Pre-med Webinar w/ Current Top-12 MD Students

Our team at Atlantis is hosting a very relevant event late in exam season and I’d like to ask if you could share this with your students. Our webinar, on 12/14 at 7pm ET, will be a panel with John, Zoey, and Megan, all of whom are current students at Top 12 MD programs (WashU, Duke, U. Washington). The topic will be the real role that extracurriculars and shadowing actually had (or didn’t have) in their MD application (esp. the interviews). What college activities were and weren’t worth the time? What did the dozens of interviewers they collectively faced actually spent time asking questions about? Were there activities these students invested hundreds of hours in college to then get zero interest in interviews? We’ll then finish with a Q&A.

 

Your students can save their spot by registering here; a recording will be sent afterwards for those who cannot attend. And you are most definitely welcome to come as well (and ask these MD students hard questions!).

Tutor Recruitment Flyer for Pre-Health Courses

 

SIU MEDPREP Post-baccalaureate Program

The Southern Illinois University Medical/Dental Education Preparatory Program (MEDPREP) is a nationally renowned post-baccalaureate academic program that has helped more than 1,000 educationally and/or economically disadvantaged students successfully matriculate into medical and dental school. 

 

An Alliance (Direct Admission) Program is available for all MEDPREP students to the following Southern Illinois University Schools:
SIU School of Medicine 
SIU School of Dental Medicine 
SIU School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program 

 

Program Information link: https://www.siumed.edu/medprep

 

Tracks Currently Available:
Traditional Track Post Baccalaureate (Medical, Dental, PA)
Master of Biological Sciences 
Master of Curriculum & Instruction 

 

Please contact Mr. Trent F. Stevens, M.Ed., M.A,
SIU MEDPREP Admissions Coordinator at tstevens@siumed.edu for more information.

Apply to Georgetown’s School of Medicine Academy for Research, Clinical & Health Equity Scholarship (ARCHES) Program 2022

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) at Georgetown University School of Medicine is pleased to invite rising juniors and rising seniors to apply to be part of our fifth cohort of fellows for the 2022 Dean for Medical Education's Academy for Research, Clinical, and Health Equity Scholarship (ARCHES) Program. 

Spend your summer shadowing physicians, engaging in independent research, and discussing health equity in the Washington DC area. We encourage students to APPLY NOW!

If you are interested in learning more about the program, ODEI will be hosting outreach webinars and ARCHES Alumni Panels. Click here to sign up or click this link to register: https://bit.ly/arches2022

Application deadline is February 11, 2022 by 12PM ET 

Program Dates & Benefits:

• Dates: Wednesday, June 22 - Friday, August 5, 2022. Move in day is Wednesday, June 22nd and move out day is Saturday, August 6th.

• Summer Stipend: $4,000 ($2,000 paid after the first 3 weeks - $2,000 paid conclusion of program)

• Housing: On-Campus housing at Georgetown University - Same-gender identity, suite-style, double-occupancy rooms

• Travel: Awarded up to $250 per student on a case by case basis by the Georgetown Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Please note that Georgetown will continue to monitor public health conditions and will reevaluate in-person/virtual guidelines should conditions change in the Spring 2022.

Preference will be given to permanent residents of the District of Columbia (DC) and DCPS grads.

All students are encouraged to apply, including those from underrepresented backgrounds in the health professions and those who identify as first-generation college students. 

This program will engage selected participants in:

• Clinical experience

• Guided research

• Community-Based Learning at Georgetown University

• Greater DC community on issues of health equity

GUSOM ARCHES aims to strengthen the research and clinical skills of promising undergraduate students and prepare them for successful matriculation into medical school.  Complete program details may be found on the ARCHES website. Learn more about the program from our 2020/2021 fellows!

For more information on GU ARCHES, please email gumedarches@georgetown.edu with the subject heading "GU ARCHES Question".

Wake Forest School of Medicine, Center for Precision Medicine Undergraduate Summer Research Internship

 

2022 Wildlife Biology Research Program

 

