Bucknell University Pre-Health Blog

Join us in Baltimore Health Immersion! This five-week summer program on psychological and social foundations of health builds your capacity to serve as a culturally competent health care professional. The integrated course work, service-learning internship, and networking opportunities prepares you to learn, serve, and lead in the diverse and rapidly changing twentyfirst-century world. The courses develop foundational skills to analyze how health is influenced by psychology, socioeconomic factors, religious beliefs, and neighborhoods in which individuals reside. The service-learning internships in urban health care setting give you an opportunity to deepen your understanding of health disparities and effective service to the most vulnerable. When? May 21 - June 23, 2017 What? STUDY Introduction to Health Psychology + Urban Health and Faith (diversity course) - 6 credits   IMMERSION Health service-learning internship in urban setting Site v

Applications for the 2017 CRISSP internship are now being accepted! Please pass this along to anyone you know that might be a good candidate for the program. Twenty-five positions are available. All participants will have multiple opportunities for clinical shadowing and broad exposure to biomedical research careers. Students receive a $4,000 stipend and free housing in the University of Pennsylvania dorms. The application deadline is January 31, 2017 . Check out our updated website for complete program information including 6 new participating faculty profiles:  http://crissp.research.chop.ed u/ . If you have questions, we have a alum (Bayo Bello) who did this in the past and who has offered to answer any questions you may have.  He says: "If they have any questions, they can reach me through my email address ( adebayo@mail.med.upenn.edu ) or my cell phone number : 267-285-3498 ."

Emory University’s Office of Summer Programs is pleased to announce MD-SEE, the MD Summer Experience at Emory, for summer 2017.    Much more than a shadowing program, MD-SEE offers genuine clinical experience, classroom guidance on presentations, and a vigorous look at current issues and practices in medicine. This course will cover variable topics of special interest in the field of Clinical Neurology.  Undergraduates will have an opportunity to correlate experience with actual patients with the science behind the diagnosis. During their time in the clinics, students will act as a “patient assistant,” helping patients who may have partial paralysis or loss of sensation. They will learn the basics of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and will record patients’ history and neurological findings while observing real-life patient examinations. Each student will be assigned a Clinical Neurology faculty mentor who will help develop the writing

We have two unique summer research scholarship opportunities for undergraduates at Nemours in Wilmington, DE that we hope you will share with your education community! The Nemours Summer Undergrad uate Research Program (NSURP) at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE, is accepting applications for 10 funded summer Research Scholar positions for our Summer 2017 program.  NSURP offers opportunities consisting of both basic and applied (clinical) biomedical research projects. The Nemours Office of Health Equity and Inclusion (OHEI) is accepting applications for 6 funded summer Research Scholar positions through their Health Equities Summer Research Program (HESSP). The focus of all of these research projects is health disparities. Most are epidemiologic in nature. Online applications will be accepted from December 1, 2016 through January 15, 2017 .   The deadline for submission of letters of reference is January 27, 2017 .   Applicants must

POSTING DETAILS Start Date: 06/01/2017 End Date: 07/01/2018 This is a paid position 40+ hours of work per week Job description:  The Pre-Med Student Intern will interview patients and record their medical history into the office’s Electronic Health Record system. They will then review the history with the attending physician and record the physical exam, MRI/X-ray findings and treatment plan in the EHR. The intern will also help the doctors with other research opportunities and projects.  Interest in Orthopedics is preferred, but not required as this experience will help all aspiring doctors.  The student must have graduated university and planning on attending medical school.  Please email a cover letter and resume to business@stetsonpowell.com Thank you for your help! Dani Wilkin Business Manager 191 S. Buena Vista Street, Suite #470 Burbank, CA 91505 Phone: 818.848.3030 Fax: 818.848.2228 E-mail: dani@stetsonpowell.com

Register Now to attend the  FREE  AACP Virtual Fair on October 4 & 5, 2016 Save   precious time and find out which Pharmacy School's PharmD program is best for you!

