Caduceus Newsletter: Spring 2003.05, Week of February 10

è 1. The School of Nursing at Georgetown University (Washington, DC) offers Accelerated BSN/Direct Entry to MSN, 16-month accelerated BSN and Master's degree in Health Systems Administration programs
è 2. The University of Pittsburgh MD/PhD Program offers a 10-week summer research and enrichment program for underrepresented minority students interested in careers as physician scientists.
è 3. The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Piscataway, NJ) offers a Summer Clinical Internship Program for undergraduates interested in careers in medicine.
è 4. Food Science Summer Scholars Program at Cornell U (Ithaca, NY)
è 5. Reminder about designing a student t-shirt for the Youth & Vitality vs. Old Age & Deceit Charity Volleyball Game, Monday February 24, 2003.
è 6. Volleyball practices open to students and faculty are scheduled for Monday, February 10 and Monday, February 17

è 1. The School of Nursing at Georgetown University (Washington, DC) offers Accelerated BSN/Direct Entry to MSN, 16-month accelerated BSN and Master's degree in Health Systems Administration programs 

There is a significant need for nurses at the bedside, nurse educators, nurse leaders and nursing faculty. For someone who is interested in a clinical role with real relationships with patients, nursing provides a vast range of opportunities. Graduate degrees preparing nurse practitioners educate nurses to take on more autonomous roles. Nurse practitioners manage patients, provide primary to acute care and have prescriptive authority in all states. Nurses are in such high demand that often hospitals will provide financial support for their nurses to go on for a graduate degree. For those students with an interest in teaching, the impending nursing faculty shortage will result in many funding opportunities for doctoral study in nursing.

The 16-month accelerated BSN is offered for students with bachelor's degrees in fields other than nursing.

The Direct Entry to a Master's in Nursing is for people who already have a clear sense of the advanced practice role that they'd like to pursue, such as Nurse Practitioner, Nurse-Midwife or Nurse Anesthetist.

For students who clearly want to work in health care but not necessarily in a clinical role, Georgetown offers a Master's Degree in Health Systems Administration. This program is for individuals who aspire to be effective decision makers and to participate in developing health care systems that provide accessible and affordable high quality care. It is designed to educate health care professionals who can successfully move across the broad range of health services organizations and programs at progressively higher levels of managerial responsibility.

For more information about these programs at Georgetown U, call (202) 687-3896 or e-mail Tricia Lawlor Jorden, MS, Director of Admissions and Outreach, at MPL23@georgetown.edu .

Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies
Box 571107
3700 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC 20057-1107

è 2. The University of Pittsburgh MD/PhD Program offers a 10-week summer research and enrichment program for underrepresented minority students interested in careers as physician scientists.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Minority Students

The Pittsburgh MD/PhD Program offers a 10-week summer research and enrichment program for underrepresented minority students interested in careers as physician scientists. The program is designed for students in their freshman, sophomore or junior years of college.

Students receive intensive research laboratory experience and abundant mentorship. Every effort is made to match minority students with biomedical researchers in a variety of areas including, but not limited to: Medical Robotics, Transplantation Immunology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Informatics, and much more. Each student is also paired with a current MD/PhD student.

In addition, students participate in a variety of career development programs, scientific seminars, and specific career enhancement opportunities including preparation for national examinations. By the end of the summer, students are in a position to create a research poster for presentation at the MD/PhD Program retreat as well as at a national conference. Social activities are included in the program to help build a network of peers with similar career paths.

Students receive a stipend of $3,500 for the ten-week period plus round trip airfare. This stipend provides students with a comfortable budget to live in Pittsburgh. All students must have medical insurance for the duration of the program, and since they will be working with human materials, are encouraged to be vaccinated for hepatitis B.

Application:

The program is for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, and is limited to minority groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences including African Americans, Alaskan Native, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders and Puerto Rican Mainlanders. The application includes a personal statement, transcript and 2 letters of recommendation each including a coversheet. Application materials are also available online at www.mdphd.pitt.edu

Application Deadline: March 1

University of Pittsburgh, MD/PhD Program, 526 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Telephone: (412) 648-2324
Fax: (412) 648-2185
E-mail: mdphd2@medschool.pitt.edu
Web site: http://www.mdphd.pitt.edu

è 3. The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Piscataway, NJ) offers a Summer Clinical Internship Program for undergraduates interested in careers in medicine.
 

http://rwjms.umdnj.edu We look forward to hearing from you!

Carol A. Terregino, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Assistant Dean for Admissions
675 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

(732) 235-4577 phone
(732) 235 5078 fax
terregca@umdnj.edu

è 4. Food Science Summer Scholars Program at Cornell U (Ithaca, NY)

The Cornell Institute of Food Science are proud to announce the Cornell University Food Science Summer Scholars Program - an undergraduate research program. Scholars will spend 10 weeks, from June 2 - August 8, 2003, on the Cornell U campus working on research projects under the mentorship of Cornell faculty members.

Research opportunities are available in various areas of:

• Food Chemistry
• Food Processing
• Food Engineering
• Biomedical Research
• Food Microbiology
• Nutrition

Sponsors for the 2002 program included:

• Cornell Associates Program
• Gorton's
• Kraft Foods
• Pepsi Cola Company
• USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant

To apply, visit their website at http://www.foodscience.cornell.edu/fsscholars.htm , and download the program application. Send completed application and materials to:
Janette Robbins
Cornell University
Dept. of Food Science
109 Stocking Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

A complete application must include the following materials:

• Application Form
• Personal Statement
• Official Transcript
• Letters of Recommendation (at least 2, no more than 4)
• Curriculum Vitae

è 5. Reminder about designing a student t-shirt for the Youth & Vitality vs. Old Age & Deceit Charity Volleyball Game, Monday February 24, 2003.

 HEY!
It takes a WEEK for a t-shirt company to silk-screen the t-shirts. The game is Monday, Feb. 24, so I need a design absolutely, positively no later than Wednesday, February 12.

è 6. Volleyball practices open to students and faculty are scheduled for Monday, February 10 and Monday, February 17

Volleyball practices open to students and faculty are scheduled for Monday, February 10 and Monday, February 17from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Gymnasium (Courtesy of In-Shik Huang, coach of the Lady Bucs Volleyball team)