SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGEPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM 2011/2012

COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE

SJVC PA students participated in a school organized Blood Drive with the American

Red Cross.

COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE

SJVC PA Students organized a toy drive. All the toys

collected went towards the Visalia Harley-Davidson Toy drive benefiting those that cannot afford toys for the

holidays.

COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICEIn collaboration with

JCPenney and The Salvation Army, SJVC PA students

adopted 2 homeless families this Christmas Holiday.

Clothing, appliances and toys for the children were

collected and donated to both families.

PA students participated in a school organized Coat

drive to support members of the community that

could not afford to provide coats for their families.

SJVC organized a canned food drive to support the

Visalia Emergency Aid Council. Every year the

Visalia Emergency Aid feeds over 10,000 families in the

community.

COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE

COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICESJVC PA students

volunteering for the Salvation Army in order to raise funds and help the poor and homeless

this holiday season.

SJVC students celebrated PA week by honoring local PA’s all across San Joaquin and

Tulare County by delivering coffee and pastries.

Providers were also invited to PA celebration at a SJVC PA sponsored local venue.

COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE

PUBLIC EDUCATION

In order to combat the obesity problems in our

community, SJVC PA Students visited local

elementary schools and spoke about the

importance of eating healthy and exercising.

They gave each student a pedometer and

encouraged them to get a minimum of 3,000 steps a

day.

PUBLIC EDUCATION

Our Goal as future health care providers is intervening at a younger age to help decrease the rise of childhood obesity and diabetes within our

community.

PUBLIC EDUCATION

World Diabetes Day, SJVC PA students organized and lead

World Diabetes Day, out in a local awareness and prevention

project throughout our community in order to better

educate people on diabetes as well as healthy eating, exercise

and prevention.Brochures and education material were distributed in both English

and Spanish .

SJVC PA Students went to local Elementary Schools and taught

students about the importance of hand washing. They explained how germs can get them sick, taught them the proper hand

washing techniques. They left posters, Purell, and hand washing activities for the

children and their families.

PUBLIC EDUCATION

DIVERSITY

The student body consists of 30 students, most from the Central

San Joaquin Valley.

Diversity is displayed by a total of 21 different foreign languages and

over 19 ethnic backgrounds among our

SJVC students

DIVERSITY

Ethnic backgrounds include: Nigerian, Italian, Swedish, Vietnames, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Salvadorian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Iranian, Pakistani, Mexican,

Native American, Peruvian, African American, Caucasian, Indian, and Hmong.

DIVERSITY

SJVC PA program also boasts 20 % Veterans and have several

students who plan on serving in the military after graduation.

DIVERSITY

DIVERSITYSJVC PA program hosted a cultural diversity day on campus. In collaboration with local tribes we

organized a Native American booth to educate our community over the different tribes, territories and language differences that are found in our

region.

PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY

PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY

SJVC Student Representative Steven

Hauswirth PA-S with State representative

Stewart Anderson. On behalf of

Assemblywoman Connie Conway a proclamation

in recognition of PA week 2010

State Representative Stewart Anderson thanking SJVC

Physician Assistant students for their work and commitment to

the people of the Central Valley of California

PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACYSJVC PA Student representative, Steven Hauswirth, speaking at

the County Board of Supervisors to declare October 6-12, 2010 as

"Physician Assistants Week throughout Tulare County

PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY

The founding officers of the SJVC Student Veterans Caucus have

kicked off their first official function by participating in the AAPA Project Access project. Speaking to local ROTC cadets

at Lemoore HS about the PA profession, what it takes to get

there, and how their military experience helped them get to

where they are now.

PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY

PA and SJVC instructor Jed

Grant awarded the LAMP

award for his dedication in the classroom

and to his students.

Jason Sanchez, SJVC alumni, awarded the

LAMP award for beginning the SJVC

Alumni Organization.

Luis Archilla, SJVC alumni, awarded the

LAMP award for his position held on the

SAAPA Board.

FUND RAISING

SJVC Students participated and raised money for Down

Syndrome in the annual “Step up for Downs Syndrome” walk at

Hoover High School. SJVC students were part of “Team

Emma Ann.”

The annual walk had over 1450 walkers and raised over $54,000.

FUND RAISER

FUND RAISEROn Jan 2010, SJVC PA

Students participated and volunteered at:

The 6th Annual Race Against Hunger on Thanksgiving.

There were over 3300 Participants and the event

raised over $65,000 and fed over 2500 families.

SJVC PA students alone raised

over $1250 for the event.

FUND RAISERSJVC PA Students

organized a Breast Cancer Bake Sale to

benefit:

The Susan G Komen foundation.

We raised over $140 by selling a variety of pink pastries and pink punch. All the money raised went towards finding a

cure for Breast Cancer.

FUND RAISING

SJVC PA students participated in:

The 11th annual Wiggle Waggle Walk in

September.

The walk raised around $15,000 for the Valley

Animal Center, Fresno’s premier no-kill animal

shelter

FUND RAISERDuring 2010 CAPA

Conferences in Palm Springs, SJVC Students

participated and donated to:

The Suzanne Jackson Breast Cancer Fund of

the Desert Cancer foundation.

This Foundation provides free

mammograms to residents of the

Coachella Valley who are uninsured or unable to afford

preventative testing.

FUND RAISING

In collaboration with 93.7 KISS Country FM, Lexus of Fresno

and TACHI Hotel & Casino, SJVC students volunteered at:

The 12th annual Children's Hospital Radio-A-thon.

Our work alone raised over $12,440 for the Children and Families of Central California

and beyond.