Field Projects International (FPI) is extremely happy to announce our new Wildlife Biology Field Training Program for 2022, which will be held at the Los Amigos Biological Station in Southeastern Peru. Enrollment starts now for limited spots in four specialty tracks⁣. Please find more details below, and feel free to share this information with any students who may be interested in applying. We greatly appreciate your support! Program Start Dates: May 29, 2022 June 19, 2022 July 10, 2022   Note: There is a minimum 5 week commitment. Only in special circumstances will we consider 4 weeks. In most cases, though, participants can be approved to add more weeks.   Learn more and apply:  https://fieldprojects.org/participate/wildlife-biology Enrollment Deadline: April 1, 2022, or until all spots are filled We have conducted our research programs at the Los Amigos Biological Station in the Madre de Dios department of Southeastern Peru for more than a decade. This year's specialty tracks reflect the growing diversity of our field studies, as well as our partnership in establishing a new in situ laboratory resource. Specialty Tracks: 1.) Primate Monitoring 2.) Biodiversity and Wildlife Health 3.) Animal Movement and Spatial Ecology 4.) Conservation Genetics While participants all work together to make the field season a success, those enrolled in a given specialty track will spend approximately 60% of their time engaged in the core activities of that particular project. The remaining 40% of the time is spent learning more general field skills that support all projects, as well as helping out other teams that need assistance. The goal is to offer a more well-rounded experience that will better prepare students for future field studies and research.   Skills and Training Specialty 1: Primate Monitoring Conduct a primate handling session including sample collection, morphometric monitoring, monitoring of animals under anesthesia, and safe release Appropriately restrain and handle wild primates with proper technique and PPE Record data on animal weight, TPRs (temperature, pulse and respiration), injuries, dentition, and much more. Collect biological samples such as feces, urine, hair and blood from each animal Construct and organize animal processing kits and in-situ animal processing tents Determine sex and appropriate age of individuals by morphological characters Identify primate species by sight and sound Comfortably and safely work and navigate on and off trail systems in a Neotropical rainforest Track primates by sight, sound, radio telemetry, and GPS devices Conduct full-day behavioral follows of wild primates using focal, scan, and ad-libitum data sampling methods recorded on Animal Observer software Clean and organize data for a relational database system Organize and project spatial data in QGIS and Garmin BaseCamp Specialty 2: Biodiversity and Wildlife Health Field sampling for environmental DNA screening programs GPS navigation training for off-trail navigation Sample biobanking under field conditions Species identification using morphometrics Sample coordination during field anesthetizations of mid-sized mammals by veterinarians. Best practices for personal safety and wellbeing while conducting field work in forest systems Non-invasive sample collection Animal tracking and safe capture-release techniques Safe animal handling procedure focused on bats, small mammals, and birds, including a number of opportunities to participate directly in collection events Sample collection, handling, labeling, and storage protocols, including the use of sterile technique to prevent self-contamination and preserve specimen integrity Animal health data collection and data management Specialty 3: Animal Movement and Spatial Ecology Deployment and monitoring of smart traps for biosurveillance Work on setup of CTT grid (tentative) Assist in optimizing LoRa communication network Gain familiarity with passive animal monitoring technology Data pipeline development for sensor produced data Daily expeditions into the rainforest for sensor deployment and checks Presence at mark-recapture events where animals will be tagged with tracking devices Prior knowledge with programming (ArduinoIDE/Rasberry Pi/Java/Python) may be beneficial, and should be mentioned in the interview. Specialty 4: Conservation Genetics  Participant experience very much depends on the laboratory’s work schedule. We will not be doing all lab activities simultaneously or continuously. You will shadow and assist scientists as they carry out a range of tasks, which are likely to include some (but not necessarily all) of what is listed below: DNA/RNA extraction PCR amplification Gel electrophoresis Library prep and indexing Portable nanopore-based sequencing DNA barcoding including submission to BOLD databases Bioinformatics pipeline executions for field genomics Methylmercury testing Sample handling, labeling, and storage protocols, including the use of sterile technique to prevent self-contamination and preserve specimen integrity. COVID-19 and Our Programs Field Projects International (FPI) and our partners in Peru are committed to the safety of all program participants, as well as everyone else working at or visiting the field station. All participants will be required to strictly adhere to the PPE and social distancing policies of FPI, Conservación Amazónica, and the Peruvian government. Additional biosafety protocols have also been enhanced, vetted, and adopted for lab work as well as activities in close contact with wildlife. Testing and vaccination: To ensure the health of everyone at the field station, no one will be admitted to this program who is not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. All program participants also need to have a negative pre-flight PCR test taken within 72 hours of their departure to Peru. Upon arrival at our meeting point in Puerto Maldonado, we arrange an additional rapid antigen test. These policies enabled us to have a healthy and successful 2021 field season, and we are committed to the same in 2022.   *****   You can follow Field Projects International on Facebook and Instagram. Always feel free to contact us with questions or subscribe to our mailing list HERE.

Free MCAT Summer Program 2022

The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, will host its Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) Immersion program June 11-July 23,2022. The program is designed to increase the number of underrepresented students scoring competitively on the exam and being accepted into medical school programs. For all requirements and to complete an online application, click below:

 

https://www.qu.edu/schools/medicine/admissions/medical-college-admission-test-mcat-immersion-program/