University of Virginia Internship Programs

The University of Virginia Internship Programs (UIP) at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service offers several internship opportunities to UVA undergraduate students in collaboration with the Department of Sociology and Pyschology of the College of Arts and Science.

UIP offers different sessions for students:

• Academic year internship in Charlottesville (fall and spring semester)
• Summer internship in Charlottesville (summer session)
• Extended summer internship program in Charlottesville (summer and fall session)
• To- go summer internship programs:

• Dublin Ireland (special summer session)
• Washington DC (8-week session)
• other US Cities and Abroad (8- week session)

Application and interview period:
UIP in Dublin 2016
Application Period: November 3, 2015- February 29, 2016
Interview Period: November 3,2015- March 1, 2016 

All other UIP2016 Summer Programs, Academic Year 2016-2017 Program Options
Application Period: November 3, 2015- February 29, 2016
Interview Period: January 21, 2016- March 1, 2016

Information Session for Prospective 2016-2017 Interns: Week of January 25 and February 1, 2016, dates, times and location TBA

To learn more about the program and view the 2016-2017 UIP Internship listings, go to: http://uip.coopercenter.org/

AAMC Study Med Chat

Join us for the AAMC’s second #StudyMed Twitter chat, a live Q&A on study skills and learning strategies for medical school, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 6-7pm. The chat is co-hosted by @AAMCMedStudent and @AAMCPreMed with guest expert Rishi Desai, MD/MPH. Dr. Desai is Chief Medical of osmosis.org and formerly of Khan Academy Medicine. He speaks nationally on digital learning technologies and increasing classroom engagement in medical education. Desai practices pediatric infectious disease ‏at Stanford Children’s Hospital.

There will be discussion on active learning strategies and sharing tips for adjusting to the academic requirements of medical school. Here is a summary of the first #StudyMed Twitter chat that took place in September.

MCW Diversity Summer Health-Related Research Education Program

Are you interested in biomedical research? Each summer, the Office of Student Affairs/Diversity at  MCW-Milwaukee offers its signature programs to promote diversity in the medical field and provide an exceptional gateway to clinical careers. MCW's summer enrichment programs are designed for students from backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in medicine and biomedical research.

DSHREP is supported through an R25 research education grant funded by the National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute (NHLBI), an agency of National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Date: May 31- August 5, 2016

Applications are now open! Applications are due by February 1st, 2016 5pm CST

To learn more about the program and apply go to http://www.mcw.edu/Diversity-Programs.htm

UAID Symposium 2016

Register for the 2016 United Against Inequities in Disease Symposium! The focus of this symposium will be on community empowerment and health policy.
Date: Friday January 15th- Sunday, January 17th, 2016
Location: University of Maryland College Park

Featured events and speakers:

• Dr. Howard Taft
• Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk
• Planned Parenthood Simulation
• Timothy Hill
• Baltimore Student Harm Reduction Coalition

To learn more about the Symposium and register, go to: http://www.uaid.org/symposium/2016 

Baltimore Health Immersion Program

This five-week summer program on psychological and social foundations of health builds your capacity to serve as a culturally competent health professional. The integrated course work, service-learning internship, and networking opportunities prepares you to learn, serve, and lead in the diverse and rapidly changing twenty-first-century world. The courses develop foundational skills to analyze how health is influenced by psychology, socioeconomic factors, religious beliefs, and neighborhoods in which individuals reside. The service-learning internship in urban health care setting give you an opportunity to deepen your understanding of health disparities and effective service to some of Baltimore's underserved residents.
 
Date: May 23- June 24, 2016

This program allows you to earn 6 credits for Introduction to Health Pyschology and Urban Health and Faith. The Immersion process includes Health-service learning internship in urban site visits, urban health bus tour, and visiting speakers.

The application deadline is February 21st, 2016. To learn more and apply, go to http://www.loyola.edu/academic/prehealth/baltimore-health-immersion

Pre-Dental Students: Next Steps for Applicants Who Did Not Receive Dec 1 Admission

Written by Emil Chuk, PhD, Admissions Director
Case Western University School of Dental Medicine

The admissions committee has made its decisions, and all of the December 1 offers have been distributed. The emotions of the day have died down. Some friends are gleeful having received an offer -- or several offers -- from dental schools where they interviewed just a few weeks before.

But you didn't get an offer.

What happened? Why were you excluded from the joy of receiving an offer of admission, of validating years of coursework and shadowing, all with the sole purpose of getting into dental school?

