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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Virtual Info Session

 

You’re Invited

Please join the Office of MD Admissions from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine located in Chicago, Illinois for a virtual information session from 4-5:00 PM CT on Thursday, November 12, 2020.  The session will be hosted by Roopal V Kundu, MD, Feinberg’s Associate Dean of Admissions, and will include an overview of the Feinberg experience as well as time for Q&A.

Register Now

We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about Feinberg’s various MD degree programs, the FSM admissions process, why Feinberg is a great school, and student life.   You are also invited to contact our office with questions at med-admissions@northwestern.edu or 312.503.8206.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine – The Feinberg Medical Education Experience

Surgical Assistant - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

 

Surgical Assistant -  Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

North Atlanta Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (https://naoms.net/) 

Estimated Hours/Week:  30-40

Hours and Location of Operation:

Monday, Wednesday 7:30 (IF 8 AM Surgery) 8:30 (IF 9 AM Surgery) - 5:00 and Friday 7:30 - 3:00 à 2555 Westside Parkway Alpharetta, Ga. 30004

Tuesday and Thursday 7:30 AM (if 8 AM Surgery) 8:30 (IF 9 AM Surgery) - 5:00 à 3275 Market Place Blvd Suite 175. Cumming, Ga. 30041

Daily START/END times will vary dependent on surgical schedule.

Job Purpose:

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. Help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments. Recover patients following procedures by monitoring vital signs. Provide assistance during operations by retrieving instruments and other materials. Help set up operating room, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants. Check in patients, organize paperwork, and scan documents at the front desk during consultation appointments. Assist in x-rays and other consultation office procedures.

Responsibilities:      

·  Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

·  Hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.

·  Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.

·  Wash and sterilize equipment using germicides and sterilizers.

·  Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.

·  Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.

·  Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, and diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.

·  Prepare, care for and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.

·  Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses and anesthesiologists.

·  Additional tasks may be required of this position that are not mentioned above.

·       Take and develop panoramic X-rays

·       Review and explain informed consents to patients.

·       Review pre and post-operative instructions with patients.

Work Requirements:

Requires standing, Requires repetitive movement, Requires bending or twisting, Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls, Requires contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise), Includes exposure to contaminants, Includes exposure to radiation, Includes exposure to disease or infections, Requires work with others in a group or team, Requires wearing common protective or safety equipment, Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions

Work Activities:

·  Performing General Physical Activities

·  Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

·  Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

·  Getting Information

·  Documenting/Recording Information

·  Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

·  Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

·  Prepare supplies or equipment for surgery

·  Hand instruments or materials to doctor

·  Take vital signs

Education and Experience-Suggested/Not Required

Years of Experience:  No less than 1 year in a surgical setting

Education:   Bachelor’s Degree

Degree or Formal Training:  American Board of Surgical Assistants

License, Certificate or Registration:   CPR certified

Knowledge

Required:

·  English Language

·  Medicine and Dentistry

Tools

Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment or accessories or related products

Electrosurgical monitors

If interested in applying, please email a resume and cover letter to contactus@naoms.net.

Doc Dreams

 

My name is William Mbongo and I'm a 2^nd year student at Harvard Medical School. Over this past year, I've had the privilege of having many conversations with current students in the HMS class of 2023 about their journeys to medical school. These students come from different countries and different regions of America and have such varied backgrounds that they defy the many stereotypes attributed to students in medical school. These conversations have been recorded and made into a podcast series called DocDreams that aims to demystify who belongs in medical school and inspire students from all levels of society to apply. 

