"Changing the World One Adventure at a Time"*

 Do you want to experience field clinical work firsthand in villages of Costa Rica, Belize, or Nicaragua? Interested in medicine, public health, or nursing? Travel to Costa Rica, Belize, or Nicaragua for 1-2 weeks over winter break, setting up medical clinics in underprivileged villages with doctors and fellow UVA students! Email isl.at.uva@gmail.com with questions and to learn more about International Service Learning. 

Check Out This Networking Essay!

This essay details the importance of networking firsthand from a UVA student who discovered amazing opportunities just by putting herself out there and talking to people!  Follow the link below to read:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yPCh4tRA65g0DEeGBaV5BiuZsi16H9jfU_VOP7cKUZ8/edit

Physician Assistant Education Association and Central Application Service for Physician Assistants Facebook Pages!

Did you know The Central Application Service for Physician Assistants, CASPA, has a Facebook page? This page is designed to answer CASPA related questions and provide application cycle information, general and specific, for all CASPA applicants. Please visit and ‘like’ us today at www.facebook.com/CASPAOnlineApp.

The Physician Assistant Education Association, PAEA, also has a Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/pages/PA-Focus/238250712898634, or you can follow us on Twitter, https://twitter.com/paeaonline for the most up to date PAEA and PA news at your fingertips!

Please share the links and encourage your applicants and students to ‘like’ us too! We would love for you to post or market these links on your program’s webpage.

AACOM Recruitment Video and Facebook Page!

Some exciting news to share with you all just in time for the new academic year ahead of us!   Please help us spread the word with your aspiring pre-medical students and pre-health clubs, etc.

We recently went live with a new AACOM recruitment video that will be used at recruitment events around the country, and also will help those who visit AACOM’s various online sites (website, Facebook pages, etc.) better understand osteopathic medicine and all the great opportunities offered at the COMs and beyond. To view the video, visit http://data.aacom.org/video/AACOM2012.wmv.

In addition, we’ve just launched a new AACOMAS Facebook page that is devoted entirely to potential and current applicants. I hope you will help us spread the word; over time, we’ll be adding application deadline dates, instructions, FAQs, school videos (please send!) etc. See (and like!) the new site at:  http://www.facebook.com/AACOMAS.

With the addition of this new page, we’ll be refocusing the main AACOM Facebook page to include more information of interest to AACOM members, policy makers, the press, etc. (like it, too! http://www.facebook.com/pages/AACOM-The-American-Association-of-Colleges-of-Osteopathic-Medicine/49933236324).

PS:  Stay tuned for many recruitment events taking place across the country in our Osteopathic Medical College Recruitment Events calendar!

American Academy of Family Physicians

The AAFP is happy to share new family physician profiles with you. Please pass any of these on to your premed students. And, if you need brochures on exploring a premed career or family medicine, don't forget our Resources for Premed Students .

Dr. Flora Sadri-Azarbeyejani - August 2012 -- Q&A with Flora Sadri-Azarbeyejani, DO, MPH, FAAFP, who has been practicing family medicine for 7 years, and is currently the medical director of the Community Health Center of Franklin County in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Sadri-Azarbeyejani said the federally funded community health center opened in 1997 to serve the under served in rural areas of Massachusetts. The area's population includes migrant farm workers and many living in a depressed economy. 

Dr. Jeffrey A. Zlotnick - July 2012 -- Q&A with Jeffrey Zlotnick, MD, CAQ, FAAFP. Better known as "Dr. Z, " he practices family medicine and sports medicine across state lines, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Phillipsburg, New Jersey. He's been in practice for nearly 30 years, and sat for the sports medicine Certificate of Added Qualification exam in 1982. Dr. Z became interested in sports medicine after working with a runner, who happened to be insulin-dependent diabetic, with a goal of completing a marathon. Dr. Z helped the runner to adjust his insulin, diet and fluid intake and complete the 26.2-mile race. From there, his interest expanded into taking care of local athletes, becoming the race physician for the Multiple Sclerosis Society's annual 150-mile bike tour, and teaching and giving lectures.

Dr. Marc Price - June 2012 -- Q&A with Marc Price, DO, who says he was a family physician even before graduating medical school in 1999. In private practice in Malta, N.Y., Dr. Price worked for a large group practice before deciding to open his own, solo practice. Dr. Price sees about 100 patients per week in his practice, and said it's the clinical patient interactions that attracted him to family medicine. He is also heavily involved in advocacy efforts on behalf of family medicine, serving on the AAFP Commission on Governmental Advocacy and the New York State Academy of Family Physicians Advocacy Commission.

Dr. Barbara Sheline - May 2012 -- Q&A with Barbara L. Sheline, MD, MPH. Dr. Sheline has made private practice, academics, global health, clinical innovation and service to the under served all part of her career, practicing the full scope of care, including obstetrics, through her position as assistant dean for primary care and associate professor of family medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Sheline teaches at the university and sees patients in Duke's clinic, which incorporates elements of the Patient-Centered Medical Home model. Dr. Sheline joined the Duke faculty in 1990, after completing a fellowship in social medicine at the University of New Mexico.

Dr. Russell Kohl - April 2012 -- Q&A with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, a full-time faculty member at the Univeristy of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine. Dr. Kohl brings a full-scope expertise with him to the academic community, having practiced full-scope family medicine for seven years, including surgical obstetrics and endoscopy, with a strong focus on community involvement and public health. Dr. Kohl served on the AAFP Board of Directors as its new physician member in 2010-11.

Dear Friend of Unite For Sight,

We very much hope to have an opportunity to work with you in our Global Impact Corps Volunteer Abroad Program in Ghana, Honduras, or India.  Please find complete details about our unique volunteer abroad opportunity below, and please feel free to forward this message to others who may be interested in participating.

