Pediatric urologist, medical students bring joy to hospitalized children through BraveCubs
Most days, Tyler Bruinsma, a third-year medical student atPenn State College of Medicine,在与居民一起四舍五入时,穿着短短的白色实验室外套,参加医生和患者Penn State Children’s Hospital。但是每年他都穿着不同的制服,在穿着超级英雄时给住院的孩子带来微笑。
布鲁因斯玛说:“我永远不会忘记我第一次穿令人难以置信的服装。”“我看到了这个4岁的女孩,她的眼睛亮了。她与我谈论了她在家里拥有的所有不可思议的人物。这是一种神奇的感觉。”
Bruinsma和他的医学生通过BraveCubs为儿科患者带来魔力和欢乐,这是一个由学生经营的组织创立的Dr. Amy Burnsa pediatric urologist at118金宝搏抽水宾夕法尼亚州健康米尔顿·S·赫尔希医疗中心。Bravecubs始于2017年,伯恩斯(Burns)和两名医学生。从那以后,它已经成长为包括100名医学生成员和近40件服装,代表儿童心爱的公主,王子,超级英雄和超级英雄。
伯恩斯说:“我开始BraveCubs,因为我想制定一个为住院儿童带来幸福的计划,并给医学生提供了自愿参加社区,与儿科患者互动,扮演领导角色并散布翅膀的机会。”
该组织的名字向宾夕法尼亚州立大学狮子吉祥物的儿童大小版本致敬。伯恩斯说:“它还认识到我们社区中住院的儿童和儿童的勇敢。这泌尿外科系在118金宝搏抽水宾夕法尼亚州健康米尔顿·S·赫尔希医疗中心sponsors the group, with grant funding courtesy of儿童奇迹网络好时。
Penn State College of Medicine medical students Tyler Bruinsma, left, portraying Mr. Incredible, and Corey Kronman, right, dressed as Superman, pose with Dr. Amy S. Burns, founder of the BraveCubs program, during the duo’s visit to Penn State Children’s Hospital in 2018. Photo taken prior to the establishment of COVID-19 mitigation guidelines.
Bruinsma在医学院的第一年开始为BraveCubs志愿服务。如今,除了令人难以置信的先生和美国队长的月光下,他还是该组织的首席执行官,领先的外展活动,例如茶派对,“与英雄的热狗”,慈善步行和奔跑。BraveCubs还筹集了资金来支持其他原因,例如Thon,这是宾夕法尼亚州立大学学生经营的慈善事业。
在Covid-19的大流行期间,Burns和Bruinsma帮助BraveCubs将其推广转移到虚拟事件中。布鲁因斯玛说:“我们通过Zoom会见了孩子,并使用Facebook Live来做超级英雄和公主的故事时间读物。”医学生还参加了2020年夏末和初秋的Flu Shot诊所和其他户外活动,戴着口罩并始终保持适当的社交距离。
Bruinsma知道BraveCubs欢乐带给他两便士ersonally and professionally. “I acted during my high school days, so BraveCubs brings together my passion for theater with my passion for medicine,” he says.
He recalls an event where medical students visited children with hearing difficulties, and one of the students—who wears a cochlear implant—spoke to the children using sign language.
“BraveCubs gives us a sense of purpose,” Bruinsma says. “It allows us to provide a level of care we otherwise wouldn’t as medical students. To know that a child is going home thinking about how cool it was to see Olaf from Frozen—as opposed to how scary it was to get stitches—is so rewarding.”
医学生的参与bravecubs超越了扮演着装的角色。伯恩斯鼓励那些不想打扮成摄影师,摄影师,视频编辑和社交媒体编辑的学生,或者是“角色伴游”,他们穿着白色外套,向孩子们介绍超级英雄和公主。她说:“我很自豪地看到我的学生成长,志愿者并担任领导职务。”
Event feedback forms anecdotally show the level of satisfaction medical students and participants get during BraveCubs events. During a February 2019 lunch at the Children’s Hospital’s Tree House Café designed for the hospital’s providers and their children, one provider expressed his appreciation for including his family in the event. During a Halloween parade in the hospital later that year, a medical student serving as a BraveCubs photographer looked up from her camera and said, “This is my wellness.”
伯恩斯目前正在收集定量数据,以表明BraveCubs对参与医学生的健康和自信产生了影响。但是,不可否认该小组触摸儿童及其创始人的方式。伯恩斯说:“作为医生和父母,看到我们的学生角色与孩子互动使我感到高兴和自豪。”
Amy S. Burns, MD
儿科泌尿科医生,宾夕法尼亚州健康米尔顿S.118金宝搏抽水好时医学中心
Phone:717-531-8887
电子邮件:aburns@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Fellowship:华盛顿特区儿童国家医学中心儿科泌尿外科
居住:泌尿科, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Va.
医学院:弗吉尼亚大学医学中心,弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔。
与艾米·S·伯恩斯(Amy S.