Check out the trailer at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/docdreams/id1527356117?i=1000487854574

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7A4mFpMSaNcS8OHJWy8RNy

PHA Presents: Mythbusters

 

Health Career Connection Internship Program

For over 30 years, HCC has inspired and empowered the next generation of diverse health professionals. Through their paid, 10 week, full-time internship program with leading health care and public health employers, interns are provided an educational stipend and have the unique opportunity to:

• Gain hands-on exposure and experience
• Strengthen their network
• Discover or affirm their health career direction
• Find mentors
• Develop professional skills
• Secure jobs (70% are offered a fulltime job or extended internship)
• Increase competitiveness for graduate education (Public Health, Medicine, Mental Health, and Business)

To ensure safe experiences for students during the COVID-19 pandemic, HCC works with host organizations to provide in person, hybrid, or virtual internships that comply with health regulations.

HCC is open to all undergraduate students and recent graduates. Students enrolled in graduate programs are not eligible to apply. HCC internships are open to all students and strongly encourage BIPOC students, first-generation students, and those from economically challenged and underserved backgrounds to apply.

To apply, student should submit their application and required materials by December 13, 2020.

Interview Skills Workshop - Association of Women in Science

Join AWIS and the Career Center for an interview skills workshop to learn the strategies for taking control of your interview! Register through Handshake/tinyurl to be invited into the workshop!

MD & MD/PhD Students Panel - Emory Undergraduate Medical Review (EUMR)

 Are you interested in getting advice and asking questions to current MD and MD/PhD students? Be sure to go to the MD & MD/PhD students panel on Thursday, October 29th from 8-9 PM EST! The panel features 3 MD students and 2 MD/PhD students (one is currently a resident). You can ask questions about Early Admission Medical Honors program, MD and MD/PhD applications, as well as Medical Students' daily lives.

https://emory.zoom.us/j/92448880428

Perspectives in Healthcare - Universities Allied for Essential Medicines

Hear from patent law, pharmaceutical industry, infectious disease medicine, and bioethics experts share their perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic! This will take place on Thursday, October 29th from 5:30-6:30 PM ET at:

https://emory.zoom.us/j/95531381206

Doctors Without Borders GBM

Learn about the fundraising opportunities you can participate in this semester for the Emory Student Chapter of Doctors Without Borders!

https://emory.zoom.us/j/96863272549

Humans of Pre-Health Emory (HOPHE): Dr. Roger Deal

 

1.     Please introduce yourself.

I went to college at the University of South Carolina, graduate school at the University of Georgia, and did my postdoctoral work out in Seattle at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. I started a lab up at Emory in 2012, and our research focuses on transcriptional regulation in plant genomes, with respect to how they’re utilized under different conditions.

2.     Why did you decide to pursue a profession in research?

I started off on the pre-med track in undergraduate. My dad was a doctor and I was interested in that field. As part of the typical undergraduate experience, I became involved in research to see what science looks like from the inside and how knowledge is generated. I just got hooked on that whole process, to generate questions that nobody knows the answer to and answering them to come up with information that no one has discovered before. Once I saw that process and where it could go, I got really excited about it and knew that’s where I want to devote my efforts to.  

3.     Were you always interested in pursuing research in plant molecular biology, or was it a topic of interest that came to mind later in your research career?

Actually, I’ve always been interested in plants. Ever since I was a little kid, my mom was a big gardener. To watch a planted seed spring to life and go through this amazing developmental metamorphosis has always been fascinating to me. I knew that when I got involved in research, I would want it to be about plant molecular biology. I really stuck with that, as my main focus has been related to plants throughout my career. They are critical to the survival to our species, so learning more about how they work is important. This, and my fascination with plants in general, led me to pursue and stick with research in plants and transcriptional regulation.

4.     How have things changed, in terms of research, based on COVID-19?

We have 3 federally funded projects, so we’re tied to the goals we said were going to achieve in the grant proposals. However, the timelines were completely thrown off because the labs were shut down temporarily in March. With density restrictions and other limitations, projects have been progressing much more slowly. It’s definitely a frustrating time for everybody.   

