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INOVACIJE I IZAZOVI U OBRAZOVANJU I SESTRINSKOJ SKRBI - KNJIGA SAŽETAKA



               Days of Prevention at Čakovec High School


               “Hygiene and preventive medicine” is part of the curriculum for the education of future general
               care nurse/medical tehnician. The importance of this subject and the information it contains was
               emphasized  by  the  author  through  as  many  as  three  hours  of  theoretical  classes  per  week
               coupled with  practical  classes. With the rise in  chronic non-transmittable disease in  senior
               population, and obesity in children and adolescents, prevention is an imperative in educating
               the future generation of medical professionals as well as of those in related professions. We live
               in an age of artificial intelligence, smartphones, availability of information, and even the latest
               findings  of  world-renowned  experts.  However,  do  our  actions  follow  the  acceleration  of
               technological development? We were taught that establishing trust with the patient is significant
               in the process of health care, but it is also important to establish a relationship with students and
               encourage them to actively partake in caring first and foremost for their own health, so that they
               would be an obvious example to their peers and in that way strongly influence the desired
               societal changes in both young and senior population. How do we establish a synergy in acting
               for  the  good  of  the  population  and  have  a  positive  impact  on  mental  health  and  general
               behavior?  How  do  we  motivate  young  people  to  invest  in  the  future  by  investing  in  their
               knowledge? Professors at Čakovec High School put their hands together in a joint project called
               “Days of Prevention at Čakovec High School” The goal of this activity was to open up towards
               the public, to make the residents of the Međimurje county aware of the importance of one’s
               own health care, to teach them everything important in caring for their loved ones’ and their
               own health. This project came to be as a result of long pondering on how students too can
               activate in the life and work of their local community, and as promotors of health help those in
               need  and  those  outside  the  hospital  system.  Students  with  their  professors  organized
               promotional material, each in their own group, connected to the topic they discussed. The goal
               was for the visitors to learn new skills, especially those necessary for their own health care. The
               educating was done by students under the supervision of their mentors. Coupled with examples
               of  bodily  exercise,  wellness  and  massage,  they  taught  on  cardiovascular  and  neurological
               illnesses and on how to properly measure blood pressure and sugar levels. The attendees could
               learn how to prevent diabetes complications as well as complications of prolonged lying-down.
               They were also educated on how to provide first aid to the injured and to prevent infection or
               stroke, as well as how to properly breastfeed. Finally, the team at “Little Hospital” educated the
               youngest so that our parents and grandparents could attend the classes and workshops with ease.

               Key words: prevention, education, mentors, students, local community




























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