At Risk Youth project coordinates the efforts of medical students, nurses, juvenile detention staff, and juvenile offenders to provide healthcare education, prevention and services to the transient adolescent population in the Madison Juvenile Detention Center. Discussion groups with the youth are lead by a medical student on a monthly basis.

Topics include drugs, smoking, contraception, "safe sex", human anatomy and general hygiene. Following discussion the med student is invited to participate in the medical clinic for the teens.

• Provide information about key healthcare issues to this at risk popualtion of youth using discussion and a hands-on format.
• Use 1-on-1 clinic time to further emphasize aspects of healthcare prevention.
• Become another resource for information and guidance about healthcare issues for this special population.
• Allow additional experience in history taking, physical and prevention skills to medical students interested in working with at risk teens.

• Continuing ot find up-to-date and age appropriate information and activities to use during discussion at Detention.
• Teaching other medical students how to run an effective discuss with this population of teens.
• Coordinating discussions and finding topics that are educational yet enjoyable for the teens.

Orientation sessions for interested medical students were conducted with Susan Gold R.N. in Spring 2002. Students were given a description of the conditions and population at the juvenile detention facilities, with special consideration given to the challenges of working with this population of patients. Students were shown an example of a typical group session. Student responsibilities as well as an illustration of the daily routine were given. Any questions were answered. Students then had the opportunity to go with Susan to the Detention facilities and view the area where they would have clinic and conduct group sessions.

Although a few students expressed interest the upcoming summer break provided many challenges particuluarly with scheduling. Most students were unavailable througout the entire sumnmer, which obviously provided a disjointed program between the orientation and actual student involvement. Furthermore, my clinical rotations required that I spend 6 months away from Madison which significantly restricted my involvement. Although a couple of LOCUS member expressed interet in starting the program up in the fall our contact with each other diminished and the program was not restarted.

Last update:

July 14, 2003

Graduation Requirements Progress Chart
If you complete the requirements outlined below, you will graduate as a LOCUS fellow.

A indicates the item has been completed.

Completed	When	What	On-line
	Year 1: Beginning of Semester 2	New Project Report	Submit Report
	Year 2: Beginning of Semester 1	Project Update	Submit Update
	Year 2: Beginning of Semester 2	Project Update	Submit Update
	Year 3: Beginning of third year	Project Update	Submit Update
	Year 4: August of fourth year	2-3 page final summary of project that includes a reflective evaluation of the project process	N/A
	Ongoing	Participate in program evaluation (written and/or focus group)	View Options
	By the end of fourth year	Select poster, presentation, paper, creative option or your own idea	View Options

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