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providing a better understanding about Parkinson's disease treat- ment response and effectiveness. Catholic Health Ser vices (CHS) entities follow the philosophy of helping others through the gift of time, donations or goods. One example, St. Joseph Hospital (SJH), a member of CHS, and Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) par tnered with Road of Success (ROS), a nonprofit Christian organization helping advance human rights in the Middle East, to help deliver beds, stretchers and medical supplies to Dahuk Health Depar tment's emergency center in Kurdistan, Iraq. Kurdistan, a small city in nor thern Iraq, has become the host of Yazdi and Christian refugees who were displaced from their homes because of the conflict, violence and area occupation by ISIS. More than 500,000 people were forced leave their home base, making it one of the largest population displacements in the world. ROS became SJH's and CMMB's representative on the ground in Iraq, ensuring the donations of 14 stretchers, 11 hospital beds, 15 mattresses and a variety of lifesaving medications reached the poor refugees in need. Thanks to a donation from local philanthropist and cultural pioneer Judith A. Jedlicka, Peconic Bay Medical Center opened its new Caregivers Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. One of Long Peconic Bay Medical Center ribbon cutting Island's first hospital-based resource centers expressly dedicated to providing suppor t ser vices for patients' family members, the caregivers' suppor t program recognizes the vital but often stressful role of family caregivers in providing the best care for loved ones, not just during a hospital stay, but during the recover y period that follows when loved ones return home. The new Caregivers Center will be located right off the main lobby of Peconic Bay Medical Center and will provide a comfor ting place for caregivers to take a break between visits with fam - ily members who are in the hospital. In addition to light snacks and beverages, the center will also be the home for the team of volunteers who provide coaching and counseling for caregivers who are seeking more strategic suppor t. The center will also ser ve as a referral for community-based resources that could be helpful for caregivers and patients returning home from the hospital. As the need for investments in public health and preventive medicine continues to grow in the U.S., the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policy during its 2018 interim meeting aimed at encouraging more medical students and residents to pur - sue training opportunities in public and population health leader- ship — and increasing access to care in rural areas. Under the new policy, the AMA is calling on the Association of American Medical Colleges, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to increase awareness of these opportuni - ties across the medical education continuum, particularly among women physician groups and other underrepresented groups in medicine. There are numerous training opportunities across the continuum of medical education that are available to help all physicians-in- training develop the professional skills and qualifications they need to pursue a career in public health leadership. This includes the curricular innovations developed and offered through the AMA's Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium launched in 2013 to create the medical schools of the future. More than half of the consortium's 32 medical schools have been working over the last five years to integrate population, public and rural health education for medical students. Winthrop Hospital launched an ambitious Stop the Bleed program a year ago to educate first responders and civilians in techniques to stop life-threatening bleeding that could occur following events such as a mass shooting, terrorist bombing or car crashes. The hospital announced that it has now trained more than 1,000 Long Islanders in the program's lifesaving techniques. Stop the Bleed is a national pro - gram supported by the American College of Surgeons and Homeland Security and encourages everyday citizens to become empowered to assist in bleeding emergencies until professional medical help arrives. NYU Winthrop reached out to all corners to spread the program's critical knowledge, having trained university security offi - cers, stadium and shopping center security, firefighters, lifeguards, school faculties, Boy Scouts, chaplains, synagogue members, and more. The hospital's goal is not to "normalize" events that might result in life-threatening bleeding but to prepare communities as best as possible for a range of trauma circumstances. n M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S L O N G I S L A N D ■ 2 019 2 9

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