Please forward the below to any interested students, staff or faculty at your school. Spring at the Duke Marine Lab is a great time for students – there are some great course options both in and away from Beaufort. We would love to have some of your students join us this spring! Best, Sarah ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sarah A. Phillips Assistant Director of Admissions & CEM Lead Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Marine Laboratory, Office #107 135 Duke Marine Lab Road Beaufort, NC 28516 P: 252-504-7531 ; F: 252-504-7648 sarah.anne.phillips@duke.edu www.nicholas.duke.edu/marinela b It's time to sign up for spring 2017! Add some adventure abroad during spring semester on Duke’s coastal campus in beautiful Beaufort, NC. Participate in experiential courses with world-renowned Duke faculty, participate

Colleagues: Today is the first day of Health Professions Week and you are invited! High school students, undergrads, advisors and parents are all invited to participate for free. 19 health professions are represented. Monday, September 26 TODAY HPW Virtual Fair until 9:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, September 27 Treasure Hunt Tuesday Participants are entered to win prizes! Wednesday, September 28 Community Connect Day Find a local event near you. Thursday, September 29 Interview a Health Professional Day Is a student struggling to find a health professional to interview? Email healthprofessionsweek@gmail. com to get connected with someone. Friday, September 30 HPW Virtual Fair #2 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET Thank you for sharing this event with your advisees. Registration will remain open through Friday . “See” you there! -        HPW Team healthprofessionsweek@gmail. com Thank you, NAAHP, for sponsoring Health Professions Week.

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Dear Premed Students:   The Altius Test Prep  Fall Long-Track MCAT Course  is starting this week, on  Sept. 19th . If you're planning on getting involved, you'll need to contact Altius this week. You can visit  here  to enroll, or to gather more information. There is also additional info included in this  flyer .   For students who are planing to self-study for the MCAT,  Altius has offered an exclusive discount to our premeds who purchase the Altius Full-Length Practice Exams . If you plan to enroll in any of the Altius MCAT Programs, these tests will be included in your mentoring program. However, for self-study students who would just like the exams, you can click here  and call your Regional Enrollment Director at 435-671-5783 to get a coupon code that will save you $45.00 off our set of ten practice exams.    If you have specific questions about Altius, or these practice tests, your Enrollment Director assigned to your University can be reached at 435-6

Do you know students who want to develop innovative solutions to complex problems facing society?  Issues like attacks on our digital infrastructure to the rearranging of the healthcare system . From the future of cities to the theft of our privacy .  From the digital theft of movies and music to harnessing data for the good of citizens .  If so, please share this message with those individuals because these are the problems on our minds.  The co-location of the School of Information Systems & Management and the School of Public Policy & Management within the Heinz College enables us to attack the most challenging problems of our age in ways that few others could imagine.  If you know someone who would benefit by learning more about the master’s degree programs offered by Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College, p lease share this message so they can: 1.    Join us for our on-campus open house November 11-12, 2016 2.    Join us online for LIVE and/or

Next week, third and fourth year medical students at The University of Queensland School of Medicine Ochsner Clinical School in New Orleans will join me in a live discussion about their educational and personal experiences in the program. Students, alumni and advisors are all welcome to participate. Live Webinar – Meet the Students Monday, September 26 th , 2016, 7pm Eastern/6pm Central/4pm Pacific RSVP: http://eventservices.cloudapp. net/?OrgName=MedEdPath& CategoryName=Admissions& EventId=71B9DECB-7A10-E611- 8BDE-00155DCE1A15 If you are unable to participate and have questions about the program, I am available by phone and email and would be delighted to hear from you. Regards, Whitney Whitney Bennett, MA Director, Enrollment Management Mededpath 77 Water Street 8th Floor NY NY 10005 P: 877.777.0155 Ext. 106 wbennett@mededpath.org You can view all of our upcoming events on the home page of our website: http://www.mede

Greetings from VCOM! Here on the VCOM Virginia Campus we are excited to announce our Fall 2016 Open House! On Saturday, November 5, 2016 we would like to welcome prospective students and guests to our campus to explore all that VCOM has to offer.  There will be opportunities to tour our campus including our Anatomy lab, meet current students, see osteopathic manipulative treatment in action, and more! 11/5 More information and registration can be found here: http://www.vcom.edu/ admissions/virginia-campus- open-house We hope that you and your students will consider joining us.  Please forward this on to your students whom may be interested in attending!  Do not hesitate to reach out should you have any questions! All the best, Shannon Shannon ……………………….. Shannon C. Sampson, MPH Director of Admissions, Virginia Campus Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine 2265 Kraft Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 Office: 540-231-5909 | Fax: 540-231-5252