvoy. Monahan Abstract Corporation, American Express Financial Advisors, Clark Respiratory and Medical Supply, Irma Waldo, MD., Jane Ehrlich, Jay Cahalan, Matthew Asbornsen, M.D., John Faso, and Jeffrey Monkash, M.D. |
Community Health Care Challenge |
|
Student presentations, health exhibits, doctor consultations |
|
Register-Star, Wednesday, March 11, 1998 |
|
GREENPORT - Tuberculosis, ebola and multiple personality disorder sound like topics for doctors and research scientists to discuss at a medical conference. However, these topics will be part of student presentations at the Columbia Health Care Challenge Saturday at Columbia-Greene Community College. The challenge sponsored and organized by the Columbia County Medical Society is a competition in which students are judged by community doctors on their presentations of a heath-related topic. In addition there will he exhibits related to health care and an open forum in which over 25 county doctors will he available to discuss health matters with individuals. The Medical Society along with community individuals and organizations have raised over $8,000 in achievement awards which will be given to first, second and third place in three different age groups. The Challenge was open to any Columbia County students who was not a child of a doctor. Students were given a list of health related topics to choose from and a list of guidelines they must follow. Each student or group of students will have eight minutes to present their topic and will then be questioned for two minutes by a panel of judges. Kristina Cordato, a 7th grader at Hudson Middle School, will he among the over 20 student participants in the event. Her topic is The Forgotten Plague: Tuberculosis. The 13-year old choose this topic because she "did not know that much about it arid wanted to learn about something different." Her research was done via the internet and through books and magazines. "I found a lot of older articles from the 40s at the Columbia-Green Library," said Cordato who began putting her project together in January. Cordato found that although tuberculosis was a disease common years ago today, due to the increase of AIDS and HIV patients, it has seen an increase. "It is a tough disease to battle. Doctors can give you antibiotics but there are no guarantees once you become infected," she said. For her presentation Cordato has a speech prepared along with a poster depicting the damage the disease does to the lungs. "It was pretty simple to find the information and putting it together was fun and I learned something." Learning is the whole idea of the Challenge according to Dr. Clarence B. Henry, president of the Medical Society. "These students have shown us they are thinking about the future and health related issues." Henry hopes residents will come out to the Challenge to see the student's work and also to learn something themselves. "If each person takes away two new items of information then we have done something positive to educate the community." The Challenge will he conducted from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Student presentations are open to the public and will take place from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Physicians and exhibitors will be available from 9 a.m. to noon. Awards will he presented at 12:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will he served. |
|
Students participating in the Columbia Health Care Challenge
include: |
|
Platinum level sponsors are Albany Associates in Cardiology, Columbia-Greene Radiology Associates, Merck, Mountain Range Farms, Pacesetter Inc, Prime Medical Associates and Twin County Medical Associates. Gold sponsors are: Capital Region Otolaryngology, Karuvath Enu, MD, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and SmithKline Beecham. Silver sponsors include: Albany Medical Center, Astra, Richard Back, MD, Barnwell Nursing Home, Community Hospice Foundation, Brian Daggett, MD, Hudson City Savings, Rotary Club of Philmont, Sanford Ullman, MD, TAP Pharmaceuticals. Bronze sponsors include: American Express Financial Advisors, Matthew Asbornson, MD, Jay Cahalan, Clark Respiratory and Medical Supply, Columbia Emergency Services, PC, Columbia Memorial Hospital (50/50 Challenge), Jane Ehrlich, Germantown Telephone Company, Ginsberg's Institutional Foods, Golub Foundation, Koweek, Cranna, Agata and McEvoy, Joseph Lalka, MD, Employees of Prime Medical Associates, and Irma Waldo, MD. |
|
Medical Society to hand out $6,100 in prize money |
|
Physicians challenge local kids |
|
|
The Independent, Thursday, March 12, 1998 |
|
|
By Amy C. Stohner GREENPORT-Columbia County students take the Health Care Challenge this Saturday, and will walk away with $6,100 in prize money. Twenty students from Taconic Hills, Chatham, New Lebanon and Hudson districts compete at Columbia-Greene Community College from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. The first-time event coordinated by the Columbia County Medical Society is aimed at strengthening the relationship between health care providers and the community they serve. "We always hear about students doing horrible things," says Medical Society President Dr. Clarence Henry. "We wanted to give them the opportunity to show us and the community their talents." Students from grades 1-12 will present health care displays in a 10-minute forum before judges, members of the medical society. Group and individual projects cover asthma, the effects of alcohol, smoking, multiple personality disorder, ebola, socialized medicine, tuberculosis, yellow fever, sports-related injuries, eating disorders, prenatal care and the brain. Students participating are: from Roe Jan Elementary School Michael Bachelet, Tadd Gero and Heidi Gudath; Susan Aghili from Ockawamick Elementary School. From Roe Jan Middle School Moira Banks-Dobson, Jessica Owens, Samantha Riegel, Noelle Christensen, Bridget Miller, Benjamin Banks-Dobson, Amy Cutler, Stacia Kroetz and Sabrina McWhirt. From Taconic Hills High School, Carly Bedford, John Curtis, Courtney Lilly and Brianna Coolidge. Rounding out the competition are Katherine Berry from New Lebanon Junior-Senior High School, Kristina Cordato from Hudson Middle School, and Kailey Schillinger-Brokaw from Chatham Middle School. Students will be judged on their creativity, exhibit, scientific knowledge, thoroughness and clarity, and groups will also be judged on their ability to work as a team. |