December 1 "Decision Day" can be a cruel day for those who wind up without an offer of admission. Self-doubt and uncertainty may loom over you for the rest of the day, the week, perhaps the month. It feels like your dream has been crushed, and even the delight of winter break and holidays can't life your feeling of misery.

So, now what? 

1. Don't forget you can get an offer after December 1.
2. Find out how alternate lists work.
3. Keep interviewing.
4. Be available and followup with significant improvements and updates.
5. Stay out of trouble.
6. Prepare your FAFSA as best as you can.
7. Relax but stay ready.

Movement among alternate lists is greatest around April 1 when AADSAS begins reporting to schools where applicants have placed deposits, as applicants are supposed to designate their dental school of choice by that date.

To see further detail and read the full article, click here.

Summer Academic Enrichment Program

Virginia Commonwealth University is pleased to offer the Summer Academic Enrichment Program (SAEP). SAEP is an intensive, six-week inter-professional program designed to enhance the preparation of junior and senior undergraduates, and post-baccalaureate students, actively pursuing enrollment in a health professions school.  The curriculum is designed around an interprofessional framework that provides:

· Introduction to the rigor of first-year health professions courses at VCU through three professional-level science courses

·Discipline specific instruction time (dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy)

·Workshops on admissions, professionalism, test-taking and learning skills

·Individual and group counseling

· Mock interviews

· Seminars on current and relevant health sciences topics

·Community service opportunities

·Networking and social events

Students apply to one of four tracks (dentistry, medicine, pharmacy or physical therapy), which will determine their discipline specific concentration.Upon completion of the program, participants will have the tools that will help them to assess their strengths and weaknesses in regards to application into a health professions school.

 

The 2016 application deadline is February 1, 2016.  SAEP will run from May 23 - July 1, 2016. Application and program details are available at www.dhsd.vcu.edu.

SIBS Undergraduate Research Program and PARAdiGM

Introducing Summer in Biomedical Sciences (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program 2016, and the Preparation for Graduate and Medical Education (PARAdiGM) 2016! 

Both of these programs introduce outstanding undergraduates to the exciting career options of being a scientific investigator while also being a practicing physician.These two eight week programs are held concurrently from June 2-July 29, 2016. Students will receive stipends and free on-campus housing but will be responsible for their own meals, for travel to and from Birmingham, and other expenses.

Students in both programs will be introduced to the concept of scientific research, principles of scientific experimentation, the proper methods of data analysis, the interpretation, presentation, and translational applications of research results, and to clinicians who practice at academic medical centers.

Summer in Biomedical Sciences (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program http://www.uab.edu/medicine/sibs/ 

Our goal in offering this fellowship is to give talented undergraduate students the opportunity to experience the challenges and rewards of intensive, hypothesis-drive laboratory research. This experience should help students make well informed decisions about future career plans.  Previous research experience is not required. We especially welcome applications from students who are interested in research as a potential career, including students interested in PhD and MD/PhD programs. We accept fifteen students per summer into this program. We expect applicants to SIBS to have completed at least their sophomore year of undergraduate coursework. We anticipate that successful candidates will typically demonstrate grade point averages of 3.0 (“B”) or higher, especially in science, math, and related areas.

Preparation for Graduate and Medical Education (PARAdiGM) http://www.uab.edu/medicine/paradigm/

The PARAdiGM program focuses on undergraduates from diverse and underrepresented minority backgrounds, and offers the opportunity to participate in the program for two summers. In addition to working in the laboratory of a faculty mentor with an actively funded biomedical research program, PARAdiGM participants will learn about careers in academic medical centers (AMCs) by shadowing clinician-investigators in their clinics, as well as on in-patient rounds. At the end of the first summer in the program, the students will write an abstract and participate in both a local and national poster presentation of their research results. The students will also receive instruction in essay writing, MCAT preparation, and critical career skills. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide undergraduate students with an understanding and appreciation of the biomedical research process so as to encourage them to pursue careers studying patients and their diseases after further postgraduate training in graduate and medical education. Previous research experience is not required in order to apply.  The PARAdiGM program is especially useful for students who do not have local access to biomedical research and/or academic physician-scientist role models. 

Applications must be submitted online and the deadline is February 15, 2016 

Students can learn more about SIBS at www.uab.edu/sibs, about PARAdiGM at http://www.uab.edu/medicine/paradigm/ or by contacting Robin Lorenz at rlorenz@mcuab.edu.