Summary Table
| Practicum Work Log – Summary of Hours | ||
| Student Name: | Elysa Matthea Atmosfera | |
| Semester/Year: | Summer 2021 | |
| Organization: | Waco Family Medicine & Baylor University | |
| Start Date: | 5/24/2021 | |
| End Date: | 8/26/2021 | |
| Week (dates)* | Total # Hrs for Week | Brief Description of Primary Tasks for Week** |
| Week 1: 5/24 – 5/28 | 11 | During the first week I met with Dr. Ylitalo to touch base concerning practicum projects which are 2 trainings for the Fitness Advisors which I will be creating, implementing and evaluating. Drafted a summer schedule and it was approved by Dr. Ylitalo. After the meeting and for the rest of the week entailed researching the first topic to be covered in the training: 9 Dimensions of Wellness. |
| Week 2: 5/31 – 6/4 | 10 | Main task of the week was working on content for the first lesson of training 1: 9 dimensions of wellness, reading Dr. Ylitalo’s publication concerning the exercise prescription program, and reading the exercise prescription program follow up survey. |
| Week 3: 6/7 – 6/11 | 11 | Main task of the week was making edits to the suggestions and feed back of Dr. Ylitalo and making sure that the other lessons follow the same format; more activities, scenarios, and less academic. A secondary task was to set up a date to observe Rae Lucas, the Wellness Center Coordinator and supervisor of Fitness Advisors. |
| Week 4: 6/14 – 6/18 | 8 | Main task of the week was observing Rae Lucas. Where I learned more about a typical day as a Fitness Advisor, the impact COVID-19 has had on the Exercise Prescription Program, observe the interactions Rae and a volunteer had with the patients, identifying potential spaces to hang up the environmental/social support component Dr. Ylitalo mentioned in the previous meeting. |
| Week 5: 6/21 – 6/25 | 14 | Main task of the week was reading through the PRAPARE (Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks, and Experiences) Implementation and Action Toolkit and working on content for the second lesson of training 1: Social Determinants of Health. PRAPARE is a screening tool Waco Family Medicine uses for patients of the Exercise Prescription Program. |
| Week 6: 6/28 – 7/2 | 14 | Main task of the week was finishing the second lesson of training 1: Social Determinants of Health and reading through the PRAPARE Implementation and Action Toolkit. |
| Week 7: 7/5 – 7/9 | 12 | Main task of the week was working on the third lesson of training 1: Waco History and Cultural Humility. |
| Week 8: 7/12 – 7/16 | 14 | Main task of the week was finishing the third lesson of training 1: Waco History and Cultural Humility and working on the fourth lession of training 1: Public Health Theories for Behavior Change. |
| Week 9: 7/19 – 7/23 | 14 | Main task of the week was finishing the fourth lesson of training 1: Public Health Theories for Behavior Change. Met with Dr. Ylitalo concerning practicum and saving hours for the week of August 16 to implement these training for the new Fitness Advisors of the WFM Exercise Prescription Program. |
| Week 10: 7/26 – 7/30 | 12 | Main task of the week was continuing and finishing the first lesson of training 2: Motivational Interviewing. |
| Week 11: 8/2 – 8/6 | 12 | Main task of the week was starting and finishing the second lesson of training 2: Self-Regulation Strategies. |
| Week 12: 8/9 – 8/13 | 6 | Main tasks of the week was making any final edits and formatting to the trainings and confirming date and time to implement trainings for Fitness Advisors at Waco Family Medicine. |
| Week 13: 8/16 – 8/20 | 8 | Main tasks of the week was preparing for presenting both trainings to Fitness Advisors and working on Practicum Poster and e-Portfolio. |
| Week 14: 8/23 – 8/26 | 8 | Main tasks of this week was prepping, practicing, and implementing trainings to Fitness Advisors at Waco Family Medicine and administering Pre- and Post-Training Questionnaires and finishing Practicum Poster. |
| Total Hrs: | 154 | |
Weekly Work Log Tables
| Weekly Dates: | May 24 – May 28, 2021 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 05/24/21 | 2.0 | Researched Baylor University articles concerning Waco Family Medicine partnership with Dr. Ylitalo |
| 05/25/21 | 2.0 | Worked on Summer 2021 Practicum Timeline Draft |
| 05/26/21 | 4.0 | Completed Summer 2021 Practicum Timeline Draft. Meeting with Dr. Ylitalo concerning 2 Main Trainings: Training Fitness Advisors and Training Fitness Advisors to teach their patients to implement health behavior change strategies. |
| 05/27/21 | 1.5 | Created document for Fitness Advisor Training Presentation. Researched information on 9 Dimensions of Wellness and potential lesson activities. |
| 05/28/21 | 1.5 | Research more information on 9 Dimensions of Wellness and discussion lessons. |
| Total Hrs | 11 |
