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If you have not yet updated your email address in Handshake, you can do so by writing to us at prehealthadvising@barnard.edu and providing us with your current address. If your address is not updated, you will no longer receive email communications regarding the Committee application cycle or other prehealth events and announcements.
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Vanderbilt Program for LGBTQ Health Summer Internship
Summer 2020 Internship Applications Open!
The deadline to apply is February 1, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. CST! If you have any questions please email them to us at lgbtq.health@vumc.org
The Vanderbilt Program for LGBTQ Health is hosting a limited number of students for a 10-week, full-time internship from late May to early August 2020. Through this internship program, we hope to foster the personal and professional development of future leaders in LGBTQ health and research.
For competitive consideration, applicants must:
- Be an undergraduate student (rising junior or senior) or a graduate student (especially medical or nursing school student)
- Have a committed interested in LGBTQ health and research.
- Demonstrated this interested through previous work, research, volunteer, or other experience.
For more information on the internship and how to apply, click here. (www.vumc.org/lgbtq/...)
The deadline to apply is February 1, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. CST! If you have any questions please email them to us at lgbtq.health@vumc.org
Monday, January 6, 2020
North Shore University Hospital Healthcare Exploration Program
Duration: June 8th – July 31st 2020
Location: North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
The Northwell Health Healthcare Exploration Program at North Shore University Hospital is designed to expose the undergraduate college student to various careers in the medical field. Through a balanced 8-week curriculum, students will encounter a broad range of clinical services at a quaternary care medical center.
Based on the student’s interest, students spend time shadowing Physicians, Surgeons, Nurses, Physician Assistants, and other Advanced Care Providers in the following clinical areas: Neurosciences, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Emergency Medicine, Perioperative Services, Pediatrics/Neonatal ICU, Medicine, and Cancer Services. In addition to shadowing healthcare providers, students also have the opportunity to explore the medical education components of healthcare by attending Grand Rounds. While students do not provide direct patient care,
they are encouraged throughout the process to ask questions, become engaged with the healthcare providers, and obtain their own mentor during their internship experience.
Program Structure:
Applications must be electronically submitted by January 24th, 2020. Access the application at: https://northwell_health.formstack.com/forms/healthcare_exploration_program_application_2019_copy
Academic letters of reference must be submitted electronically: https://northwell_health.formstack.com/forms/healthcare_exploration_program_letter_of_recommendation_2019_copy
Location: North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
The Northwell Health Healthcare Exploration Program at North Shore University Hospital is designed to expose the undergraduate college student to various careers in the medical field. Through a balanced 8-week curriculum, students will encounter a broad range of clinical services at a quaternary care medical center.
Based on the student’s interest, students spend time shadowing Physicians, Surgeons, Nurses, Physician Assistants, and other Advanced Care Providers in the following clinical areas: Neurosciences, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Emergency Medicine, Perioperative Services, Pediatrics/Neonatal ICU, Medicine, and Cancer Services. In addition to shadowing healthcare providers, students also have the opportunity to explore the medical education components of healthcare by attending Grand Rounds. While students do not provide direct patient care,
they are encouraged throughout the process to ask questions, become engaged with the healthcare providers, and obtain their own mentor during their internship experience.
Program Structure:
- Rotations: During the eight weeks, students are exposed to healthcare providers at the patient’s bedside, in the operating room, procedural areas, during rehab, and the coordination of patient care. Students spend a week in each clinical area (Neurosciences, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Emergency Medicine, Perioperative Services, Pediatrics/Neonatal ICU, Cancer Services, and Medicine) observing patient care through the lens of many different providers.
- Didactic Sessions: As part of the internship experience, students have the opportunity to attend Grand Rounds and other educational forums, as determined appropriate by the rotation leaders. In addition, students will be provided with Lunch & Learn sessions in which a Hospital Executive will provide the student with an important understanding of the basic elements of hospital administration, leadership, organizational dynamics, and expertise from their field of work.
Applications must be electronically submitted by January 24th, 2020. Access the application at: https://northwell_health.formstack.com/forms/healthcare_exploration_program_application_2019_copy
Academic letters of reference must be submitted electronically: https://northwell_health.formstack.com/forms/healthcare_exploration_program_letter_of_recommendation_2019_copy
Winthrop-LIDA Birth Doula Project Training in February 2020
The Long Island Doula Association (LIDA) partners with NYU Winthrop Hospital and Stony Brook University Hospital to provide training for individuals interested in volunteering as doulas during labor and delivery.
The next training session will be February 8 and 9, 2020, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at NYU Winthrop Hospital (Mineola, NY). The cost of the training is $150.
The
hospital based doula projects provide a unique opportunity for any student
interested in:
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Gaining hands-on,
meaningful, clinical exposure
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Empowering women
to become agents of their bodies and health
●
Promoting mother
and baby-friendly childbirth initiatives
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Exploring birth
doula work, midwifery, or obstetrics as possible professional trajectories
Birth
doulas provide emotional, physical and informational support to women in labor.
The benefits of birthing with birth doulas are numerous, including:
●
Personalization
and respect of individual birthing choices
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Promotion of
breastfeeding and maternal-infant bonding
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Increased rates
of vaginal delivery
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Acknowledgement
of birth as a natural process
●
Increased
maternal satisfaction
Volunteers
will not only gain holistic exposure to the field of women’s health, but will
also be fulfilled by their abilities to affect positive change in the diverse
patient population they will serve.
To
find information for NYU Winthrop
Hospital Project's next
training session: https://www.lidoulas.com/nyu-winthrop-lida-doula-project-workshop.html
Have
questions? Email Winthroplida@gmail.com
But please note: This doula project training does not
certify participants to become a doula in
private practice.
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