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Monday, February 28, 2022
Minorities in Medicine Panel - TODAY
Join
Emory MPS TODAY at 6:30 pm in White Hall 110 to celebrate Black
History Month! We have a panel of 5 doctors from underrepresented backgrounds
to discuss their journey to medicine and answer questions! Hope to see you
there! Food will be provided.
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Saturday, February 26, 2022
SGU Info Session
St. George’s University invites you to “Meet SGU” at an event near you. Hear from SGU alumni and admissions officers about academics, campus life, the admission process and scholarship opportunities. Learn about our world-renowned School of Medicine and our one-of-a-kind student support team. Following an informative presentation, you will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with SGU graduates and our admissions team to ask any questions you may have.
Each event runs approximately two hours. Complimentary refreshments will be served.
Register here.
Knauert Lab - Yale School of Medicine
The Knauert Lab at Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, CT) seeks a postgraduate trainee to contribute to our studies aimed at understanding sleep and circadian disruption in the medical intensive care unit.
This is a full-time, paid position available for start on or about July 1, 2022.
Training: Candidates will receive training in various clinical research skills, including:
● Identifying and enrolling eligible study participants in the intensive care unit
● Conducting study visits
● Laboratory handling and processing of blood and urine samples
● Design and maintenance of online databases
Trainees will gain extensive clinical experience by interacting with patients and medical staff. The trainee is expected to help with all activities and participate in weekly lab meetings. Trainees will also attend departmental conferences and lectures that are relevant to the research project. Trainees will participate in the preparation of conference abstracts.
As we work with precious patient samples that typically must be processed while fresh, scheduling flexibility is a requirement. This job involves face-to-face interactions with patients and their loved ones; we seek someone who is compassionate and comfortable interfacing with patients and medical staff.
Mentoring: Candidates will be mentored by Dr. Knauert. Mentoring includes direct supervision and 1:1 bi-weekly meetings with Dr. Knauert to discuss short and long-term goals, scientific development, and career development. Additional informal mentorship will come from working closely with other lab members and collaborating with other researchers within the department of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
Education: Candidates should have a Bachelor’s Degree in a related discipline prior to the beginning of the position. Prior clinical and research experience is not required, but highly preferred. Candidates should be a team player, self-motivated, organized, responsible, enthusiastic, and eager to learn. Candidates must also have a flexible schedule (able work weekends and rarely evenings). Individuals, whose career plans include studying towards graduate degrees or medical degrees, are highly encouraged to apply. The position is for 1 year (extendable for one additional year/2 yr max).
Interested candidates should send their applications to Nicole Ouellette, HR Associate (nicole.ouellette@yale.edu)
The applications should include: (1) CV; (2) Cover letter; (3) One letter of recommendation that speaks directly to the candidate’s research / clinical experience and training potential. Recommendation letters must be emailed to nicole.ouellette@yale.edu directly from the recommender.
Please include your full name on every page of the items listed above.
In accordance with university requirements for a safe return to in-person university operations, all faculty, staff, and postdoctoral and postgraduate trainees will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by August 1, 2021. For additional information, please visit Yale University’s Office of the President.
Athens Retina Center - Open Positions
Full Time Medical Assistant
Be the bright spot in someone's day! We are willing to train the
right candidate who brings a positive vibe to our patients and our team. If you
are professional, friendly, and care about people we welcome you to apply to
our position for medical assistant. A little kindness goes a long way and you
can make a difference each day. We offer 100% healthcare, 401K, dental & vision
plans.
This individual must
have a minimum of one year of experience in a medical office. Medical Assisting
degree and/or experience preferred. We would be willing to train the right
individual.
Responsibilities include assisting the doctor in obtaining patient
histories as well as performing diagnostic and screening tests. One will work
very closely with the doctor and will be involved in patient education.
Excellent verbal, written and computer skills required.
Become an integral part of our efficient, well trained, highly
professional team! To learn more about this profession and certification please
see www.jcahpo.org/certification
Please email all inquiries to hr@athensretina.com.