5.     What have been impactful events that have led you to pursue research?

The most impactful event I had was actually coming into the lab as an undergraduate student, where I had the freedom and capability to tackle unanswered questions by reading a lot of scientific papers, learning about the various experimental tools, and performing experiments. Doing those experiments and seeing its results really drew me into the field. Every new discovery is one more thing that keeps me interested in the field. The nature of science can be slow and frustrating, but the excitement of discovery always keeps me interested in research.

6.     What was the most difficult part of your career in research?

My years as a postdoctoral researcher were tough. When I went to Seattle, I was thinking about problems in plant development that were really hard to address because of technical issues. If I were to start my own lab in the future to address these questions, a good thing to do would be to solve these technical problems and develop new technologies to address new questions. I knew that there was no guarantee for these new technologies to work, and it took years of constant troubleshooting and patience to tackle these tough projects. For a while, I considered changing careers because I was personally very frustrated. But, in the end, being persistent helped me get past these challenges and I was able to create new technologies that are now being used across the research field.  

7.     Did you have a specific mentor that inspired you to get to where you are now?

I’ve had great mentors all along the way. My mentor in graduate school, Rich Meagher, helped me greatly in my research career through his mentorship style: he advised me throughout the course of my projects while also giving me the intellectual freedom to make mistakes and learn from them. This gave me the skills to help get me to where I am today. Having good mentorship along the way was serendipitous; the professor I worked for in undergraduate introduced me to my graduate school professor, and the person I ended up doing post-doctoral work with gave a seminar at my graduate school.

8.     If you could start over, what would you change?

I don’t think I would change anything! My next steps in my research career became obvious as I progressed through each previous step. Along that path, so many things have happened in my personal life that came in parallel with my scientific career. So, I don’t think I would want to change anything if I could go back.

9.     What is the best advice you could give someone pursuing the same track as yourself?

The first thing to do is to figure out what your interests really are. I thought I knew exactly where I was heading coming into college, but it turns out I was wrong. Being open minded to the idea that your vision could change based on what you’re exposed to is very important, and being exposed to a diversity of intellectual pursuits is the best way to truly determine what your interests are. This would allow you to make an affirmative decision on what you’re interested in pursuing as a career, rather than choosing one by default. Good mentorship is important too; good mentors should be supportive but also allow you to explore intellectually. 

10  What do you wish you knew 5 years ago?

At that point, I was a pretty new assistant professor. Getting federal funding was a struggle at that point, so I wish I knew the strategies I knew now in pursuing research funding. The research funding process is intricate, and I’m still learning about it but I’ve definitely had more success in it now after learning from the failures. So, I don’t know if I would want to take away those moments to learn from failures, but it certainly would have been a lot easier to get funding 5 years ago if I knew what I know now. 

Lecture and Q&A with Dr. Michael Caudle - Emory Undergraduate Global Health Organization (EUGHO)

Hear from Rollins Professor Dr. Caudle speak about the role environmental chemicals play in our everyday lives and their effects on the brain!

https://emory.zoom.us/j/99173626175

Emory Pre-PA Society General Body Meeting

Join the Emory Pre-Physician Assistant Society for their first GBM of the semester. They will be going over the basics of what a physician assistant is as well as the process of applying to PA schools. Further, they will also be updating new and current members of the possible opportunities that are planned for the future.

https://emory.zoom.us/j/94535126044

MCAT Prep Resources

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Health Professions Readiness Engagement Program (HealthPREP)

REGISTER HERE!

Freshmen Seminar Class

IDS 190: History and Philosophy of Nursing

Meeting time: 9:40 to 10:55 Monday and Wednesday

Content: 

What does it mean to be a nurse?  What is the nursing role in health care? What is the expreise that nurses bring to health care?  Throughout the history of modern nursing, nurses have engaged these philosophical questions.  Their answers shaped how nurses established their educational systems and professional status, influencing both the state of nursing today and the challenges it faces.  In this course,  we will trace the history of nursing and explore how philosophical questions about nursing were answered in the context of the growth of heath care institutions (like hospitals and public health departments), the changing roles of women, and—especially in the United States—the dynamics of race.  Readings will be drawn from historical studies of nursing and health care, such as Ulrich’s A Midwife’s Tale and D’Antonio’s American Nursing, from historical writings of nurses, such as Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing and Henderson’s The Nature of Nursing, as well as contemporary work by nursing theorists and philosophers.

