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Caduceus
Newsletter: Spring 2010.03, Week of
January 25
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Dream Doctors Program Will Graduate World’s First Medical Clowns
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1. Events coming
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Thursday,
February 4: Getwell, a documentary
about the Church Health Center, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4 at Rhodes
College, Blount Auditorium in Buckman Hall. The event is
free and open to the public. Church
Health Center Founder and Executive Director Dr. Scott Morris will introduce
the film and take questions about the future of healthcare. ·
Friday,
February 12: University of Tennessee
Health Science Center (Memphis) College of Allied Health will be sponsoring a
Prospective Student Open House on Friday, February 12, 2010 – If
interested, contact ahcareers@utmem.edu
. (See Article #2). ·
Thursday,
February 18: Presentation on the
University of Memphis School of Public Health. The Masters programs
in Public Health and Health Administration will be discussed. For more information, contact Shirl Sharpe,
Academic Service Coordinator, University of Memphis School of Public Health, 208
Scates Hall, Memphis, TN 38152; Email: ssharpe@memphis.edu ; Phone:
901-678-1710; Fax: 901-678-0372.
The website is http://www.memphis.edu/sph
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Saturday, April 10: AACOM
is hosting a Health
Professions Recruitment Fair and Workshop in North Bethesda,
Maryland on Saturday, April 10, 2010,
1 pm - 4 pm in conjunction with the AACOM Annual Meeting. |
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2. The University of
Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) College of Allied Health will
be sponsoring a Prospective Student Open House on Friday, February 12, 2010. |
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3. The
University of Michigan offers an 8-week Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
in Health Management and Policy. |
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Dear Colleagues: |
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4. Yale University
will be hosting its 8th Annual Unite For Sight Global Health
& Innovation Conference, Saturday, April 17-Sunday, April 18, 2010. |
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We would appreciate it if you could please pass along details about the upcoming Unite For Sight Global Health & Innovation Conference to your students. We hope that many of them will be able to attend. Additionally, for students with an idea for a new program, project, or organization, they may be interested in submitting a social enterprise pitch for presentation at the conference. GH/Innovate
2010 "A Meeting of Minds"--CNN
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5. The American
Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) is pleased to announce our Health Professions Recruitment Fair and Workshops in conjunction with AACOM’s Annual Meeting in Bethesda,
Maryland. |
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Dear
Advising Colleagues and Friends, The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic
Medicine (AACOM) is pleased to announce our Health Professions
Recruitment Fair and Workshops in
conjunction with AACOM’s Annual Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland. We are very excited about
this recruitment/informational event and look forward to seeing many of you
and your students there. Please share this information with your
students, alumni, post-bacs, and individuals interested in meeting with a
variety of medical and health professions admission officers. Fans of
AACOM’s Facebook account will also receive updates – join us at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chevy-Chase-MD/AACOM-The-American-Association-of-Colleges-of-Osteopathic-Medicine/49933236324 Below
you will find the links to the event details, a recruitment flyer, and the
complimentary registration form. Upcoming Free
Recruitment Event! Registration is complimentary but space
is limited. Register
Now to
guarantee entry!
We are looking forward to seeing you! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly. As always, we appreciate the support you provide to your applicants. Warmest regards, Gina
M. Moses, M.Ed., Associate Director of Application Services Tel:
(301) 968-4184 |
6. ===AAMC STAT=== News from the Association of American Medical Colleges, January 18, 2010.
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7. The University of Southern California (USC)
Somos Hermanos Student Immersion
Program is currently accepting applications for both the July – December 2010
and January – June 2011 program sessions.
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Dear Pre-Health Students, The USC Somos Hermanos Student Immersion Program is currently accepting applications for both the July – December 2010 and January – June 2011 program sessions. Somos Hermanos aims to reduce the health care disparity
experienced by Latinos by increasing the number of bilingual, culturally
competent Health care providers in the The SIP targets students who have completed their undergraduate education and are taking a year (or more) off before continuing on to graduate school in the health professions. We accept students who will be attending graduate school for medicine, dentistry, nursing, psychology, physical therapy, public health, and other health-related fields. “I went and saw my first patient a couple weeks ago and of course, he only spoke Spanish. I went into the room with a second year student I was paired with (and who did not know I spoke Spanish), and he proceeded to ask the patient the usual beginning questions. When I could tell that the patient did not understand him, I began translating the questions into Spanish and translating his responses into English to tell the second year student. Completely surprised at first by my fluency, the second year began telling me questions to ask him, which I did quite easily and effectively. I ended up translating both ways - the patient’s entire history and physical exam, without the aid of anything or anyone. This was exactly why I wanted to do Somos Hermanos, but I got that out of it, and so much more that I couldn’t have anticipated.” - Quote from a past participant currently attending
medical school in the The application deadline for the Fall 2010 Session
(July - December) is February 15th, 2010. For more information regarding our program, please visit our website at: www.somoshermanos.org, or e-mail us at info@somoshermanos.org. We look forward to hearing from you soon, Elise Wach and Joe Herrold, Directors |
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8. The
East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine offers a
4-week Medical Horizons Program. |
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The 2010 East
Tennessee State University & Mountain States Health Alliance Medical
Horizons Program In its third year, Medical Horizons
continues to add opportunities for those considering a career in medicine
with a firsthand experience in the health professions. Your students will
enjoy this 4 week experience gaining exposure to different areas of medicine.
