{"id":85034,"date":"2020-04-06T11:31:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=85034"},"modified":"2020-04-28T09:58:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T13:58:46","slug":"wright-state-medical-student-aids-dayton-and-montgomery-county-public-health-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2020\/04\/06\/wright-state-medical-student-aids-dayton-and-montgomery-county-public-health-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State medical student aids Dayton and Montgomery County public health response"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jessica Sokol is a third-year medical student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine.<\/p><\/div>\n

With her clinical rotations put on hold due to coronavirus, Jessica Sokol, a third-year medical student at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine<\/a>, worked to find an elective rotation instead. Her search took her to Public Health \u2013 Dayton and Montgomery County, where she has been assisting since March 23.<\/p>\n

Her connection was Michael Dohn, medical director at the public health agency. Dohn had taught and given guest lectures during Sokol\u2019s Master of Public Health studies<\/a> as part of the Physician Leadership Development Program (PLDP) at the Boonshoft School of Medicine. The dual-degree program<\/a> allows medical students to obtain a master\u2019s degree in public health or business while pursuing their medical degree over five years.\u00a0At the health department, Sokol works with Dohn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI go to meetings and listen in on many phone calls and video conferences that take place at the local and state level regarding the outbreak,\u201d Sokol said. \u201cI also help put together different documents and policies that apply to our employees and first responders in response to COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sokol works to help on the phone lines to answer questions that people have on the situation. Sometimes they report businesses that are in violation of the state orders.<\/p>\n

Sokol also spearheads a new medical school non-clinical elective that will oversee medical students coming to volunteer at the health department, working the phone lines and contact tracing. It is in response to the COVID-19 crisis and gives Boonshoft School of Medicine students a rotation opportunity since they cannot do clinical electives at the moment.<\/p>\n

Sokol assists, when needed, with a weekly Facebook Live event held by Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley ’09 called \u201cAsk the Doc.\u201d It features answers to viewer questions by Dohn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was saddened to be taken out of the hospital during this crisis and wanted a way to help,\u201d Sokol said. \u201cSince I have an M.P.H. and spent time learning about public health in the classroom, I thought I would take that knowledge and degree and put it to use by helping at a population level.\u201d<\/p>\n

The work has been engaging. It\u2019s in contrast to Sokol\u2019s experience with patient care, which involves treating an individual. She feels that she is learning a great deal about the connection between departments and roles that play a part in public health. It has been fascinating to see how leaders in health care must work closely with political leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am learning about how state and local governments have to work together and the complications that occur when trying to get everyone on the same page,\u201d Sokol said. \u201cI am learning how difficult it is to communicate serious and scientific information to the public and how difficult it is to convey the severity of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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