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ROJOSON TPORS (THOUGHTS, PERCEPTIONS, OPINIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS)
DISCLAIMER
NOTES: These are just my thoughts, perceptions, opinions, and recommendations on how medical student organizations and Greek-letter medical student organizations can help in the fight against COVID-19 using a Greek-letter organization as an example.
NOTE THIS MAY NOT BE ADOPTED (and totally adopted) BY THE ORGANIZATION MENTIONED HERE. STILL JUST A CONCEPT PAPER, A PROPOSAL.
How does a Greek-letter organization like a Mu Sigma Fraternity and Sorority consisting of undergraduate medical students and alumni help in the fight against COVID-19 or COVID-19 FIGHT?
A lot if you let the mind go loose. They can contribute to the cause physically (such as assisting in the management of patients), mentally (such as assisting in the planning blueprint, research, data gathering, analyzing data, reporting, etc ) and with donating materials (such as donating medical supplies and equipment, foods, cash, etc.)
To decide what to do? Two approaches: No structured plan and with structured plan.
No structured plan means contributing to the cause in whatever and whichever ways as demanded by the situation, in whatever amount and degrees, and as available in terms of workforce and material resources.
With structured plan means there is documented written plan containing a situational analysis of the problem, organizational limitations and opportunities, decision on specific objectives guided by organizational limitations, spelling out of the key performance indicators, formulation of implementation plan, and then formulation of evaluation plan.
Nobody will argue that the approach of having a structured plan is preferred over that of no structured plan.
With a structured plan, aside from promoting success (if you fail to plan, you plan to fail), one can measure the outcome and the impact (which should be tangible and worthy of emulation by other organizations).
MU RELIEF - a MU Program to provide assistance during disasters in the country.
MU RELIEF FOR COVID-19 - A MU Program to provide assistance in the COVID-19 crisis.
MU RELIEF FOR COVID-19 as a priority, is to be limited to providing assistance to the Philippine General Hospital (to be realistic as PGH faces a gigantic challenge) because PGH is the hospital of the UP College of Medicine (UPCM).
HOW?
Brief Situational Analysis of the COVID-19 Crisis in PGH
PGH is designated as one of the four COVID referral hospitals in Metro Manila.
It will provide 130 beds devoted to COVID patients.
PGH will continue to serve non-COVID patients.
Challenges:
Treatment of the COVID patients - logistics
Prevention of infection of NON-COVID patients by COVID patients and COVID personnel
Prevention of COVID infection of hospital staff
General Strategies:
PGH has put up triaging areas to separate COVID from COVID patients. If this is done effectively, there should be no infection of NON-COVID patients by COVID patients.
PGH has to ensure that hospital personnel particularly in the NON-COVID areas are not infected with COVID - PPE and other safety procedures
What and how can the MU contribute to the COVID Fight?
in consideration of its limitations - undergraduate status, limited resources
in consideration of opportunities - to be part of history; to be known for its excellent social responsibility program (must therefore have specific concrete contribution no matter how small but with tangible impact in the fight against COVID)
ROJoson's Recommendations:
Triaging areas
Infrastructure - not within the capability of MU
Policies and Procedure - not within the capability of MU
Personnel - not within the capability of MU but if situation calls for it, MUs may be called to man (have to be trained beforehand)
Medical Staff
Nursing Staff
Logistics - will consider
Records
Personal Protective Equipment - WILL CONSIDER
Determine the needs of PPE of personnel in triage - 3 months (april-may-june)
Training of MU undergraduates - policies and procedures
MU PROJECT PGH COVID TRIAGE PPE SUPPORT
Things to do:
Study in details the PGH Policies and Procedures on COVID TRIAGE
Get the manual
Talk to Residents
Determine the needs of PPE (good for 3 months)
PPE
Alcohols
etc
Get MU students to be trained on the triaging
Advisers:
Reynaldo O. Joson
Jom Chua
Kiko Cortes
Ishwar Gopichand Brod Reynaldo O Joson.. do not forget MU RELIEF!!
Video Chat with Jose Marcel Magno - 20mar23-24
Other Projects
HelpThru-MuReilief-ROJ Donors Against COVID19 for Rural Health Units
HelpThru-MuReilief-ROJ Donors Against COVID19 for Government Hospitals
ROJDonors-MuRelief-HelpThru Against COVID19 for Rural Health Units
Identify MU brods and sisses who are currently doctors to the barrios and municipal health officers managing rural health units in the country.
The Mu brods and sisses will serve a Mu Relief Coordinators in their respective RHUs.
They will come out with a proactive program that will ensure COVID19-free pr COVID19-contained community and if not free, NO patient dies of COVID-19 and NO health worker die of COVID19..
ROJoson Donors through HelpThru will initially finance each of the Mu Relief Coordinators P25K to P50K worth of PPE and N95 masks.
The Mu Relief Coordinators will submit a program and development plan against COVID19 and report the implementation results at planned intervals.
The Mu Relief Coordinators may receive further funding from ROJoson Donors if there is deemed a good program design and development plan and evidence of good implementation.
Goals:
To ensure
COVID19-free or COVID19-contained community through a well-designed program
NO patient dies of COVID19 through a well-designed program
NO health workers die of COVID19 through a well-designed program
Criteria for quality of project
To what extent does the project make a difference in the control of COVID19 in the community?
Were the process and means by which the project was conducted adequate and innovative (in the face of limited resources) to meet its goals?
What are the results? Are these measurable? [No. of confirmed cases / pui / pum; No. of patients infected and dying of COVID19; No. of healthcare workers infected and dying of COVID19]
Is it sustainable and applicable to other re-emerging infectious disease?
Will adapt the guidelines used in
Asian Hospital Management Awards
II. Community Involvement
This award recognises hospitals that engage the community including socially responsible practices, preventative health education and free services.
Scoring Factors:
To what extent does the project make a difference in the improvement of healthcare in the community it serves?
To what extent is senior management involved?
Were the process and means by which the project was conducted adequate to meet its goals?
What are the results? Are these measurable? Are there testimonials, awards, or other support to show impact on improvement of patient safety?
Is this initiative sustainable?
ROJDonors-MuRelief-HelpThru Against COVID19 for Government Hospitals
Identify MU brods and sisses who are currently practicing in government hospitals outside Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, and Metro Davao.
The Mu brods and sisses will serve a Mu Relief Coordinators in their respective hospitals and community.
They will come out with a proactive program that will ensure NO patient dies of COVID-19 and NO health worker die of COVID19..
ROJoson Donors through HelpThru will initially finance each of the Mu Relief Coordinator P50K to P75K worth of PPE and N95 masks.
The Mu Relief Coordinators will submit a program and development plan against COVID19 and report the implementation results at planned intervals.
The Mu Relief Coordinators may receive further funding from ROJoson Donors if there is deemed a good program design and development plan and evidence of good implementation.
ROJ@20mar23
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