Required Texts:

D’Antonio, Patricia (2010). American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work  

Nighingale, Florence (859). Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not

Other readings available on Course Reserves.

Grading Details (Assignments and/or Tests/Exams)

Grades will be based on class participation, regular short writing assignments, and a final portfolio of revised and expanded versions of the short writing assignments.

 

EASDA: What I Wish I Knew When I was Pre-Dental, Michelle Skelton

 

Join the Emory Pre-Dental Society this Monday as they host the current Columbia College of Dental Medicine student and Emory alum, Michelle Skelton! Hear the perspective of a D3 on what she wishes she knew before dental school. All pre-health students welcome, it's a great opportunity to learn about dentistry to see if it might be the right fit for you! Join them here.

St. Louis' MPH-Maternal & Child Health Program

 

Omada Health

Omada Health is a late-stage digital health startup helping people at risk for chronic diseases or living with type-2 diabetes, hypertension and/or musculoskeletal pain manage their risk or conditions.  The HR team recently posted an opening on the team in the Atlanta area that we believe Emory undergrads (junior or senior year) students would be incredibly successful in and could be a stepping stone to their first career after graduation.  The role Omada is hiring for in Atlanta is to help solve issues and answer questions from our participants to help them be successful in our programs; the team has a front row seat to our program and corporate operations.  Omada is growing its presence in Atlanta; we just opened our first office in Midtown last winter. You can read their press release here.

No Kid Hungry Youth Ambassadors

 

No Kid Hungry Youth Ambassadors

Posting: Open Hand Atlanta

Location: 181 Armour Dr. NE, Atlanta, GA 30324

No child should grow up hungry in the United States. By connecting kids in need with nutritious food, the No Kid Hungry campaign surrounds children with healthy food where they live, learn and play.

We’re ending childhood hunger by connecting kids to effective nutrition programs like school breakfast and summer meals. This work is accomplished through the No Kid Hungry network, made up of private citizens, public officials, nonprofits, business leaders and others providing innovative hunger solutions in their communities. These public-private partnerships work together to identify and eliminate the barriers that may prevent children from accessing existing food and nutrition resources.

Through the support of the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, Share Our Strength has created a program to involve college-aged Youth Ambassadors in the fight against childhood hunger by working with one of our No Kid Hungry community partners.

For the fall and spring program, Open Hand Atlanta will host one (1) Youth Ambassador who will assist in adapting cooking and nutrition education curricula to a virtual format, managing incoming cooking and nutrition education data for kids, teens, and families courses, and conducting formative research to learn more about the strengths and needs of community partners. There will also be opportunities for the Youth Ambassador to assist with in-person, physically distant Cooking Matters courses.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

General:

The Cooking Matters program at Open Hand Atlanta is in the process of shifting in-person 6-week course programming to an online format. There are three long-term projects that will be included in this internship experience.

First, the Youth Ambassador will collaborate with Cooking Matters instructors remotely to adapt activities that exist in the face-to-face format to be interactive in a virtual format. This collaborative work will take place throughout the academic year in order to support the conversion of Cooking Matters for Kids, Teens, and Families curricula to online.

The Youth Ambassador will also assist with data tracking and management, with a focus on solidifying online attendance and engagement tracking for Cooking Matters Kids, Teens, and Families classes. This will be a collaborative project with the Open Hand Cooking Matters team and will directly influence the trajectory of data monitoring and management for Cooking Matters for Kids, Teens, and Families online format classes.

