Gap Year Position: Ophthalmic Medical and Surgical Assistant

Dr. Dan Landmann is a Cosmetic & Reconstructive Oculoplastic Surgeon seeking a hardworking, dedicated, detail-oriented and customer service-driven Medical Assistant for a 1 year commitment at his practice in New Jersey.

This is an ideal position for graduating pre-medical students seeking clinical experience. If you are looking to start a career in healthcare and need medical field experience, this will be an excellent opportunity for you. Medical Assistants play a key role in the practice, and the position requires an individual who believes in concierge-quality hospitality. Experience is great, but not necessary. The practice is looking for people who are eager and quick to learn new things and are adaptable enough to grow alongside an expanding organization.

The Medical Assistant will not only be working in the office, but also in surgery, assisting the doctor.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Promptly and professionally assisting the doctor in patient care
• Accurately performing screening and diagnostic tests, including history taking, visual acuity, visual field, checking pupils and eye pressure
• Scribing for the doctor
• Preparing procedure room for surgeries
• Assisting the doctor in surgical procedures
• Patient care coordination - managing efficient patient flow in the office
• Giving postoperative instructions to patients
• Keeping inventory and maintaining all equipment

Requirements:

• Must have exceptional customer service skills. This field is not just about healthcare; it is
• a hospitality profession
• Excellent computer & typing skills and ability to learn new software quickly
• Well-spoken, energetic, dependable, detail-oriented, self-motivated
• Warm, friendly, non-smoker
• Ideally bilingual (English / Spanish)
• Full time position - 9-5, varies slightly. No weekends!

To be considered, please submit a cover letter and resume to gapyear@bergeneyelids.com. Dr. Landmann notes that he is primarily looking for someone who believes in hospitality. In your cover letter, please write a few sentences expressing your understanding and commitment to that
type of professionalism. Also, include your intended length of employment (at least a 1 year commitment is strongly preferred), any salary requirements and other pertinent information.

Project Healthcare Applications Due Feb. 4

Project Healthcare is the NYU School of Medicine's annual summer intensive clinical experience. The program operates in both Manhattan (Bellevue Hospital Center) and Sunset Park, Brooklyn (NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn).

Via Project Healthcare, students are given the unique opportunity to play an active role in patient care in one of NYU’s active emergency departments. Through hands on experience, volunteers are able to explore a diverse array of interests and are exposed to the reality of a career in medicine.  The volunteers learn to function as patient advocates, and are also exposed to numerous aspects of patient care while working closely with the clinical staff. The 10-week intensive summer program is open to college students and recent graduates nationwide.

In addition to the Emergency Department, which includes adult and pediatric emergency rooms (including trauma) as well as the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, all participants rotate through the Operating Room and Cardiac Catheterization Lab to observe and help facilitate care.  They ride along with FDNY EMTs, and spend time with the Social Work staff where they learn about the social needs of patients suffering with issues such as domestic violence, sexual assault, substance abuse, and/or homelessness. In addition, the program features. community engagement events and a social medicine course.

Interested students can access the Summer 2019 Project Healthcare application here. The application will be open until Monday, February 4th at 11:59pm Eastern time.

Next Week: Writing for Health Professions Applications

A quick reminder that our first event of Spring 2019 will take place next week, January 23, 2019, at 6:00 PM!

Cycle 2019 applicants to health professions programs and other prospective applicants are invited to the first in a series of spring writing workshops focused on the application process. We'll discuss writing for the Barnard Committee application as well as personal statements and other kinds of essays. The workshop is intended to be an interactive event (come prepared to do some writing!) and to help you set a foundation for work that will be developed throughout the spring semester.

To register: https://barnard.joinhandshake.com/events/247883/share_preview

Zucker Pipeline Program at Hofstra/Northwell

Attention first-year students! The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell has just announced the creation of the Zucker Pipeline Program. The mission of this program is "to enhance the matriculation of students underrepresented in medicine and economically disadvantaged students to the Zucker School of Medicine." The three-year, summer intensive, academic enrichment program is designed to provide high achieving college students who are interested in a career in medicine an opportunity for direct matriculation to the Zucker School of Medicine.

The program is open to first-year college students only. For more information about eligibility and application, please click here. Note that the priority application deadline for the first cohort of students is March 1, 2019.

SHPEP Webinar - February 7th

2019 marks the 30-year anniversary of the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP), a set of free summer enrichment programs (offered at twelve universities across the country) that provides access to information and resources for underrepresented students interested in the health professions. The program is open to college freshmen and sophomores. Thirty days remain until this year's application deadline (February 15, 2019), and the SHPEP National Program Office invites interested students to join in their next upcoming webinar, "A Week in the Life of an SHPEP Scholar," on February 7, 2019, 6:00 PM. See details here to register!

Podiatric Medicine Virtual Fair

The American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine would like to invite you to register for the Virtual Podiatric Medical School Fair on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern. This free event will discuss what podiatric physicians do (from surgery to wound care to sports medicine). Representatives from each of the nine U.S. schools of podiatric medicine will be available during the day to chat.  Additionally, current students, faculty and DPM speakers and mentors will be available to share why they chose podiatric medicine.

The AACPM has partnered with ExamKrackers for this event; ExamKrackers instructors will be providing tips throughout the day for prepping for the MCAT!

Registration is available here:  http://careereco.com/events/podiatry

University of Georgia Nanotechnology & Biomedicine Summer Program

The University of Georgia's NSF Interdisciplinary Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Nanotechnology and Biomedicine focuses on hands-on and interdisciplinary research experience at the interface of nanotechnology and biomedicine. More than 30 faculty participants from the College of Engineering, College of Arts and Science, and Medical School inspire students by creating an atmosphere of collaboration and creativity. Students will participate in interdisciplinary research projects that apply nanotechnology to specific biomedical problems. Each REU student will be co-mentored by paired faculty from the nanotechnology and biomedical disciplines on a collaborative research project.

PROGRAM INCLUDES

• Hands-on research in state-of-the-art facilities
• Cutting edge projects 
• Weekly career development seminars, workshops, and field trips
• Group social activities
• Presentations in research symposiums and BMES annual meeting

ELIGIBILITY

• Undergraduate students majoring in science or engineering
• U.S. Citizen or permanent resident
• Minorities and women strongly encouraged to apply

AWARD

• $5,000 stipend
• Travel allowance
• Accommodation

Application deadline is February 10, 2019. Selections will be based on a combination of research interests, academic qualifications and faculty recommendations.

Program Dates: May 20 – July 27, 2019

To apply or for more information, please visit http://reu.engr.uga.edu

Western Michigan School of Medicine Webinar

Western Michigan Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine invites prospective applicants to attend their WMed & You Webinar on Thursday, January 31. The webinar will discuss:

• The application process and timeline
• Student experience and state-of-the-art medical school facilities
• What the Kalamazoo community has to offer
• Picturing yourself as a WMed student

Thursday, January 31, 2019 | 2:30 - 3:30 PM Eastern

Register here to attend!