Part Time Front Office Coordinator
We are looking for the right person to work around 24 hours per
week. Must include Mondays and Wednesdays. Third day alternates.
Be the bright spot in someone's day! We are willing to train the
right candidate who brings a positive vibe to our patients and our team. If you
are professional, friendly, and care about people we welcome you to apply to
our position for front office coordinator/greeter. A little kindness goes a
long way and you can make a difference each day. We offer 100% healthcare,
401K, dental & vision plans.
We are looking for the right person to work around 24 hours per
week.
Front Office Coordinator gathers necessary medical, demographic
and insurance information in order to schedule patients in a busy clinical
setting, answers telephones, maintains patient files, distributes daily
correspondence, entering of superbills. Serves as liaison between patient and
medical support staff. Travels to satellite offices to work front office.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- High school diploma or
equivalent
- One year medical office
experience
- One year of customer service
experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Associate's degree or higher
- Billing and collections
experience
Please
email all inquiries to hr@athensretina.com.
Full Time Front Office Coordinator
Be the bright spot in someone's day! We are willing to train the
right candidate who brings a positive vibe to our patients and our team. If you
are professional, friendly, and care about people we welcome you to apply to
our position for front office coordinator/greeter. A little kindness goes a
long way and you can make a difference each day. We offer 100% healthcare,
401K, dental & vision plans.
Front Office Coordinator gathers necessary medical, demographic and insurance
information in order to schedule patients in a busy clinical setting, answers
telephones, maintains patient files, distributes daily correspondence, entering
of superbills. Serves as liaison between patient and medical support staff.
Travels to satellite offices to work front office.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- High school diploma or
equivalent
- One year medical office
experience
- One year of customer service
experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Associate's degree or higher
- Billing and collections
experience
Please
email all inquiries to hr@athensretina.com
GAP Year Ophthalmic Assistant
Perfect position for those taking a gap year and interested in the field of medicine. Great hands on experience for a year with a local, successful, busy medical practice.
EXCELLENT opportunity for an energetic, determined individual to work in one of the most exciting fields in medicine today. Our state-of-the-art, fast paced ophthalmology practice is looking to hire an ophthalmic technician/assistant.
Medical Assisting degree and/or experience preferred. We would be willing to train the right individual.
Responsibilities include assisting the doctor in obtaining patient histories, visual acuity, visual fields, digital photography, as well as performing diagnostic and screening tests. One will work very closely with the doctor and will be involved in patient education. Excellent verbal, written and computer skills required.
Become an integral part of our efficient, well trained, highly professional team! To learn more about this profession and certification please see www.jcahpo.org/certification
Location: Athens, GA
Compensation: $12 + depending on certifications and experience.
Please email all inquiries to hr@athensretina.com.
*This position is for those students graduating in December 2021/May 2022 who will have diploma in hand for beginning the gap year in May 2022. This a one to two year commitment at 24-40 hours/week. Please be sure that your schedule will work with these requirements.
Friday, February 25, 2022
MA-Bioethics Open House
4+1/MA-Bioethics Open House
Our MA in Bioethics provides advanced, interdisciplinary study in bioethics for students interested in the social and ethical challenges facing health care, public health and the biomedical sciences. If you're a Emory College junior (from any major), consider applying to our new 4+1 Bioethics dual-degree. If you're a Emory College senior, you'll want to consider our stand-alone Bioethics MA. Either way, you will be taught by some of the nation's leading bioethicists and have career-building practicum opportunities at our hospital, non-profit and public health partners in Atlanta and beyond. To learn more, join the MA-Bioethics program at one of their upcoming information sessions. Select from two:
- Wednesday,
March 2 ᛫
12:00 pm (noon) - 1:00 pm (virtual)
- Tuesday, March 29 ᛫ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm (in-person)
To RSVP for Zoom link, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OpenHouseSpring22
Website: http://ethics.emory.edu/mabioethics/
Questions? Contact us at mabioethics@emory.edu.