| Weekly Dates: | May 31 – June 4, 2021 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 05/31/21 | 2.0 | Drafted 9 Dimensions of Wellness Lesson Goals, Objectives, and Outline |
| 06/01/21 | 2.0 | Drafted 9 Dimensions of Wellness PowerPoint Lesson |
| 06/02/21 | 2.0 | Continued working on 9 Dimensions of Wellness PowerPoint. Drafted 9 Dimensions of Wellness Discussion Questions and Activities |
| 06/03/21 | 2.0 | Continued working on 9 Dimensions of Wellness PowerPoint, and Activities.Read through Dr. Ylitalo’s paper concerning the exercise prescription program and the follow up survey patients are asked to complete concerning the program |
| 06/04/21 | 2.0 | Completed 9 Dimensions of Wellness Lesson. |
| Total Hrs | 10 |
| Weekly Dates: | June 7 – June 11, 2021 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 06/07/21 | 2.0 | Added animations to the 9 Dimensions of Wellness PowerPoint presentation and articles concerning the Social Determinants of Health. |
| 06/08/21 | 3.0 | Met with Dr. Ylitalo and discussed current progress on trainings. She mentioned my ideas were great however, to keep in mind having more activities and less academic that will help Fitness Advisors to use this knowledge when interacting with patients. |
| 06/09/21 | 2.0 | Made necessary additions and edits with the feedback of Dr. Ylitalo concerning the presentation, activities, and lesson. |
| 06/10/21 | 2.0 | Continued working on 9 Dimensions of Wellness PowerPoint, and Activities.Read through Dr. Ylitalo’s paper concerning the exercise prescription program and the follow up survey patients are asked to complete concerning the program |
| 06/11/21 | 2.0 | Researched and read more articles concerning the Social Determinants of Health. |
| Total Hrs | 11 |
| Weekly Dates: | June 14 – June 18, 2021 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 06/14/21 | 2.0 | Started creating outline for Social Determinants of Health PowerPoint Presentation and activities. |
| 06/15/21 | 4.0 | Observed Rae Lucas the Wellness Center Coordinator and main implementer of Waco Family Medicines Exercise Prescription Program. I watched Rae and a volunteer’s interactions with patients upon arrival, throughout their exercise plan for the appointment, and at patients departure. |
| 06/16/21 | 2.0 | Brainstormed and research ideas for potential environmental/social support component based on observations from the previous day. |
| Total Hrs | 8 |
| Weekly Dates: | June 21 – June 25, 2021 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 06/21/21 | 2.5 | Read through and made notes on Chapters 1-3 of the PRAPARE (Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks, and Experiences) Implementation and Action Toolkit. |
| 06/22/21 | 3.0 | Read through and made notes on Chapters 4 & 5 of the PRAPARE Implementation and Action Toolkit. Met with Dr. Ylitalo and discussed my observing experience with Rae and what I learned so far about PRAPARE which is a Social Determinants of Health screening tool used by Waco Family Medicine (WFM) and she mentioned that WFM Wellness Center is wanting essentially two trainings that have more application pieces compared to mainly academic style. |
| 06/23/21 | 2.5 | Read through and made notes on Chapters 6 & 7 of the PRAPARE Implementation and Action Toolkit. Continued working on the Social Determinants of Health PowerPoint portion of the training |
| 06/24/21 | 3.0 | Continued working on the Social Determinants of Health PowerPoint and started working on activities portion of the training. |
| 06/25/21 | 3.0 | Continued working on the Social Determinants of Health PowerPoint and started working on activities portion of the training. |
| Total Hrs | 14 |
| Weekly Dates: | June 28 – July 2 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 06/28/21 | 3.0 | Continued working on the Social Determinants of Health PowerPoint and activities portion of the training. |
| 06/29/21 | 4.0 | Read through and took notes on Chapters 8-10 of PRAPARE Implementation and Action Toolkit. |
| 06/30/21 | 3.0 | Finished working on the Social Determinants of Health PowerPoint and lesson activities. |
| 07/01/21 | 2.0 | Started reading and gathering information concerning Waco History and Waco demographics. |
| 07/02/21 | 2.0 | Continued reading and gathering information concerning Waco History and Waco demographics. |
| Total Hrs | 14 |
| Weekly Dates: | July 5 – July 9 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 07/05/21 | 3.0 | Continued reading and gathering information concerning Waco History and Waco demographics. Started putting information in the Waco History and Cultural Humility PowerPoint portion. |
| 07/06/21 | 2.0 | Started reading and gathering information concerning Cultural Humility. |