"I do not know what to expect from the students," says Dr. Henry. "They were given the freedom to explore health care. Prizes are: Grades 1 4, $200 first, $100 second, $50 gift certificate third. Grades 5-8, $1,000 first, $750 second. $500 third. Grades 9-12, $2,000 first, $1,000 second, $500 third. Another $2,900 in non-cash prizes will be handed out to all participants, so everyone will go away with something for their efforts, says Dr. Henry. The society is also donating $1,000 to the Taconic Hills District Library, for having the most students involved in the competition, 14 students, says Dr. Henry. All Columbia County school district students were eligible, except the children of physicians. They had to describe their project, and the reason they chose to explore that particular area of health care, explains Dr. Henry, in an application submitted by mid-December. The Challenge was introduced last May as a way to encourage school and community involvement in health care. "We are going to demonstrate to the county that this opportunity has existed for some time now, and more people should have taken advantage of it," says Dr. Henry. He steps down from his two-year post as head of the society in, April, but is encouraging his colleagues to continue the program. A physician's forum is also part of the health care Challenge Saturday. "Area physicians will be on hand for the public to ask questions in an informal setting, explains Dr. Henry. Columbia-Greene is on Route 23 just south of Hudson. |
Students gather for Health Care Challenge |
|
|
Register-Star. Sunday, March 15, 1998 |
|
|
By Kathleen R. Cudmore GREENPORT - Teaching future generations about health care. That was the goal and main topic of the First Annual Columbia County Health Care Challenge conducted Saturday at Columbia-Greene Community College. Students from Columbia County schools were invited to participate in the Challenge organized by the Columbia County Medical Society. Their task was to research and present specific health-related topics. Nine students participated in the Challenge with topics ranging from Ebola to multiple personality disorder. Participants gave their presentation in front of a panel of three judges and an audience of about 70, despite the bad weather. They were than questioned by the audience and the judges about their topic. Katherine Berry, a senior at New Lebanon High School, was among the presenters at the Challenge. She discussed multiple personality disorder and relayed her message by describing a fictitious character "Ann" who suffered from the disorder. "The idea came from a health class project I was working on at school," said Berry. "My presentation described what the disorder is, how someone gets it and how it is cured." Along with the presentations a health fair was set up with information booths. Sponsors, such as Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Albany Medical Center; displayed information and handed out pens, notepads and water bottles. We are happy with today's turn out and presentations," said Dr. Clarence B. Henry, president of Columbia County Medical Society. "I think more community members would have made it out but the weather was not on our side" |
The weather however did not dampen the spirits and enthusiasm inside the college. Over $5,000 in scholarship money was awarded to students and schools. Today really is about having fun and learning something, " said Henry. Everyone that participated is a winner. As participants left the Challenge they were urged by Henry to receive two new pieces of information about health care and to share this message with two new people. "Health care is an issue of responsibility and by sharing information we can make a healthier county." Awards were presented to Kailey Schillinger-Brown, Chatham Central School, The Beating Heart, first place grades 1-4; Susan Aghili, Ockawamick Elementary, The Brain's Worst Nightmare, second place grades 1-4; Kristina Cordato, Hudson Middle School, The Forgotten Plague, Tuberculosis, first place grades 5-8, $1,000; Moira Banks-Dobson, Jessica Owens, Samantha Riegel, Roeliff Jansen Middle School, Effects of Alcohol, second place grades 5-8, $750; Katherine Berry, New Lebanon High School, Multiple Personality Disorder, first place grades 9-12, $2,000; John Curtis, Copake-Taconic Hills Central School, How Do You Spell Relief, second place grades 5-8, $1,000 and Brianna Coolidge, Taconic Hills High School, Ebola: An Assessment of the History and Management; third place grades 9-12. Taconic Hills Central School District was awarded a plaque and a $1,000 donation for their library fund by the Health Challenge for having the most student participants. |
Students shine at Health Care Challenge |
|
|
The Independent, Thursday, March 19, 1998 |
|
|
GREENPORT-Twenty students demonstrated their best efforts at the Columbia County Health Care Challenge. The wintry weather kept some people away, but 100 turned out for the first annual challenge. Coordinated by the county Medical Society, the event was aimed at strengthening the relationship between health care providers and the community. Students in grades 1 through 12 were judged on creativity, exhibit, scientific knowledge, thoroughness and clarity, and groups were judged on their ability to work as a team. Each presentation was limited to 10 minutes. Katherine Berry, a senior from New Lebanon Junior-Senior High School, was awarded a $2,000 scholarship, sponsored by the Columbia County Medical Society, for her in-depth look at multiple personality disorders. John Curtis, a Taconic Hills High School nine grader, finished second and won $1,000, for his presentation How do you Spell Relief?" The award was sponsored by Mountain Range Farms LP/Clara Kellner. Brianna Coolidge, a Taconic Hills High School eleventh grader, was third with her presentation "Ebola, An Assessment of History and Management" and won $500. |
Winners at the middle school level included Kristina Cordato, a seventh grader from Hudson Middle School, who was awarded $1,000 from the Twin County Medical Associates. Her presentation was titled "The Forgotten Plague: Tuberculosis." A group of three students from the Roe Jan Middle School was awarded $750 for a presentation describing the effects of alcohol. The award was sponsored by Albany Associates in Cardiology. Students at the elementary level also performed well, said Medical Society President Clarence Henry. Chatham Middle School first grader Kailey Schillinger-Brokaw was awarded $200 from the Columbia-Greene Radiology Associates for her presentation "The Beating Heart." Susan Aghili also won $100 from Dr. Karuvath Enu for her presentation The Brains Worst Nightmare. The two elementary students were also given gift certificates for "The Science Store. The Taconic Hills School District won the Merck and Company Award of $1000 for the most students presenting. |
Website Design |
|