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30 people are interested
DO, MD, Nurse Practitioner, Physician assistant
ORGANIZATION: SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC
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30 people are interested
What we do: Help us provide sports physicals to our Special Olympics athletes: children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Events occur year-round throughout the Jacksonville area.
Who we need: Physicians, MDs, DOs, PAs, ARNPs, Nurses, and medical students, trained on-site to provide all-day screening exams. Florida license required to head up volunteer screenings. You can still volunteer if you have a license in another state!
Benefits of Helping Special Olympics Florida MedFest (Sports Physical Exam)
- Feeling good about helping an athlete overcome the fear of visiting the doctor
- Enjoying the camaraderie of working together with a group of your fellow professionals
- Having the ability of increasing the number of patients in your practice: your practice will grow once word gets around that you work with persons with intellectual disabilities
- Receive free CEU’s for hours volunteered at Games depending on your agency, school or professional organization
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About SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC
Location:
40 E Adams Street, Suite LL15, Jacksonville, FL 32202, US
Mission Statement
Special Olympics Florida was founded in 1972 and is one of the largest volunteer-driven athletic organizations in the state. The mission of Special Olympics Florida is to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people with intellectual disabilities who wish to participate, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. The ultimate objective of Special Olympics Florida is to help people with intellectual disabilities participate as productive and respected members of society at large.
Description
Healthy Community is a premier, health care delivery approach that focuses on the whole person with an intellectual or developmental disability and provides integrated health care coordination.
Good health is necessary for persons with an intellectual or developmental disability to secure the freedom to work, learn, and engage in their families and communities. The United States Surgeon General stated, "Individuals with a developmental disability are more likely to receive inappropriate and inadequate treatment, or be denied health care altogether. Children, youth, and adults with developmental disabilities receive fewer routine health examinations, fewer immunizations, less mental health care, less prophylactic oral health care, and fewer opportunities for physical exercise and athletic achievement than do other Americans. Those with communication difficulties are especially at greater risk for poor nutrition, overmedication, injury, and abuse." Special Olympics International created Healthy Community in response to the U.S. Surgeon General call to action on the health care disparities for people with an intellectual or developmental disability.
CAUSE AREAS
Advocacy & Human Rights,
Children & Youth,
People with Disabilities
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
40 E Adams StreetSuite LL15Jacksonville, FL 32202
(30.327173 ,-81.65676 )
DATE POSTED
June 17, 2024
SKILLS
- Nursing
- Physician
- Physician Assistant
- Patient Care
- Healthcare
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Training takes 2.5 hours (does not need to be done all at once) through an online portal. No retraining necessary. After training is complete, we ask 1-2 day long events per year that are typically 5-7 hours each.
- Florida medical, nurse, etc license to be trained as Clinical Director (you can still volunteer as a day-of volunteer without a Florida medical license). Preferable to live in the Northeast Florida area.