| 07/07/21 | 3.0 | Continued reading and gathering information concerning Cultural Humility. Starting putting information in the Cultural Humility PowerPoint portion. |
| 07/08/21 | 2.0 | Started working on activities portion of Waco History and Cultural Humility lesson. |
| 07/09/21 | 2.0 | Continued working on activities portion of Waco History and Cultural Humility lesson. |
| Total Hrs | 12 |
| Weekly Dates: | July 12 – July 16 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 07/12/21 | 2.5 | Continued working on the Waco History and Cultural Humility activities portion of the training. |
| 07/13/21 | 3.0 | Started working on Public Health Theories for Behavior Change PowerPoint portion. |
| 07/14/21 | 3.0 | Continued working on Public Health Theories for Behavior Change PowerPoint portion. Started working on Public Health Theories for Behavior Change activities portion. |
| 07/15/21 | 3.0 | Continued working on Public Health Theories for Behavior Change PowerPoint portion. |
| 07/16/21 | 2.5 | Continued working on Public Health Theories for Behavior Change PowerPoint and activities portion. |
| Total Hrs | 14 |
| Weekly Dates: | July 19 – July 23 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 07/19/21 | 3.0 | Continued working on Public Health Theories for Behavior Change PowerPoint and activities portion. |
| 07/20/21 | 2.5 | Met with Dr. Ylitalo and talk briefly about practicum and potential dates for Fitness Advisor (FA) Orientation Training where I will train the new WFM Wellness Center FAs. Dr. Ylitalo mentioned leaving some hours for the week of August 16. Continued working on Public Health Theories for Behavior Change activities. |
| 07/21/21 | 2.5 | Continued working on Public Health Theories for Behavior Change PowerPoint and activities portion. |
| 07/22/21 | 3.0 | Finished working on Public Health Theories for Behavior Change Trainers PowerPoint presentation and activities portion. |
| 07/23/21 | 3.0 | Started gathering information for Motivational Interviewing lesson. |
| Total Hrs | 14 |
| Weekly Dates: | July 26 – July 30 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 07/26/21 | 3.0 | Continued gathering information for Motivational Interviewing lesson. Started working on Motivational Interviewing PowerPoint portion. |
| 07/27/21 | 2.0 | Continued working on Motivational Interviewing PowerPoint portion. Started working on Motivational Interviewing activities portion. |
| 07/28/21 | 3.0 | Continued working on Motivational Interviewing PowerPoint and activities portion. |
| 07/29/21 | 2.0 | Continued working on Motivational Interviewing PowerPoint and activities portion. |
| 07/30/21 | 2.0 | Finished working on Motivational Interviewing PowerPoint and activities portion. |
| Total Hrs | 12 |
| Weekly Dates: | August 2 – August 6 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 08/02/21 | 3.0 | Started gathering information for Self-Regulation Strategies lesson. |
| 08/03/21 | 3.0 | Started working on Self-Regulation Strategies PowerPoint and activities portion. |
| 08/04/21 | 2.0 | Continued working on Self-Regulation Strategies PowerPoint and activities portion. |
| 08/05/21 | 2.0 | Continued working on Self-Regulation Strategies PowerPoint and activities portion. |
| 08/06/21 | 2.0 | Finished working on Goal Setting PowerPoint, activities, and Trainers Manual portion. |
| Total Hrs | 12 |
| Weekly Dates: | August 9 – August 10 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 08/09/21 | 3.0 | Researched Pre- and Post-Training Questionnaires measuring change in confidence levels. Started working on Pre- and Post-Training Questionnaires for Fitness Advisors (FAs) who are going to participate in the training. |
| 08/10/21 | 3.0 | Continued working on Pre- and Post-Training Questionnaires for FAs who are going to participate in the training. |
| Total Hrs | 6 |
| Weekly Dates: | August 16 – August 18 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 08/16/21 | 3.0 | Practiced and prepared to present trainings to Fitness Advisors and started working on Practicum Poster and e-Portfolio. |
| 08/17/21 | 2.0 | Continued working on Practicum Poster and e-Portfolio. |
| 08/18/21 | 3.0 | Practiced and prepared to present trainings to Fitness Advisors and continued working on e-Portfolio. |
| Total Hrs | 8 |
| Weekly Dates: | August 23 – August 26 | |
| Date | # Hrs* | Task Description |
| 08/24/21 | 1.5 | Finished Practicum Poster and emailed it to Public Health Department and Baylor Copy Center. |
| 08/25/21 | 3.0 | Practiced and prepared to present trainings to Fitness Advisors. |
| 08/26/21 | 3.5 | Presented trainings to two new Fitness Advisors, Raejone Lucas (Wellness Coordinator and Fitness Advisor Supervisor), Dr. Kelly Ylitalo (Practicum Site Supervisor) and Wendy Cox (Community Health Engagement Manager). Administered Fitness Advisor Pre- and Post-Training Questionnaires. |
| Total Hrs | 8 |