FUND RAISING

2010 SJVC PA students took part

in:

The American Cancer Societies “Relay For Life of

Visalia”

In 24 hr, over $1,716.00 was raised for the

American Cancer Society

FUND RAISING SJVC PA students raised

money for their program by doing multiple fundraisers.

Throughout the year

They participated in a fundraiser at Mimi’s Café,

designed their own bumper sticker and t-shirt which they sold at CAPA and at other PA events, they made tamales,

bake sales and sold them during the holidays.

All money raised went towards school events,

donations to various charities, as well as the purchasing of Pastries and Coffee for local

working Physician Assistant in our community in celebration

and in recognition of PA week.

Class bumper

sticker

Class T-shirts

CLASS UNITY

CLASS UNITY

Through class unity and team building, SJVC

students continue to show commitment and

dedication in learning clinical skills and

techniques to better serve our communities.

SJVC students attended the annual CAPA conference during PA week. While in attendance they supported students in PA idol, Class Cheer and student

Challenge Bowl.

SJVC Senior Class Vice President won the 2010 American PA Idol,

SJVC Junior Class won the 2010 CAPA Cheerleading Competition

CLASS UNITY

SJVC students coordinated good luck potlucks, BBQs, and Birthday Celebrations with both the junior and senior classes. Also the

senior class set up a mentorship with the junior

class. This allowed the seniors to give advice and

encouragement to the Junior class.

CLASS UNITY

SJVC students held the 1st Annual Christmas Potluck and White Elephant Gift

Exchange.

CLASS UNITY

With full class participation PA Student’s made tamales

during a week long fundraising event.

MENTORSHIP

SJVC PA students set up mentorships with

other PA students they met at CAPA

conference.

Students communicate 3-4

times a month discussing community involvement, school activities, and study

tips.

Mentorships were set up with USC, UC

Davis, and Tuoro

Jenny Black:

SJVC

Kristen McKenna: USC

WORK W/CONSTITUENT ORG.

WORK W/CONSTITUENT ORG.

IMPACT 2010─AAPA’s 38th Annual PA Conference.

SJVC PA Student Steven Hauswirth along side Benjamin Olmeda PA student from Yale

Physician AssociateProgram.

Both winner and recipient of the LtCol David Gwinn/Veterans

Caucus Scholarship

WORK W/CONSTITUENT ORG.

The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development

(OSHPD), in partnership and collaboration with the California Area Health

Education Center (AHEC) and the California Primary Care

Association (CPCA) Awarded:

California's first scholarships in Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community

Health Program (Cal-SEARCH) were given to 5 SJVC PA

Students.

WORK W/CONSTITUENT ORG.

SJVC PA Student representative Steven Hauswirth at the AAPA annual conference in

Atlanta.

He was awarded SJVC first recipient of an AAPA

Veteran's Caucus Scholarship for academic achievement, service and

professionalism.

During his time there he attended and was

involved in representing SJVC and PA’s throughout in the Student Assembly of Representatives under

the direction of former SJVC PA student Luis

Archilla

STUDENT LEADERSHIP

SJVC PA student Stephanie Rolfo, ran for the Student

Representative position with CAPA.

The same position held by former SJVC student Adam Marks the previous year

STUDENT LEADERSHIPSJVC Senior PA Student Steven

Hauswirth meet with AAPA Veterans Caucus during the Nat’l conference in Atlanta, in order to

form an SJVC branch of the veterans Caucus.

It was approved unanimously by the Vet Caucus Board of

Directors.

Steven Hauswirth PA-S also attended their board meeting

and had a part inbrainstorming for the Memorial

Day celebration at Nellis Air Force Base.

During that time he organize an Enlisted Call for Medics at the

hospital for the AAPA Vet Caucus members  to go and speak about

the benefits of becoming a PA after the service.

Founding President of SJVC Student Veterans

Caucus

SJVC Krista Alldritt PA-S; PresidentSJVC Jennifer Black PA-S; Vice PresidentSJVC Alicia Gordon PA-S; Treasurer

SJVC Jason George PA-S; Constituent Chapter Student Representative (CCSR); External Affairs Chair (EAC)SJVC Steve Hauswirth PA-S; Assembly of Representatives (AOR) RepresentativeSJVC Daniel Villegas PA-S; AOR AlternateSJVC Stephanie Rolfo PA-S; House of Delegate (HOD) Student RepresentativeSJVC Jessica Rumsey PA-S; Student Society HistorianSJVC Tina Fantozzi PA-S; Student Diversity Committee Representative (SDCR)

STUDENT LEADERSHIP

SJVC PA students speaking at a local high school about the

PA profession. Our goal was to recruit within

our community future PA’s. Brochures on what PA’s do and how they benefit communities

was handed out to over 50 high school students.

COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION

SJVC students Shagufta Khan and Stephanie Rolfo, speaking to over 200 high school kids about the PA

profession, what it takes to get there and ways to

volunteer and get involved in our communities.

Woodlake High School Career Day 2010

COMMUNICATIONSJVC Senior PA Student Len

Linbach speaking at a local at risk continuation high school

about the importance of getting an education.

Many of the student have never heard of the PA profession.

PA Pamphlets and other educational brochures were

handed out to over 100 students

COMMUNICATION

SJVC PA students visited a local High

School during a Health Career

Pathway Program. Our Goal was not

only to promote and encourage local

students to peruse a career in Physician Assistant Studies but to also offer direction on how

they too can become more involved

within their communities.

SJVC PA students participating at this

years CAPA conference.

SJVC PA students took part in the (SOS) Share our

Selves projects in order to

communicate with other PA programs

and to shed light and ideas about our

activities, commitments and our dedication as

future Health Care Providers.

COMMUNICATION

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGEPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM 2011/2012