Global Impact Corps: Global Health Volunteer Abroad Experience

http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

Unite For Sight’s Global Impact Corps is a high-impact immersive global health experience for students and for professionals. Unite For Sight is renowned as the highest quality global health immersion and volunteer abroad program worldwide. Unite For Sight prides itself on offering the best global health experience for our Global Impact Fellows, coupled with the highest quality of healthcare delivery programs with our partners.

Locations of Year-Round Programs: Ghana, Honduras, India
(volunteer for 7 days, 15 days, 20 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, or more)

What do Global Impact Fellows do?  Global Impact Fellows support and learn from the partner clinics' talented medical professionals. Through hands-on, structured training, Global Impact Fellows gain a comprehensive understanding about best practices in global health and social entrepreneurship, and they receive a Certificate in Global Health & Program Delivery.  

Global Impact Fellows come from very diverse backgrounds, including those interested in public health, medicine, international development, social entrepreneurship, and the social sciences.  Global Impact Fellows work with local doctors to eliminate patient barriers to care for patients living in extreme poverty.  They assist with patient education, visual acuity screening, patient intake, distributing the glasses and medication prescribed by the local eye doctors, and other important support tasks.  They also have the opportunity to observe the surgeries provided by the local doctors. Additionally, Global Impact Fellows may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for those interested in pursuing global health research. For example, current Global Impact Fellows are pursuing research studies about medication management, the use of visual resources for patient education, traditional medicine practices, and patient barriers to care.

What do Global Impact Fellows say? "I gained a vast basin of knowledge not only about eye health, but also on the healthcare infrastructure, patient interactions, and management systems of the developing world. Reading about health issues in the news or in class became stark reality during my summer in Dhenkanal, and I now aim to reinvigorate my efforts to study and contribute to the field of international health. Over the course of my career, I hope that I can one day return to India as a doctor and remedy the health inequalities that remain ever-present on a global scale," Pallavi Basu, Global Impact Fellow.  See more volunteer accounts at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad/volunteer-accounts

See the complete details and the online application at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

National Association of Medical Minority Educators College Student Development Program and Recruitment Fair

The National Association of Medical Minority Educators, Inc. (NAMME) is sponsoring a  free College Student Development Program and Recruitment Fair on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD.  Students interested in pursuing careers in the health professions are highly encouraged to attend this event.  Recruiters from around the country will represent many of the following programs of study: Allied Health, Allopathic Medicine, Chiropractic, Dentistry, Nursing, Optometry, Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, Public Health and Veterinary Medicine.

The students will have the opportunity to attend a motivational presentation by Dr. Patrena Benton, Dean of the Graduate College at Hampton University prior to meeting with the recruiters.  During the recruitment fair students will meet with recruiters from health profession schools from around the country.  Please share this information with college level students in your network.  I also attached a flyer for you to circulate.

To register, students can visit: http://nammerecruit2012.eventbrite.com

Thank you in advance for assisting us with promoting this worthwhile event.  Please direct any questions to Yolanda Campbell, 312-996-7166 or NAMME2012@umich.edu.

U.Va. Study: Not All Virginians Receive Adequate Dental Care

For those of you pursing dentistry- this is a great article regarding the state of dental care in Virginia.

Dont Smoke by Tenacious T

Check out how one of your peers is spreading a healthy message through her music!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oSgznaUwJY

Medical Services Program through Madison House

The following excerpt is from the Madison House website. To learn more about the variety of opportunities through this organization, please visit: 

http://www.madisonhouse.org/

 

The Medical Services Program through Madison House is an opportunity for volunteers to combine community service with valuable educational experience through human contact and support. Volunteers assist staff, patients, and families at medical facilities in Charlottesville: U.Va. Health System, Charlottesville Free Clinic and Martha Jefferson Hospital. Detailed information about the units and volunteer activities can be found at www.madisonhouse.org/medicalservices

How to Get Involved:

All prospective volunteers MUST attend one of the three information sessions listed below. All Medical Services applications will become available at the first information session, as well as the dates and times for the shift sign-up process. Volunteering will officially begin by the end of September.

INFORMATION SESSIONS for 2012-2013 Prospective Volunteers:

In order to sign up for Medical Services for the 2012-2013 School Year, you must first attend one of the three Information Sessions.  The dates will be September 4, 5, and 6th from 6pm-7pm in Maury 209.

Interested in the UVA Medical Scribe Program?

Scribes are hired as hourly employees and assist the Emergency Department physicians by documenting the entire medical record.  The responsibilities of Scribes include, but are not limited to, documenting the history of present illness, review of systems, physical exam, and procedure notes.  In addition, Scribes track laboratory and radiology results. These responsibilities are part of a coordinated effort between the Scribe and the resident physician to ensure complete and accurate documentation.

The program provides the opportunity for pre-medical students to gain significant clinical knowledge and experience while contributing to patient care in the ED.  Through close interaction with the ED physicians, Scribes gain great exposure to patient care and Emergency Medicine. 

To obtain and submit an application, please register and login on August 13 to the UCS CAVlink website (https://virginia-csm.symplicity.com/students/). You can search for our job posting with the keyword: “Scribe” There you will be able to submit your resume, unofficial transcript, and Scribe Application. The deadline to submit your application is Monday, September 10, 2012. Please email us (uvascribe@gmail.com) with any problems or questions regarding the application process or the Scribe Program.

If you would like more information about the program please plan to attend one of the information sessions listed below. If you plan on applying you must attend one of the Information Sessions listed to have your application considered.

Thursday August 30, 2012 @ 7:00pm in Wilson 301
Tuesday September 4, 2012 @ 7:00 pm in Wilson 301
Wednesday September 5, 2012 @ 7:00pm in Wilson 301