“I
thought this was an excellent opportunity to interact and get one-on-one
experience/advice from the medical community. I was able to talk with medical
students, residents, and physicians and they provided excellent advice along
the way.” 2009 Program Participant Please use this link http://www.etsu.edu/com/sa/admissions/medicalhorizons/default.aspx
for complete and detailed information about the 2010 Medical Horizons
Program. If you have any questions, please
contact Valerie Boger, Department of Surgery, (423) 439-6268 or boger@etsu.edu. Sincerely, Stephanie Cole
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9. Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering
Tri-Institutional MD-PhD
Program offers a 10-week Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program in New
York City for freshmen and sophomores.
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**********PLEASE REMIND YOUR STUDENTS TO CHECK THE
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. WE ARE GETTING MANY APPLICATIONS FROM
STUDENTS WHO DON'T QUALIFY (these applications are not processed).
Eligibility Requirements: · Freshman and sophomores only (class of 2012 and /or 2013 only). · Must be either an underrepresented minority student and/or disadvantaged student as described by the NIH. · Must be a US citizen or permanent resident. For
further information (including eligibility) and an on-line application,
please visit our website: Ruth
Gotian, M.S. |
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10. The Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Athens)
will again host the Summer
Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. |
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The Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine will again host the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. The SURF program provides a wide variety of summer research opportunities for undergraduate students interested in careers in medicine or biomedical research. Participants in this program work in an active research lab under the guidance of a biomedical science faculty member. The goal is to expose students to the challenges, excitement and satisfaction of research. The SURF program is 7 weeks in length and includes room & board, a living allowance, 8 quarter hours of biology credit and the potential for a guaranteed interview for the entering class at the medical school. Detailed information, eligibility requirements, and application materials can be obtained by going to the SURF web site at www.oucom.ohiou.edu/surfprog.htm
. The deadline for application is February 1, 2010. Please encourage your students to take advantage of this tremendous opportunity. If you have any questions about the program, please contact the OU-COM Admissions Office at 800-345-1560. Best regards, John D. Schriner,
Ph.D., Director of Admissions |
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11.
Most osteopathic medical schools have a
February 1, 2010 deadline – a note from Gina Moses, M.Ed., Associate Director
of Application Services. |
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Dear Advising Colleagues, As many of you are aware, the
nation’s 26 Osteopathic Medical Schools have rolling AACOMAS deadlines http://www.aacom.org/InfoFor/applicants/Pages/Instructions.aspx.
The majority of them have a February 1, 2010 deadline which is
fast approaching. In order to remind these applicants
to complete their applications prior to the deadlines, we wanted to
alert you that AACOMAS has sent out notifications to all of our pending
applicants that have specified one or more of the Osteopathic Medical Schools
that they are applying to. The next deadline is: February 1st
(13 COMs). We would like to ensure that everyone who would
like to apply is clear about the timeframe they have left to have all of
their requirements received by AACOMAS to start the verification process.
Fans of AACOM’s Facebook account
will also receive updates – join us at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chevy-Chase-MD/AACOM-The-American-Association-of-Colleges-of-Osteopathic-Medicine/49933236324 Below is the exact wording of the
email notification that was sent. “Dear Applicant, This is a courtesy reminder for your AACOMAS application.
After review of our records, it appears that you are intending to apply to (Name
of the Osteopathic Medical College) in which the deadline for submission
of applications is February 1, 2010. At this time we have not received
all the requirements (payment and/or transcripts) to begin processing your
application. The normal verification processing timeframe is 4-6 weeks from
the completion date of your application, although at this time, we have a
processing time that is significantly lower. The completion date is the date that all
requirements have been received in-house by AACOMAS. If you still wish to
apply please submit your application/requirements as soon as possible. Note
that February 1st is the date by which your application must be
complete to AACOMAS. It may still take several weeks before the
application is verified and submitted to all of your colleges of choice.” If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact me directly. As always, we appreciate the
tremendous support you provide to your applicants! Best regards, Gina M. Moses,
M.Ed., Associate Director of Application Services |
12.
Marginalia:
Medical clowning as a therapy modality.
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Dr. Stan Eisen,
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E-mail: seisen@cbu.edu
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/
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