The third long-term project the Youth Ambassador will take on is that of formative evaluation of community partner locations that support kids, teens, and families programming. After receiving training in community assessment and formative research, the Youth Ambassador will be responsible for developing and implementing a formative evaluation plan. This evaluation will culminate in a written report of findings as well as a presentation of findings to the Cooking Matters team.

Includes:

Note: Weekly workload percentages are ranges due to shift in internship focus from Fall 2020 to Spring 2021 semesters.

• Online curriculum and activities development for kids, teens, families (25-50%)
• Online course data tracking & monitoring, program data tracking/assistance (20-25%)
• Formative evaluation: community mapping, qualitative research (5-35%)
• Website and social media content development (20-25%)
• Cooking Matters for Kids/Teens/Families course assistant: in-person opportunity (0-15%)
• No Kid Hungry/Share our Strength commitments & other administrative tasks

QUALIFICATIONS:

No Kid Hungry seeks enthusiastic undergraduate college students to join our program as Youth Ambassadors.

The ideal candidate will have:

·       A great attitude and willingness to work on all kinds of projects

·       Interest in hunger issues

·       Commitment to working with diverse communities

·       Reliability, responsibility, and a good work ethic

·       Good customer service and interpersonal skills

·       Strong organizational skills

·       Ability to work independently

·       Familiarity with social media

·       Familiarity with virtual teaching and learning platforms

·       An interest in program planning, implementation, and evaluation

·       Use of personal laptop and mobile phone preferred

·       Reliable access to a vehicle 

Youth Ambassadors will receive a stipend of no more than $4500 for over the course of the fall and spring semesters, for a completion of 300 hours over two semesters. The program starts on October 23, 2020 and ends in May 15, 2021.

Youth Ambassadors will report to a national No Kid Hungry staff member and an Open Hand Atlanta staff member.  Ambassadors will participate in weekly conference calls, complete a weekly report, and attend online training sessions throughout their term. 

Interested applicants should apply online at https://www.nokidhungry.org/youth-ambassadors

50 Shades of LatinX

Join the Gamma Nu Chapter of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. on Friday, October 23rd at 6 PM EST via Zoom for our annual event, 50 Shades of Latinx! This year, our topic will be on racial and ethnic health disparities in the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Medical School Admission Q & A Panel - Emory Medlife

Need advice from a pre-health advisors? Have questions about the medical school process? Worried about interviews? Join Emory Medlife on October 22nd from 8-9pm EST for answer for all these questions. 

Pre-Vet Club: Veterinarian Panel

Join the Pre-Vet club for a vet panel discussion 🐾 on October 22! Learn more about becoming a vet by gaining insight into different veterinary specialties! 🐶🐒🐴🐷 Join them on zoom here.

Humans of Pre-Health Emory (HOPHE): Alan Amedi

 

Alan Amedi is a current M1 at Emory University SOM and graduated from Georgia State University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. We had a chance to sit down with Alan and ask him a few questions about his pre-health journey. 

1)     Can you tell me a little bit of why you decided to pursue medicine, and what led you down that path?

In 2015, ISIS and their terror in the middle east was in the news constantly. There was a picture displayed in the New York Times of a three-year-old Kurdish boy washed up on a beach after the boat, in which he was escaping capsized in the Mediterranean. The Kurdish boy was the same age as my little brother at the time and had my name. When I saw his picture, I felt a desire to help rising up within me. As an American-born Kurd, I have been privileged to receive a robust education, untarnished by corrupt government and constant conflict. I knew I could leverage this foundation to pursue medicine as an avenue to help my people. I have also had the honor of being mentored by inspiring clinicians and teachers who have nurtured my dream to become a doctor. Dr. Heval Kelli a fellow Kurdish doctor has been one of the most inspirational people that I’ve met. I guess seeing someone else that was like me already in the field really gave me the confidence that I could potentially do something like that too.

2)     Could you speak a little more about how Dr. Kelli has been a mentor to you and what that relationship has been like?