Minorities in Medicine Panel
Join
Emory MPS this coming Monday at 6:30 pm in White Hall 110 to celebrate Black
History Month! We have a panel of 5 doctors from underrepresented backgrounds
to discuss their journey to medicine and answer questions! Hope to see you
there! Food will be provided.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Effective Altruism Seminar
Effective Altruism Seminar is an excellent opportunity for students interested in biology, medicine, and research who want to maximize their career’s positive impact. Effective altruism is a research field and social movement focused on helping others as much as we can with our limited resources using evidence and reason. If you could forward along this email, I would greatly appreciate it!
Most of us want to make the world a better place – whether through activism, donations, or our career – but finding the best way to do that is a difficult task. If you want to think carefully about how to have a positive impact and meet others who are doing the same, then the Effective Altruism Seminar is perfect for you!
It’s an 8-week program involving weekly readings and discussion groups on topics such as global health, mental health, pandemic preparedness, and climate change. You’ll also learn a framework for career planning to optimize your career capital and social impact. Lastly, you’ll have the opportunity to network with other EA fellows worldwide from other top universities or who are working professionals.
Topics
covered in the program include:
- Measuring and estimating impact – how to do the most good with our limited time
and resources
- High-impact careers –
careers making a difference and tackling the world’s most pressing
problems
- Global health, poverty, and mental health – finding evidence-based ways to improve
wellbeing in low-income countries
- Intensive animal farming – evaluating and addressing large-scale,
institutional animal cruelty
- Future generations –
building a strong foundation for future generations?
- Global catastrophic risks – considering nuclear risks, climate change, AI safety, and pandemic risks
If
any of this resonates with you, please fill out
our interest form.
University of Central Florida (UCF) COM School Visit
The University of Central Florida College of Medicine is visiting Emory University. Come learn more about their amazing program on Wednesday, Mar 2nd from 3-4p ET in ANT107!
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Hands of Hope
Want to make a difference in the lives of
young children?
Casa de Esperanza seeks applicants for the Hands of Hope Service Year Program, an ideal gap year opportunity for pre-med/pre-health students. Casa de Esperanza provides residential foster care to children ages birth through six who are in crisis due to abuse, neglect or the effects of HIV. For a complete description visit: https://www.casahope.org/hands-of-hope-service-year-1. Our application can be found at: https://www.casahope.org/application-part-one
For more
information, please contact Darean Talmadge 713-529-0639 dtalmadge@casahope.org
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Monday, February 21, 2022
Georgetown University School of Medicine Spring Admissions Info Sessions
Georgetown
University School of Medicine Office of Admissions would like to invite you to participate in one of our virtual information
sessions. We'll
go over Georgetown's mission, what we're looking for in a competitive applicant, deadlines,
and we will have plenty of time for a Q&A session at the end.
Our general, open to the public, virtual information sessions are held twice a month. We ask students to pre-register so we have an idea of attendance numbers. These sessions provide the same type of information as the School Specific Sessions. They can register through the following link: https://georgetown.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cx1Tr4CqcSDSxvg
Our online
General Information Session dates for the Spring 2022 semester are as follows:
· 1/25
6pm EST
· 2/9
12pm EST
· 2/22
6pm EST
· 3/9
12pm EST
· 3/22
6pm EST
· 4/13
12pm EST
· 4/26
6pm EST
Rural Medicine Club Interest
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Loyola's MA in Medical Sciences (MAMS) Webinar
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Summer Programs at VCU
Summer Academic Enrichment Program (SAEP)
Eligibility requirements
Any current college juniors, seniors, graduates and post-baccalaureate students who are preparing to apply to a dentistry, medicine, pharmacy or physical therapy health professional school or program.
Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 2.75, and have completed three years of college coursework, including organic chemistry I and II, (note; organic chemistry not required for physical therapy track). All applicants must have U.S. citizenship or Permanent Resident status.
