This spring, Questar III BOCES New Visions: Medical students hosted their annual MED Ex Talk at Hudson Valley Community College and Columbia-Greene Community College, two New Visions partners. The “TED Talk” style event featured topics such as mental health and burnout, healthcare systems and controversies, sports and physical health, chronic and preventative medicine, and more.
See a full list of students and their topics below. Special thank you to Hudson Valley Community College for recording the presentations held at their location.
Tammie Borland’s Class:
- 0:00:05– Kasey Purdy, Coxsackie-Athens CSD, “Filling in the Gap: ACL Tears in Females”
- 0:07:51– Emerie Keddell-Tuckey, Troy CSD, “Saving Maternal Lives Before They Are Lost”
- 0:14:29– Emily Meyer, Troy CSD, “Burned Out by 13: The Risks of Competitive Youth Sports”
- 0:21:56– Zoe Lovette, Troy CSD, “Treating Breast Cancer Smarter, Not Harder”
- 0:30:33– Emma Holmberg, Ichabod Crane CSD, “America: We Eat What We Are”
- 0:40:23– Abigail Juneau, Averill Park CSD, “Funding Prevention Through GLP1 Prescriptions”
- 0:47:36– Evan Laurenzo, Schodack CSD, “Shifting the Focus: Preventative Medicine as the Future of Healthcare”
- 0:50:48– Aniya Jade Bailey, Brunswick CSD, “A Caffeine Speed Limit”
- 1:03:44– Alexis Ames, Averill Park CSD, “Addressing RN Burnout”
- 1:10:47– Lindsay Agro, Averill Park CSD, “Athletes May Make Better Doctors: How Sports Psychology Can Help Healthcare”
- 1:23:26– Kaedan Leonidas, Schodack CSD, “The Supplement Trap: A Rigged System and the Power of Informed Action”
- 1:32:31– Poem De Rosier, East Greenbush CSD, “Where is Male Birth Control”
- 1:39:36– Teddy Dangler, Averill Park CSD, “The Internet Really is Bad for Your Health”
Stefanie Loomis’ Class:
- 0:00:06– Amya Nazario, Ichabod Crane CSD, “Shortcuts to Health: A Detour to Nowhere”
- 0:09:23– Kayden Amadon, Averill Park CSD, “Science that Saves: The Innovation Behind RhoGAM”
- 0:17:25– Kaysie Lane, Averill Park CSD, “Not Just a Headache”
- 0:27:45– Ummuy Chowdhury, Hudson CSD, “Hey Siri, Do I Have Cancer?”
- 0:38:44– Maddie Manzi, Taconic Hills CSD, “The Impact of Mindset on Physical Healing”
- 0:46:37– Riverlin Clifford, Greenville CSD, “Unlocking Metabolic Health: Preventing Chronic Disease”
- 0:57:30– Leon Hong, Catskill CSD, “IBD: More than a Gut Problem”
- 1:06:22– Olivia Hlavac, Ichabod Crane CSD, “Behind the Pill: What No One Tells You”