医学院学生 十大菠菜台子威廉博蒙特医学院 are stepping up to serve the community as the COVID-19 pandemic grips the nation — and has hit southeast Michigan particularly hard.
他们在业余时间做志愿者 给博蒙特医生当保姆 有孩子的, 帮助收集和分发食物给有需要的人, work with other schools in efforts to secure personal protection equipment (PPE) donations, help create and 分发 important information about COVID-19 for the community — even write thank you notes to Beaumont doctors and staff.
OUWB medical students say it’s all part of serving the community and carrying forth the school's mission and values in this critical time of need.
“We are going into medicine and really only a couple of years removed from what the people on the front lines are going through right now,穆斯塔法·波拉特说, 西澳大学医学院三年级(M3)学生.
“我们现在不是必不可少的医疗保健提供者, but we want to provide our own contributions in any way we can… you have to find a way to be productive,他说.
OUWB medical students join their colleagues from across the nation in answering the call for volunteers. The students — along with those from other medical schools in Michigan — were featured 在故事里 NPR密歇根广播.
为了他们的安全, the students were removed from medical care centers weeks ago — and they continue to participate in remote classes as they stay on track to become doctors.
Volunteering, they say, is all about not wanting to stand by idly during such a great time of need. That’s why Polat said he was “really excited” when he learned about MyCovidResponse.org.
该网站由COVID Response运营, a network of leaders from various local community organizations (including Oakland University and the Pontiac 社区 Foundation), 教堂, other agencies in central Oakland County who are working to establish connections between those in need and those with resources to meet those needs.
根据网站, the goal is “to establish connections through consolidating information about available resources on our website, 建立数字社区需求数据库, 找到满足这些需求的直接帮助.”
的MyCovidResponse.Org网站上有关于食品项目的信息, 社区资源, 教育资源, 以及与COVID-19直接相关的企业赠品. (Those who want to volunteer to help or are in need of help are encouraged to visit the website for detailed information.)
OUWB医学院的学生参与了我的covid - response.以各种方式组织, from helping solicit PPE donations and organizing food packages to writing information blogs about COVID-19.
Polat, 例如, spent time one day successfully soliciting smaller grocery stores for any PPE that they could donate. Other donations have come from Gleaners 社区 Food Bank, 奥克兰县灯塔, 弥迦书6社区, 发芽, 密歇根梦想中心, 以及威尼斯互助俱乐部, 等.
Polat said being involved gives him “something to look forward to on a daily basis.” He said he typically spends two to three hours a day helping.
OUWB M3 Joshika Money (holding crate in photo) also is volunteering with the COVID Response team.
“Many of us have either come from communities or have worked with communities where access to resources is limited, we know that our current political and economic system isn't equipped to protect the most marginalized folks from global disasters,钱说. “我是这么想的, 对我们大多数人来说, being aware that there are huge gaps that will need to be filled by emergency response motivated us to get involved in whatever way we could, 越早越好.”
学生 like Money and Polat say they are taking plenty of steps to stay safe and avoid getting sick.
Money said they are maintaining social distancing to the greatest extent possible and frequently using hand sanitizers and washing their hands, 处理食物时要戴手套, limiting the number of volunteers within one place at one time.
临时院长Duane Mezwa, M.D.他赞扬了医学院学生的挺身而出.
“I am very proud of our OUWB medical students and the entire medical student community across Michigan and the willingness to help in many ways,他说.
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