{"id":55598,"date":"2023-11-30T08:23:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=55598"},"modified":"2023-12-10T10:15:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T15:15:06","slug":"tied-to-the-thread-of-fate-utcs-remote-area-medical-chapter-prepares-students-to-help-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/tied-to-the-thread-of-fate-utcs-remote-area-medical-chapter-prepares-students-to-help-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Tied to the \u2018Thread of Fate\u2019: UTC\u2019s Remote Area Medical chapter prepares students to help others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_55600\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1006\" data-attachment-id=\"55600\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/tied-to-the-thread-of-fate-utcs-remote-area-medical-chapter-prepares-students-to-help-others\/remote-area-medical-23-288-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1006\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1694269229&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Remote Area Medical-23-288\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288-1024x805.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-55600 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288.jpg\" alt=\"In September, Kaitlyn Acuna (in red shirt) and members of UTC\u2019s student RAM chapter checked in Remote Area Medical patients as they entered the Camp Jordan Arena facility. Photo by Angela Foster.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288-800x629.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288-580x456.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288-610x480.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288-1536x1208.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Remote-Area-Medical-23-288-2048x1610.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In September, Kaitlyn Acuna (in red shirt) and other UTC students checked in Remote Area Medical patients as they entered the Camp Jordan Arena facility. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The nonprofit Remote Area Medical organization, founded in 1985, was created to provide health care services to underserved and economically disadvantaged communities. As RAM has grown through the years, student chapters have formed.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its second year as a student organization at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the RAM chapter brings UTC students to free pop-up clinics across the state to assist in providing vision, dental and general medical care to people in need.<\/p>\n<p>After finding a love for volunteering at RAM clinics, senior Ella Williams, who majors in business while preparing to go to dental school, established a student RAM chapter at UTC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to ask for care,\u201d Williams said. \u201cYou see a lot of emotional people and, I mean, like anxious and crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the student volunteers obviously can\u2019t offer actual medical care, so \u201cyou\u2019re more just dealing with patient flow. We\u2019re comforting people or helping them know where to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in Franklin, Tennessee, Williams was raised in a family where she never had to worry about whether she would get the care she needed. After going to her first RAM clinic, she was surprised to see how many people were really struggling to find health care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a lot of teeth issues and mouth issues growing up, and so I\u2019m like, \u2018Man, if I weren\u2019t born into the family I was born into, would I still be in this position?\u2019\u201d Williams pondered.<\/p>\n<p>She attended her first RAM clinic to get volunteer hours but left knowing she wanted to continue to help underserved people receive medical care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look around and you see all these people with smiles on their faces actually helping people,\u201d she said, \u201cand that\u2019s the kind of thing I want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sitting behind a screen all day trying to read an optometrist\u2019s messy handwriting, Williams struggled through her first clinic experience. At the end of the day, she still wanted to continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though [my job] wasn\u2019t hands-on, I\u2019m helping a doctor not have to spend 10 minutes doing this on the computer, so they could be going and checking this patient\u2019s eyes,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few years, Williams traveled to as many clinics as possible across the state. Although the senior year crunch keeps her from going as often, she said she still loves the experience and prepares for a time when she can help underserved communities daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people you\u2019re serving are so thankful for your service,\u201d Williams said. \u201cEveryone, even the students, are so nice and there\u2019s just a big community around with the common goal of providing health care to underserved communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Williams set out to establish a RAM chapter at UTC, she was unsure what she was getting herself into. Now, with dozens of members, she is happy to find so many students who want to help as much as she does.<\/p>\n<p>After dreaming of becoming a dentist for so long, Williams often battles imposter syndrome, questioning how she got to where she is today. However, she finds comfort in feeling she\u2019s following her destined path.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m becoming the career that I chose at 10 years old,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI wrote my personal statement on it like in the Taylor Swift song \u2018Invisible String\u2019 and all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comparing her career path to the Chinese legend of the Red Thread of Fate, which says an invisible red thread connects those destined to meet each other, Williams has found many instances in her life to always tie back to dentistry in some way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve gone through the years, I just feel like I\u2019ve always had different dental things be pulled to me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Williams leans into the opportunities provided to her, taking every chance she gets to learn more about dentistry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to get my wisdom teeth out and the doctor, without even really knowing me, was like, \u2018If you want to stay awake, you can.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018I would love to stay awake,\u201d\u2019 Williams recalled. \u201cI got to stay awake for my wisdom teeth surgery, and he walked me through everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After serving as RAM chapter president for a year, Williams passed along the title to junior Kaitlyn Acuna, who plans to enter emergency medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the chapter in its second year, Acuna strives to carry on Williams\u2019 mission of gathering as many student volunteers as possible to be able to help more people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo go into any kind of health school\u2026you need volunteer hours. They want to see that you care about giving back to your community,\u201d Acuna said. \u201cYou can say you care for patients, but I feel like volunteering shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tightening the thread between UTC RAM and people in need, what started as a way to gain volunteer hours became a bridge connecting students to the communities surrounding them.<\/p>\n<p>As the chapter grows, Acuna continues to work with Williams and advisor Theresa Blackman, assistant director of pre-health student services at UTC, to strengthen the student organization\u2019s routine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re looking for is the clinics that are within traveling distance for us,\u201d Acuna said. \u201cThen we as a chapter\u2026coordinate carpooling there and kind of just let people know where the clinic is and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Learn More<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\">Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/pre-health-professions-advising\">UTC Pre-Health Professions Advising<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramusa.org\/\">Remote Area Medical<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/ram-tough-volunteer-opportunity-brings-utc-students-staff-and-faculty-together-to-make-an-impact-and-be-engaged-in-the-community\/\">RAM tough: Volunteer opportunity brings UTC students, staff and faculty together \u2018to make an impact and be engaged in the community\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now in its second year as a student organization at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the Remote Area Medical (RAM) chapter brings students to free pop-up clinics across the state to assist in providing vision, dental and general medical care to people in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/tied-to-the-thread-of-fate-utcs-remote-area-medical-chapter-prepares-students-to-help-others\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1493,"featured_media":55600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83654,70,61,56,3,122313,7712,781,8325,661],"tags":[123085,123712,123273,123714,123268,123713],"class_list":{"0":"post-55598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","9":"category-college-of-health-education-and-professional-studies","10":"category-community","11":"category-experiential-learning","12":"category-faculty-and-staff","13":"category-health-and-wellness","14":"category-scholarship","15":"category-service","16":"category-students","17":"tag-bethany-cothran","18":"tag-ella-williams","19":"tag-kaitlyn-acuna","20":"tag-pre-health-student-services","21":"tag-remote-area-medical-ram","22":"tag-theresa-blackman","23":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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