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Health Promotion Reflection

John Schaefer
Title of work Sample:

Health Promotion Standards # 3 Professional Knowledge

Date completed:

2015 - Spring Semester

WORK SAMPLE
This work sample was a presentation on infectious diseases with an emphasis advocating
for practical everyday means of protecting ourselves from contracting the common infectious
diseases such as the flu, colds, and other common ailments. The presentation was developed and
tailored to athletes and for their own protections and also how to handle possible infectious
circumstances in their working career. This presentation was presented in concert with Mr. James
Burton and Mr. Mathew Withrow.
Health Promotion Standard Alignment
I am aligning this experience with Health Promotion Standard #3: The health promoter
understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of health promotion and creates learning
experiences that make specific aspects of health promotion meaningful to the client..
The presentation advocated for easy common senses ways to avoid some microbial infections. I
have had 40 years of experience in microbiology and infectious diseases. I connected the material in this
presentation to athletes and athletics by showing common infections that athletes could acquire in their
everyday life in the gymnasiums. This was done to maintain their interest as well as to give them practical
preventive measures to use.
One example of a campus experience was used. The example involved a young lady who was
obviously very sick with a fever and running nose who had used a computer in the library computer lab.
She worked several minutes, left, and another student came in and used the same keyboard unknowing
that the previous user was obviously very ill.
Another example of practical use for my classmates was the use of diluted bleach as a powerful
disinfectant for use in the gym and for use in emergency situations such as blood on the floor, vomit
found in the corridor of a school, and any body fluid with possible microbial contents. A warning that
diluted bleach could also be harmful to the skin. The classmates shared example of using bleach to treat
fungal infections that was new to me.
The terms MRSA and Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus were discussed and described.
A picture of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus that had been grown on an agar plate was in the
presentation. The Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus was contrasted to a Methicillin susceptible
Staphylococcus. In addition, other antibiotic panels showing bacterial resistant and susceptible patterns
were shown.

Health and Physical Educations Knowledge, Skill, Disposition Statement Alignment

KSD1.a. Demonstrates Knowledge of content and Pedagogy

Having worked and supervised a microbiology laboratory for 10 years and then also
directed the laboratory for another 30 years gives me the knowledge base to teach and be aware
of infectious disease hazards. I taught Medical Microbiology for 15 years to classes of Medical
Technology students. It was a pleasure to get this topic for a presentation to the class.
KSD1.b. Demonstrates Knowledge of Clients
KSD1.c. Selects Instructional /Training Goals
PERSONAL REFLECTION
1. The students seemed to enjoy the presentation and were enthused about asking questions
at the end of the presentation.
2. I like to induce humor to introduce a subject even though the subject is considered
unpleasant and gross.
3. I like to bring in disparate information, i.e. laboratory diagnosis of various bacterial,
fungal, and viral infections. Disparate information helps an individual to integrate
information while assisting with individual learning while providing a deeper
understanding.
Self-Learning
1. I realized that I like to work on presentations and do not mind putting in extra hours on
this topic. I had worked on the infectious disease aspect of this Prezi presentation for
multiple hours over spring break and up until the presentation was presented to the class.
2. Having enthusiasm for a topic aids in presentation and students pickup on this and pay
attention, respond and ask questions.