@ Brigham and Womens Hospital













Having breakfast









Headed to Brigham








While we're on the train the last day











Julie on the train





On the way to Brigham and Womens Hospital








After a long day we got to see such a wonderful sunset








The bus ride to Mrs. Saxe's house for dinner















Zach and Gardner

Dana, Sam and Brian


Dana Taking notes @ X-Rays and beyond

Dyax

We left BWH, jumped on the green line and travelled all the back to Cambridge to Dyax at 300 Technology Square. Making our way past one set of security guards we headed to the 8th floor, where we were greeted by Shannon and Judy. Both people were extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable about biotechnology. Shannon regularly jumped up from his seat, ran to the wall (which was a giant whiteboard) and started furiously drawing enormous bacteria. From creating a library of antibodies to phase three of FDA testing, the creation of drugs that make it on to the market is clearly a long and arduous road. (For example: A current drug they are working on, started in 1981 and they are hoping to have on the market by 2008, that's longer than anyone in our group has been alive!)

Amazing fun fact: There are asthmatic rabbits.

Here's what we did

MONDAY

4:45am. Depart NHS ***Rise and Shine it’s a B-E-A-Utiful Day!***

8:00am check in to BYH

8:45am Depart BYH and walk to ICA T-shop and get E train to Lechmere.

9:16am Arrive at MOS. Go to the Beyond the X ray exhibit.

10:30am Leave MOS. I mean, actually be walking out the door. Get on T at Science Park.

10:45am Board the Orange Line to Forest Hills. Get off at Green Street (2nd to last stop).

11:10am Arrive at Green Street. Walk 0.5 miles to Brookside Community Health Center.

11:30-12:00 PM Tour of Brookside ( Beth)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Lunch at The International ( Mary Jayne + Beth)

1:00 PM-1:30 PM Meet with Paula to learn about being a Health Care Administrator

1:30- 1:45 pm Meet with Dr. C to learn about the School Dental program

2:00- 2:15pm Meet with Dr. Gottlieb to learn about being doctor, medical school professor

2:30- 2:45pm Meet with Dr. Pedro to learn about mental health issues with our patients

3:00-3:30pm Meet with Maria Dielver to learn about WIC Nutrition program

3:45 pm Get picked up by Ms. Saxe’s dad and go to her family’s house for food, blogging, food, showers, food, naps and more food.

8:15pm Head back to BYH

8:45-10:30 Free time

10:30 Back to your rooms

11:00 Lights out

Tuesday

9:15am Depart BYH

9:30am Board Green Line E to Heath Street.

9:40am Arrive at Brigham Circle walk BWH. Get breakfast at Au Bon Pan

10:30am Meet Janice McInnes, PT, MPH for a 45 session on rehab.

11:30am walk back to Brigham Circle, Board the 11:50 Green Line E train to Lechmere Station. Arrive at Lechmere at 12:15pm. Grab a bite to eat at the Cambridgeside Galleria. Walk to 300 Technology Square (1 mile).

1:00-2:30pm Arrive at 300 Technology Square, Dyax.

2:45-3:45 Satisfy Hunger & Holiday Shopping at Cambridgeside Galleria

4:00pm Take T from Lechmere back to BYH

5:30pm Blog, eat, recap the day with friends

5:45pm Board the busses and head back to school.

8:15pm Pull in behind the gym and race to get off the bus.

Deadlines! Deadlines! Deadlines!

What? You thought this was just a fun field trip? Well, it's more than that. Check out your rubric to make sure you've completed all parts of the assignment. Here are some highlights:

all these things need to be done by January 5th.

*First and second drafts of essential questions

*Three links

* 5 comments (if you wrote a post, this counts as a comment)

*500 words MINIMUM answering your essential question, using what you learned (emailed to Ms. Saxe)

*If you're doing an Honors project that needs to be emailed to Mr. Mundhal by Jan. 5.

Home Again

It's been a VERY long two days and we've finally made it back to school. We still have more posts to put up (our visit to Dyax, our busy itinerary and lots and lots of pictures, so stay tuned!

PT and OT

Today when we went to the Brigham and Women’s hospital, where we met with Janice the Occupational Therapist and Physical Therapist and her assistant Jenna. We learned what it takes to become a PT/OT and speech therapist. We learned that the main courses to become a therapist are chemistry, A&P1, psychology, and many other sciences. Jenna talked to us about her experience as a student, and as a junior how her internship with Janice has benefited her. Janice showed us the instruments she uses regularly with her patients and how they work, including the Dynamiter and the giniometer which measure strength and mobility of your joints.