Program description
SAEP is a six-week summer program that simulates the first-year of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy or physical therapy professional school instruction. Participants take academically intensive instruction in each of their chosen tracks in addition to non-credit core-coursework in virtual anatomy (head and neck), pharmacology and physiology. SAEP participants attend learning skills and test-taking workshops, mock interviews, professionalism seminars, current health care topics, coaching and community service activities in an interprofessional framework. At the conclusion of the program, participants receive an assessment of their readiness to attend professional school.
A modest stipend is provided to participants. Commitment to full attendance, including an orientation session and closing event, is required to participate.
Dates
May 24 - July 1, 2022
Location
TBD
Allied Health Career Exploration (ACHE)
Eligibility requirements
Any rising and current college freshmen, sophomores and juniors who are interested in patient counseling, clinical laboratory sciences, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nurse anesthesia, rehabilitation counseling, radiation sciences, health administration and gerontology as health careers.
Program description
AHCE is a two-week summer for students interested in any of the nine health career programs offered by the VCU College of Health Professions. Participants meet weekdays for full-day department/degree program admissions information, hands-on and interactive activities within each discipline, workshops on current health care topics, interviewing skills, resume development and more. AHCE participants receive the necessary information to pursue a School of Allied health Professions application process.
Students are required to provide their own transportation to and from the program site on a daily basis. Lunch and any resource materials required to participate in the program will be provided at no cost to participants. Commitment to full attendance, including an orientation session and closing event, is required to participate.
Dates
June 13 - 24, 2022
Location
VCU Health Campus.
**Location subject to health guidances from VCU's Office of the President.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, physical distancing guidelines necessitated a virtual was implementated in SAEP in 2020 and 2021 rather than the traditional on-site/residential model. As a result, we are proud to share that the program was successfully facilitated online for over 100 participants over both Summers. We will continue following the healthcare guidelines mandated by VCU in accordance with the Commonwealth of Virginia as we plan ahead for SAEP 2022. Regardless of the program's format, we are working diligently to ensure that SAEP 2022 participants will also have a valuable and transformative experience during the upcoming summer as well.Please continue to monitor our website for updates regarding the residential component of SAEP 2021 and in the meantime, we look forward to reviewing your application!
Contact information
VCU Pipeline Team at (804) 827-0982 or pipelineapp@vcu.edu.
Saturday, February 19, 2022
PHA Event: Allied Health Panel
Admission representatives from several of Emory's healthcare professional programs as well as other local Allied Health programs will present information about their fields, programs, and admissions process. Panelists include health care professionals, current and former students, and admissions experts. The format of the event will include a moderated panel with a networking Q&A to follow.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/pha-events
Full-time Research Specialist for CHOA Department of Anesthesiology/BME
Are you seeking full-time clinical research experience during a gap year?
We welcome both candidates wishing to pursue a long-term career as a research specialist as well as those looking to gain research experience before applying to graduate school or medical school. The lab’s research focus is understanding the differences in neonatal coagulation through biochemical assays. This job requires the ability to engage effectively with students, faculty, staff, and patient families of diverse backgrounds.
The Research Specialist will perform a variety of specialized laboratory procedures and work closely with the members of a multidisciplinary research team focused on improving neonatal surgical outcomes. We are seeking a motivated Lead Research Specialist / Tech who has wet bench experience and an interest in learning state-of-the art biophysical engineering techniques. Applicants with an interest in clinical research will have the opportunity to experience patient-facing research, including working closely with anesthesiologists, surgeons, and intensivists in pediatric cardiac surgery. Experience with cell culture, microscopy, and training in engineering are a plus.
In addition to providing exceptional benefits and competitive pay, our lab provides an intellectually stimulating training environment with exposure to both the world-class Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering as well as Emory’s outstanding Department of Anesthesiology.
How to apply: Applications should include a curriculum vitae, short description of research interests/skills as it relates to The Downey Lab, as well as names and contact information for three references.
Apply
now at: https://emory.joinhandshake.com/edu/jobs/6038001
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