Who conducts KDSAP trainings?
Dr. Li-Li Hsiao and a representative from KDSAP Headquarters will travel to each new chapter for the first training. Subsequent trainings will be conducted by the chapter’s physician advisor and/or other qualified health professionals, with assistance from executive board members. The advisor may recruit other physicians to help under his/her guidance.
How many training sessions are required before volunteering? In order to volunteer at a screening, students are required to receive Universal Precautions and Professionalism (UPP), Screening Station Orientation, and Blood Pressure (BP) trainings, which are all given and supervised by physicians. They may be organized on the same day or in different sessions, depending on each chapter and advisor.
How will the biohazard, sharps, and urine samples be disposed? Volunteers will take the biohazard bags and sharps containers when they leave screening sites and then follow appropriate procedures for disposing of them (they should refer to their state’s Department of Public Health for specific requirements and options).
During community screening sessions will students help in the patient screening process? Or will they simply help organize and facilitate the screening sessions? KDSAP was designed to be a student-run organization, so yes, students will be trained and responsible for the majority of the organization and administering of various tests during the screenings, as long as there are no university or state-specific regulations that prohibit this. However, a physician must always be present to supervise trainings and screenings.