HOSA OSG Internship Day 3 - July 13, 2011

On day 3 the HOSA interns arrived at the MRC office and met briefly with LTJO Katie Hager to clarify their project assignments. Aakash Patel’s project is on training modules for MRC and the emergency response system, Samiha Azam’s project is on choosing 3 public health initiatives that relate to childhood obesity such as the “Let’s Move” campaign supported by the Surgeon General and First Lady, Obama, and Angel Clark’s project is to review MRC web language and add suggestions for the new information on MRC Partner’s to be added to the web site as well as review the social marketing ideas and add suggestions. The interns spent about an hour gathering information for their project, then they headed to Bethesda Naval Base and Walter Reed Hospital. They took a short tour of the new construction at Walter Reed Hospital where there are new areas for recovering soldiers and other federal employees to participate in state of the art physical therapy. Some of the things that soldiers use to recover from injuries include a rock climbing wall, a therapy pool, and a walking track. The interns had a wonderful lunch at the hospital then headed to Sanford Auditorium at Bethesda to take in the Promotion and Awards ceremony that only happens once a year. LT. Payne was promoted to LT. Commander Payne and LTJG Hager was given an achievement medal for outstanding work. Before the ceremony we toured the Uniformed University and gathered brochures and some great information. After the ceremony the interns attended a reception where they conversed and ate cake with the Deputy Surgeon General, Captain Tosatto, LT Commander Payne, LTJG Hager, and other USPHS personnel. From there the interns headed back to the hotel to eat and change clothes before Captain Tosatto arrived to pick them up and take them on a night time tour of Georgetown and Washington, DC. It was a full and interesting day. Aakash, Samiha and Mrs. Clark all agree, this week is going by way too fast.

Samiha, Aakash and Angel Clark with the Deputy Surgeon General, RADM Boris Lushniak.