Dr. Heval Kelli is the first doctor I really met. He’s Kurdish like I am and seeing someone like me in the medical field gave me the confidence and self-belief that I too could become a physician. He’s helped me grow as a person and as a future physician. If I had not met him, I probably would have never thought about the field of medicine. I thought if he could do it, then so can I, and here I am today. 

3)     What has been the most difficult part of either the pre-health journey years or medical school so far?

I worked throughout college so sometimes it was difficult to maintain a work/social life/school balance. Trying to volunteer and get involved in research on top of that meant that I had to give up some things, and that was difficult. I knew it would all pay off eventually though, so I just kept trying to grind it out. So, I think that probably was the hardest part for me. Also, the whole application process was difficult. English is my second language, but even though I'm fluent in English my writing is still very bad. I spent a lot of time writing my essays or as much time as I could. And I got so many friends to look over them for me.

 

4)     Could you tell me a little bit more about why you decided to take a gap year and when you realized you wanted to take one?

I initially didn’t want to because I was worried about how old I would be after finishing medical school, but I’ve learned that it’s more important to enjoy the journey and to trust the process. Medical school and the specialty you decide to go into will take a long time, but that doesn’t mean you can’t live your life. I also wanted to get to know myself better and grow on a personal level so I thought taking a year off would be best. The PI of the lab I was volunteering in in undergrad offered me a full-time position as a research specialist, so I thought what better time than now to get more involved in something that I was already interested in. It was only going to help my application and I already liked research, so that was the best option for me. I've had incredible experiences there. I can't ever imagine a career without research.

5)     Is there a specific specialty you're interested in and did your research inform what you wanted to do?

Most people say whatever they want to be now will probably change, so I guess you're going to be publishing this and I'll see if I changed my mind in four years! But I worked in a cardiothoracic lab here at Emory. I scrubbed in on a good amount of animal cases, so I got a lot of first-hand experience in the operating room. It was so awesome. I’ve also seen a couple of cardiac cases, as well, and I shadowed cardiology attendings at Emory and at Grady. So, all of that combined has shaped what I want to do. But I guess we'll see what happens in four years!

6)     You also mentioned you considered an MD/PhD. Could you explain why you decided just MD over an MD/PhD?

Well, I talked to a lot of MDs and I talked a lot of MD/PhDs. I really love research, but I guess it just depends on what you want your end goal to be. My end goal is to work with people, but I do also want to be doing research as well. I'd like to do them both at the same time, and I know you don't need a PhD to do research. So that's why I was like, okay, maybe the best option for me is to stick to the MD route.

7)     What do you wish you knew five years ago?

I wish I knew that there’s no rush. Life comes and goes. Thinking about how many years it’ll take to reach whatever goal is kind of pointless. I wish I had focused a little more on the present and worried less about how old I would be by the time I entered or finished medical school. None of that matters in the end. I was so caught up on reaching my goals that I missed out on most of the journey, which to me is the most fun part. But now I know, so I’m trying not to do that for the next 4 years. You know how people say, “when I get older, I'm going to buy a car or buy a house?” The best thing you can do is to just do it now and not try to put it off for the future.

8)     What’s one piece of advice you would give someone who is pre-med?

Be patient and do not give up hope. I know that's way easier said than done. For me especially there were so many times when I wanted to give up and thought getting into medical school was impossible, but you just have to have hope, keep pushing, keep grinding, trust the process, and yeah, eventually you'll get there. I constantly reminded myself of why I wanted to become a doctor and tried not to lose sight of the goal.

Emory Pre-Optometry Society: Guest Meeting/Q&A Session with Khanh T

 

Description:

Emory's Pre-Optometry Society is hosting their first opportunity to interact with an Optometry student this Wednesday, October 21st at 6:30 pm EST! Please, check out Khanh T's website and come prepared with questions! If you're interested in Optometry, this is the place to be! Join them on zoom here.