Service-learning opportunities at the Medication Education and Wellness Center at the Homewood Community Engagement Center

This poster showcases the role of student pharmacists within community engagement, while also describing current and future health and wellness programming in collaboration with Community Engagement Centers (CECs). The commitment to community engagement at the University of Pittsburgh results in mutual benefit: improving the health of local neighborhoods while offering valuable learning experiences for health discipline students

The Medication Education Wellness Center: PittPharmacy at the Homewood CEC

The poster describes the roles of the School of Pharmacy at the Homewood Community Engagement Center. The Medication Education and Wellness Center, "MedWell," had dedicated space within the health and wellness phase of the CEC and offers individual and group programs focusing medication use and access, disease prevention, health screenings, and more

Building Programs to Engage Youth in Health Sciences: A Community and University Partnership

The Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, the Hill District Community Engagement Center, and faculty at the University of Pittsburgh have an ongoing partnership to deliver youth programming to engage students in activities highlighting various professions within healthcare and science. This poster will describe recent expansion of these programs

Interprofessional Diabetes Education—Wellness Pavilion at the Homewood Community Engagement Center

Faculty and students from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and School of Pharmacy discussed the development of an interprofessional diabetes education service at the Homewood CEC. This program is designed to offer a personalized approach to self-management while supporting student engagement in service-learning

Advancing Community Engagement: A Pitt Seed-funded Program to Grow the Community Engagement Ecosystem

The Advancing Community Engagement (ACE) program applies Pitt Seed funds to support new involvement in Pitt’s community engagement ecosystem. Currently, ACE supports four faculty members from diverse parts of the University to create and launch impactful student-led University-community partnerships developed with community stakeholders. This poster features the four initiatives, their aims, and lessons learned so far

Future MEDIC: Student-led Health Care Exploration for Underserved Youths

The Future Medical Education and Development Introductory Course (MEDIC) is a medical student-led program designed to inspire primary school students in underserved communities by sharing a passion for medicine through hands-on activities and interprofessional guest speakers. A five-point Likert scale pre- and postsurvey assessed the impact of Future MEDIC. Results were analyzed with Mann Whitney’s U Test. Students were engaged in interactive activities, although this did not correlate with an interest in joining the health care field. Students expressed that they had resources to pursue a medical career, and we hope that continuing Future MEDIC will strengthen students’ perception of achieving their career goals

Managing Diabetes through DISCO: Diabetes Intervention & Self Care Opportunities

The CEC completed their first session of the DISCO program through the SHRS Wellness Pavilion. The program addressed a top health priority, diabetes. Poorly managed diabetes can have negative life-altering complications including vision loss, foot ulcers and amputations, and kidney damage. This was an interdisciplinary program with students and faculty from the nutrition, pharmacy, and physical therapy programs at the University of Pittsburgh. The main priorities were to discuss medication adherence, monitoring, and maintenance, discuss barriers and concerns with eating, and emphasize the importance of movement. Results show participants benefitted from this program and took away valuable education

Senate Plenary Session: Engaged Scholars Roundtable

Join us for a roundtable discussion with the project leaders from the 2021 Engaged Scholarship Summer Design Intensive, featuring projects that range from technology for the social good, to community-centered immunization efforts, to building a community documentation laboratory. These projects were incubated during the summer of 2021 and are currently being implemented. Join the discussion to learn about their successes and challenges and how Pitt is supporting the development of engaged scholarship projects. How Community Organizations and Community Pharmacies Can Partner for Sustainable and Equitable Delivery of Immunization Services 412Connect: Using Technology to Advance Awareness of Black-Owned Businesses and Black-Led Community Organizations Community Outcomes of the Singing Tree Social Justice Mural-Making Project: 20 Years of Sustained Impac