Community Outreach

The vision of the COACH program is to have a positive presence in the communities through health screenings and preventative health as well as providing inter-professional students and faculty from Washburn an opportunity to engage in High Impact practices within the community and to develop team skills working together. The three service lines include:

Primary Care

• Valeo
  
  • providing primary care in-situ
  • caring for Valeo clients inter-professionally with the behavioral health specialists
  • providing nurse practitioner students with clinical experiences under the tutelage of faculty
• Pine Ridge Family Health Center
  • collaboration with Topeka Housing Authority
  • affordable primary and urgent care to public housing development
  • health literacy programs
• Headstart Programs
  • providing Kan-Be-Healthy check-ups and lead testing
  • providing these services 2 times per year with graduate and undergraduate students
  • providing health preventative care

TeamSTEPPS and Mobile Simulation

• Providing TeamSTEPPS training as well as scenario-based simulations to many community agencies and healthcare providers. Disciplines and agencies that have taken part include: 
  • Mental Health Agencies
  • Long Term Care
  • Critical Access Hospitals
  • Washburn Tech and Washburn University faculty and students

Community Outreach

• Over 3000 community members touched and 300 students impacted annually
• Specific community partners:
  • Local Health Centers
  • Headstart Programs
  • El Centro
  • Topeka Rescue Mission
  • East Topeka Senior Center
  • Correctional Facilities
  • Many more
• Education and Screenings offered:
  • Cholesterol and Glucose Screenings
  • Blood Pressure Screenings (including other vital signs)
  • Obesity - Nutrition - Physical Activity
  • Heart Disease
  • Diabetes
  • Medication Reviews
  • Others as needed based on population or site