Poster presented at ISSL 2015

1. Background
Collaboration
Outcomes
History and Development
Athletic Training Services
Estimated Worth of free care $600,150
Supervised Exercise Program
Service Learning Scholarly Outcomes
Summary of Grants: Total $107,390
Student Experience
Service Learning Aspects
Community Engagement Aspects
Saint Ann Clinic provided primary healthcare services and referrals to low-income individuals
and families, who lived at the national poverty level, did not have a private physician and did
not have medical insurance, Medicaid or Medicare (1997-2014). Recently they received
Federal funding to become a Federally Qualified Healthcare Clinic and changed their name to
the Wabash Valley Health Center (WVHC) in 2014.
• Athletic Training Services provide free evaluation and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, strokes, and
related pathologies including fibromyalgia syndrome.
• Exercise programing provides an initial screening and development of an exercise program designed to
reduce disease risk and increase the quality of life for the patients.
• Both programs are designed to provide experiential opportunities for students to engage in a unique
population and utilize their skills to help patients.
• Positively affected several patients through 192 patient visits
• Worth approximately $15,360 of free medical treatment.
• 13 Grants
• 8 Conference Presentations
- 1 state
- 2 Regional
- 3 National
- 2 International
• 1 Publication
• 26 Athletic Training Students
- 300 Pt evaluations
- 2500 Pt rehabilitation
- 2200 hours
• Course credit
- instructional strategies for fitness settings
- athletic training clinical experience
- Embedded into the course
• Real world disease process
- current state of health of community
• Final project
- focus on helping one
disease process through exercise
• Final reflection
• Clinical Case studies
Areas of Project
1. Service Learning
2. Community Engagement
3. Student Reflection
4. Patient Perspective
5. Collaboration
Service Learning Aspects
“This project has helped me gain a better understanding of clinical exercise …. Working at St. Ann’s Clinic
helped me see that I would love to continue doing in the future.”
“I feel as though my confidence in my skills have significantly increased as well. As a whole, I have
become a better clinician due to my experience at St. Ann's Clinic… The differences has shown me how
to transform my treatments for all different types of patients.”
“I grew not only as a student, but as a person. … forcing me to learn the material, and it gave me a chance to apply it and
practice it in a clinical setting instead of a classroom…this helped me grow as a student.”
“I figured most of them were coming in to get drugs… I quickly realized that the patients that visit St. Ann's are some of the
most respectful, caring, and thankful people I have ever worked with. ”
Without this project the exercise patients would not be able to access any rehabilitation services. The cost savings is a
huge factor for many of the health center's patients who continue to lack health insurance, or find themselves with high
deductibles.
Student Reflections
The experience of being the professional is something that no one can learn while sitting in a classroom. This experience taught
me how to better present myself to others, how to speak professionally, and how to stay accountable for myself when someone
else (the client) is depending on me.”
“This project has been one of my best experiences at Indiana State. It was a great idea to implement this program into
exercise science.”
“… helped me develop empathy, respect, appreciation, and many other great qualities.”
“… I felt a sense of accomplishment because I knew I was helping someone feel better about themselves and motivating
them to make better physical choices.”
Patient Perspective
“This program has been a life changer… I sincerely hope
that it carries forward well into the future.”
“…they have helped me greatly.”
“…show caring skills to patients.”
“I would never be able to make the payments for the therapy I get here…
the quality of care that I get here is amazing.”
Effect on Patients/Clients: https://youtube/7LtZkFWfxZc
ISU-WVHC Interaction
• 5 year relationship
• Patient success
• Positive impact on health center
• Collaborate as part of holistic medicine
Continued Collaboration
• Expand Exercise programming
• Add Nutrition services
• Expand Exercise programming into different non-profits throughout Terre Haute
- YMCA
- Connor Center
- 14th and Chestnut
Acknowledgments
Indiana State University Center for Community
Engagement
Office of the Provost
Sister Lawrence Anne
Staff of the Wabash Valley Health Center
Ruth Woods
Collaboration between the Wabash Valley Health Center and Indiana State University Department of and Applied Medicine
and Rehabilitation started in 2009 and the department of Kinesiology Recreation and Sport in 2014.
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Patient Visits
Total= 4001 patient visits
Collaboration between
Indiana State University and Wabash Valley Health Center
to Develop Rehabilitation Clinic and Exercise Program
Community Classroom
Reflection
$36,150
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
$32,400
$94,350
$156,900
$168,300
$112,050
Amount Use
Focus Indiana
Healthcare Initiatives
Capital equipment,
Consumable Supplies,
and overhead
Student Internships
Capital Equipment
75,000
$16,000
$16,390
Ryve’s Neighborhood
Local Foundation
Timothy Demchak, PhD, ATC Tricia Pierce ACSM RCEP
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
St. Ann’s Medical Center
Needs Assessment
First patient Feb 2010
Initial Athletic Training Services Grant
Exercise programming started Summer 2014
Two Days Per Week
• 12 Exercise Science Students
• 26 new evaluation
• 192 patients visits in exercise programming
• 320 hours