MedicHeart is a student-led Senior team dedicated to raising awareness and promoting research in women’s health. Our aim is not only to spread information about how underrepresented and under-researched this field of study is, but also to extend scientific research in an understandable format and language to help educate the Patana community on new developments in the scientific world.
To aid in our cause, MedicHeart has recently launched an “Outreach Box” in the Student Lounge, where students, parents, and teachers can ask questions related to healthcare, research, and similar topics. There is also a digital box, accessible through our social media (@bps_medicheart) and printed on the physical box itself. Our team has received multiple responses from both the online and physical box and is planning to add a second box in the Chemistry breakout area.
To answer these questions received, MedicHeart has partnered with the American organisation, Foundation of Women’s Health (https://www.foundationwomenshealth.org/), which focuses on research into women’s and reproductive health. The questions will be collected from both boxes and condensed before being sent out to the Foundation. The information received from their team will be expanded on and formatted into articles to be published in our termly magazine, HeartBeat.
Overall, Medicheart has had a successful first year launching the “Outreach Box” to facilitate high-quality answers and research to questions asked by the Patana community. Our team will continue to work with the Foundation of Women’s Health and spread awareness about the disparity in healthcare.