~Gardner S and JuLeS R

Dr. Gottlieb and Dr. C

Maria D. ....WIC and Nutrition

Maria D. is a nutritionist at the clinic. Maria taught us healthy eating habits and told us all major rules for portion control. We talked about the eating habits of some of her clients and we also heard stories about how some of her patients with anorexia are the scariest cases because of their mental/emotional problems which accompany there eating disorder. Maria was a very interesting speaker who started her lecture by asking us a simple question of which was the healthiest fast food break fast: A) pancakes w/ syrup and butter B) a dunkin donuts muffin or C) Mc Donald’s scrambled eggs. We found out the right answer was C). We were all shocked and disgusted to find out how many calories were in the other two items.
~Spencer & Sam

Dr. Gottlieb......Adult Medicine and Harvard Medical School Professor

Dr. Gottlieb is a Harvard professor who is working at the clinic which we visited. She talked to us about all of the programs of which she helped establish at Harvard med. She recently helped establish a ethics class which is called patent doctor: one. She also told us how to apply to any medical school and the processes of which we will have to go through. I really enjoyed talking with Dr. Gottlieb and I really appreciated her taking time out of her day to help us through our questions. ~ Sam

More Photos!

Dr.Pedro

Dr.Pedro is a psychologist from the Dominican Republic who works in the mental health wing at the Brookside Health Center. He was very informative about everything that he does as a psychologist from diagnosing and prescribing medication to how much he charges for his services. Some interesting facts that we learned while working with Dr.Pedro is that the #1 reason why people see him is for depression and that medication isn't the best way to cure an illness.
Zach M.

Dr. Pedro.....Mental Health Specialist

Dr.Pedro came in and talked to us about Mental Health. We dicussed A.D.D and A.D.H.D. He taught us about the different types of medicines and treatment that they use for those disorders. We also learned what certain drugs do to you to make you concentrate and make it easier to focus. Dr. Pedro clarified many topics such as how depression is treated and how people are falsely diagnosed for us and was very helpful.

~Brian N.

Group Photo at the Museam!

Paula M. - Healthcare Administrator

Today we met with Paula M., the Healthcare Administrator for the Brookside Community Health Center. Paula's job at the health center is to research local problems, and find ways to solve them. For example, Paula helped create a community resource guide to help familes increase physical activity and manage diets to help prevent obsety. She also deals with patient complaints, managing the budget, and making partnerships with other agencies. ~Dana B.

Lunch @ The International

We went to The International, On Washington Street. When we walked up to the restaurant we saw a mural of life in the Dominican Republic. We walked in to the restaurant and the waitress didn't speak English . There was Prachata music playing. The place was very cozey and chilly. We were with Mrs. Saxe and Mary Jane who was our main translaor and ordered all our food. THe Menus were 1/2 in spanish and on the other side was in English. We ended up ordering 6 plates of yellow and beans, 3 bowls of fried chicken and beef in a nice sauce, we ordered 2 plates of salad with beats, carrots. tomatoes, there was avacados, fried bananas the boys did order French Fries and lastly we had a pleasant eggplant dish. they served us soda and we then headed back to the big H..

Thanks,
~JuLeS R

X-Ray and Beyond!

Today we went to the http://mos.org/doc/1921. We found out about X-Rays and how they detect bones in the body and objects that may have been swallowed. Also X-Rays are used to look at soft tissue. We then found out how X-Rays work they are similar to cisable light. The bones absorb the X-ray and don't allow the light to pass through. These areas appear white but the tissue doesn't absore the X-ray and this area appears gray. Having a X-Ray done is a type of ionizing radation which can cause mutate DNA and lead to cancer.



We then learned about the PET scan. ( Positron Emission Tomography) The PET scan doesn't image structures. This scan is used to identify cancer, Brain disorder, damaged hear tissue. it helps releave disease eailier than other medical tests. In the PET scan is radioactive sugar which is injected into the body. The radiation makes cells grow faster then the scan can detect these cancer cells. The PET scan is pertty safe for the radiation doesn't remain in the Body and the PET has less radiation than X-Rays or CT scan.

Next we looked at the ultrasound which enables docoters to see soft tissue, muscles and organ this scan is used for seeing blood flow and developing fetus in Pregant women. This scan is very sace because radiation isn't used. This ultrasound is used the same way a bat "sees". This uses sound waves soft tissues absourb the sound waves. The reflection turn into an image.

The MRI (Magnetic Resonance imaging) is good for detailed images. You might ask how it works? well.... organs and tissue in the body contain different amount of H2O the MRI makes H2O moecules line up ... the pulse make the images.. MRI don't use radiation but they do use very STRONG magnet forces so people with peacemakers and other medical diveice arn't allowed to be used with an MRI.

~JuLeS R.

The Plan: Essential Questions & Interview Prep.

The time is now. Everyone needs to post their essential question and complete their page of research.

Essential what?

We have done a good job so far brainstorming questions to ask the people we are going to meet. Now let's pull from those ideas to create our Essential Question.

Each and every one of you needs to write his/her own essential question. Using the "comment" feature, post your essential question. Please Please Please (aka --you must) post your essential question by WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6TH.

