UC Davis Well being will host its Vietnamese Mini Medical College (VMMS) this Saturday in Sacramento.
The annual well being training convention within the Vietnamese language is being held in partnership with Asian Sources Inc, a non-profit group group. The partnership was established by Oanh Meyer, assistant professor of neurology at UC Davis College of Medication. She acknowledged the significance of participating with the Vietnamese group and rising well being literacy among the many area’s Vietnamese immigrants and refugees.
“The Vietnamese Mini Medical College is a enjoyable group occasion,” Meyer mentioned. “It permits us to have interaction with the Vietnamese group of Sacramento and supply them with key well being info in a culturally and linguistically applicable approach.”
There is no such thing as a cost to attend the convention, however attendees should register on-line.
That is the third annual VMMS and the primary to happen in individual.
Past her skilled commitments, Meyer, who’s of Vietnamese origin, is actively concerned in group outreach and strives to boost consciousness about mind well being and promote preventive measures inside the Vietnamese group.
“We hope to convey extra occasions just like the Vietnamese Mini Medical College to different communities that aren’t sometimes engaged in well being training and analysis,” Meyer added.
We hope to convey extra occasions just like the Vietnamese Mini Medical College to different communities that aren’t sometimes engaged in well being training and analysis.” —Oahn Meyer
This half-day occasion will happen at 6270 Elder Creek Street in Sacramento. It’ll present attendees with an immersive and fascinating instructional expertise, designed to bridge the hole between medical suppliers and the Vietnamese group.
In the course of the VMMS, attendees can work together with presenters and acquire invaluable insights into numerous elements of well being care, together with preventative medication, power illness administration, mind well being and psychological well being.
The displays can be performed in Vietnamese and adopted by question-and-answer classes.
Displays embrace:
- “Colon and abdomen most cancers screening,” by Lien Li, a UC Davis Well being doctor who focuses on gastroenterology, hepatology and inside medication. Her dialogue will embrace present suggestions on colon and abdomen most cancers screening in addition to deal with digestive points and signs that warrant a go to to the physician.
- “Regular and irregular growing older,” by Christopher M. Nguyen, of the Ohio State College School of Medication. His presentation will contact on mind well being and psychological well being. He’ll share info on understanding how the mind modifications as we get older and discover the connection between tradition and mind well being.
- “Diabetes Sort 1: The fundamentals,” by Huong T. Sandhu, a UC Davis Well being pharmacist, will discuss in regards to the significance of the 5Ms: Movement, Meal-planning, Medicines, Monitoring and Psychological well being in a diabetes self-management plan. She may also deal with key factors on blood sugar regulation and administration.
The VMMS will happen on Saturday, Might 14, from 9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It coincides with Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
The convention is sponsored by the UC Davis Scientific and Translational Science Heart’s Integrating Particular Populations into Analysis program, the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Illness Analysis Heart and the Vietnamese Insights into Growing old Program.
