Prevention, Parasites, Presentations and Play

Finishing Week 5 Dr. Susan taught the students about the Prevention of Gum Disease and Good Dental Hygiene.  The photo of Khow Taik's patient with dental caries and gum infection certainly substantiated her lesson.  She also spent some time discussing gout, which is on the rise worldwide.  Dr. Susan showed some impressive photos of "gouty tophi".

Nurse Lynda gave a refresher on cleanliness and disease prevention, which included a review of Parasites.  She gave each student a nail care kit to remind them of good hand hygiene and the fact that pesky worm eggs often stick under the nails.  The students were asked to role play on the subject of cleanliness with the express purpose of educating the villagers.  As is often the norm, the students were excellent teachers, using creative skits and puppets to make their case for cleanliness.

          When it is Friday afternoon, the end of a long week of instruction, with the sun shining brightly and the temperature nearly 95 degrees, teaching and listening become difficult.  So what is the solution?  Play games!!

 Not wanting to lose precious teaching time, all games were educational.  The students played "Missing Matchup", a game that matches medical conditions and their correlating symptoms.  Dividing into 4 teams, we played "Who Wants to be a Barefoot Doctor?"  The competition was fierce.  After spinning a wheel to select an easy, moderate or difficult question  team members conferred to give their "best answer."  Points were awarded for correct answers and and two teams ended with a tie.  The instructors provided a "bonus" question to break the tie, but at this writing the game must be continued.  Both of the two teams answered the bonus questions correct!  It is rewarding to see them working together and coming up with right answers.

It was a wonderful weekend at the Kalnin Conference Center.  Dr. Jim Buie delivered the message on Sunday entitled "When Trouble Comes."  The Barefoot Doctors led in music worship and communion.  Special guests were Paul and Mary Lois Ferraro from Denver.  Paul is chairman of the board for FLC.  A surprise Presentation, complete with cake and gifts, was made following lunch in honor of Paul and Mary Lois to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary and many years of service to FLC.  Daniel Kalnin's daughter, Sonia and her family, were on present for the event.  CONGRATULATIONS PAUL and MARY LOIS!