{"id":48679,"date":"2011-10-18T15:49:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T19:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=48679"},"modified":"2011-10-21T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T15:08:20","slug":"primary-care-week-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/10\/primary-care-week-under-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Care Week Under Way"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UConn\u2019s observance of National Primary Care Week<\/a> continues through Oct. 21, with events including a weekend retreat, lunch-and-learn sessions, a speech by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, and community health fairs staffed by medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy students.<\/p>\n

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Greg Biron (left) and Khadija Khan, both first-year students in the UConn School of Dental Medicine, speak with a patient at a National Primary Care Week community health fair at East Hartford Community HealthCare, Inc., Oct. 19. (Nancy Wong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re the people who have the special call,\u201d Malloy told students at a Primary Care Week banquet at the Farmington Club Monday night. \u201cI think those of you who go into teaching and go into medicine have something that many other people don\u2019t have. It\u2019s this incredible dedication to the welfare and education of this and future generations. To be able to care for someone, to make their burden less heavy, to improve their health, to give advice that allows them to be successful, to care for their children in time of need, is, and you must acknowledge every day in your lives that you\u2019re involved in this, a special call.\u201d<\/p>\n

The theme of National Primary Care Week 2011 is \u201cInnovations in Primary Care.\u201d Details on the scheduled talks are available at http:\/\/publichealth.uconn.edu\/npcw.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Wilson, a junior in the UConn School of Nursing, monitors a patient\u2019s blood pressure at a community health fair at the Hispanic Senior Center in Hartford. (Photo provided by Shannon McClure)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThese educational efforts provide needed exposure to future health care providers about the importance of primary care and about the altruism and caring that is part and parcel of the practice of medicine,\u201d says Dr. Bruce E. Gould, associate dean for primary care at the UConn School of Medicine<\/a> and director of the Connecticut Area Heath Education Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gould recently was interviewed about National Primary Care Week for a feature on the Primary Care Progress website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The health fairs<\/a> will take place in the greater Hartford, Willimantic and Hamden areas from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19<\/strong>. Students will provide free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings as well as preventive health education materials for oral health, nutrition, medication interaction, heart health and diabetes prevention at the following locations.<\/p>\n

Hartford Area<\/strong><\/p>\n