Here's a template from Mr. Mundahl on how to form an essential question.

Template
Sentence 1: Background or history of your topic. Gives reader a chance to figure out what we are talking about.
Sentence 2: State a large, broad problem or issue with your topic.
Sentence 3: Ask a question that - if answered might be a part of the solution to the problem you identified.

Example Brainstorm:
1) People have always been concerned about fashion.
2) But now fashion is taken to such an extreme with TV and photoshop that girls are starving themselves to look like models.
3) How are up and coming designers dealing with this?

Might become:
People through history have always worn clothing for protection as well as to make themselves attractive. In recent times the fashion industry has taken this to such an extreme that young girls are starving themselves to look like the fashion models they see on TV. Are designers and fashion students in Boston aware of this trend - and if so what are they doing about it?

Two more places to go...

Get Excited!

We've got two more places to go...

The Museam of Science

Where we'll check out Beyond the x-Ray and The Human Body Connection

Rehabilitation Services at BWH

Rehab services at BWH specialize in Occupational Therapy (both inpatient and outpatient), Orthopedic Technology, Physical Therapy (both inpatient and outpatient) and Speech Therapy.

How do I post a comment?

Here's how you post a comment.

1. Choose the post that you would like to comment on. For example "Who are we going to meet." 2. Scroll down to the end of the post and click on "comment."
3. When you do, the following screen pops up:

4. Choose an identity. If you want you can select "anonymous" and make sure you sign your post using only your first name and last initial.

More great people!

What's a biotech company do? We're going to Dyax to find out.

What's the big deal with lead in your bones? We're (hopefully) going to Brigham and Women's hospital to talk to Mike to find out.

Any other things you want to do or people you want to meet. Please let me know.

Who are we going to meet?

Monday is going to be a very busy day for us! We've got lots of interviews lined up, thanks Bethy! Here's some of the great people we get to talk to, what they do and some questions we could ask.

WE NEED MORE QUESTIONS, PLEASE THINK ABOUT THINGS WE CAN ASK

AND POST YOUR IDEAS IN A COMMENT.

Paula N. to learn about being a Health Care Administrator

What are the challenges of running a health center? How do you make sure everyone has access to care? How do the laws dicate what type of care you provide? Have you ever denied anyone services? If so, why?

Dr. C to learn about the Dental program

Dr. C was one of the people who made sure that senior citizens had access to dental care coverage through medicare. How many people visit a dentist each year? Can major health problems stem from poor dental health? What percentage of the world does/not have access to dental care?

Dr. Gottlieb to learn about being doctor

and Havard medical school professor

Dr. G is on the Havard Medical School curriculum board, she's one of the people responisble for determing what should be taught at HMS. What should be taught? How as medicine changed over the past 5,10,15 etc..years?

Dr. Pedro to learn about mental health issues with patients

What are the major mental health issues affecting people? Are people across race and gender affected with mental health problems equally?

Maria D. to learn about WIC Nutrition program

Maria is a certified nutritionist who runs the WIC (women, infants and children) nutrition program. How did WIC get started? Can you be over weight and under nourished? How come people don't eat healthier, and what exactly does it mean to eat healthy?

We still need ideas for what you all want to do on Tuesday!! Have a great Thanksgiving break!

Our Ideas: Round 1

Today we met during office hours to bring together our ideas for how we are going to examine the JUA theme: Global Problems, Local Solutions.

Here's some of our questions:

Why does everyone in MA have to have health insurance?

What will happen to the free clinics if everyone has to have health insurance?
What's it like to be a doctor/go through med school?
"I'm really fascinated by the common cold, because there's no real cure for it."

We need some work on our questions...

so if you have any ideas, please post them below.

Here's some of the people/things we hope to meet/see

Go to the body worlds exhibit
Take a tour of harvard med school: what does it take to get in? speak to a med school student, speak to a professor
Interview a head ER doctor
Interview a hospital / health center administrator
Speak to an O.T. (two of the girls are in/have been in OT)
Something with the CDC
See a research lab
anything with sports medicine

Meeting on Thursday During Office Hours

Reminder: we have a meeting in my room (ME 201) during office hours this Thursday. Please come right at the start of the meeting and make sure you complete the assignment BEFORE you come to the meeting. Also, please leave a comment here with something that you'd like to see/do/someone you'd like to interview.

Don't know what assignment? Click here for the assignment

Hello there and welcome! So what exactly are we doing with this blog thing? Prior to going to Boston, this will be where we brainstorm and serve as a discussion forum. While we are in Boston, we'll be able to keep a live journal of what we see and do.

Today we met our group and talked about why we wanted to do the Medicine JUA. Here's what we came up with:
** to get a first hand experince
** to learn difference strategies in medicine
** learn about different medical fields
** "I've got a disability and I want to learn new ways to help people with what I have."
** It's a fun experience
** Explore more in the field you might want to work in.