Career Insights: Health Professions

Career Insights is a speaker and panel series that introduces Barnard students to professionals from a broad range of fields. Guest speakers, most often Barnard alumnae, will hold informal chats or participate in panel presentations based on their industry.

 If working in Healthcare interests you, but pursuing a career as a Medical Doctor is not exactly what you're looking for, then we invite you to join us! In this edition of Career Insights, you'll hear from alumnae in careers within Healthcare to understand their career trajectories and decision-making. Confirmed Panelists: Lisa Schilowitz '02 - Occupational Therapist at NYC DoE Martina Chwascinska-Szarek '08 - Midwife and Nurse Practitioner at Sutter East Bay Medical Group Ivy Vega '15 - Occupational Therapist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Elizabeth Scott '12 - Physician Assistant at White Plains Hospital

Register for this virtual event on Handshake. 

Event: Understanding the Most Trusted Profession, An Exploration of Opportunities within Nursing

Are you interested in learning more about nursing, including opportunities to practice, teach, research, advocate, and lead? If so, this webinar is for you! Learn more about the different nursing career and educational pathways available, explore efforts to enrich diversity in the nursing workforce and address health equity, review the process for applying to nursing school, and discover the different resources available as you progress along your journey. This session will feature an opportunity to ask questions and gain more information.

Sept. 29, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Register here. 

Event: Discover Nursing Virtual Fair

Now, more than ever, the world needs nurses! Register today for the free Discover Nursing Virtual Fair on Wed. Oct. 7 (10am-8pm EST) and chat with over 100 nursing schools! This event provides you the opportunity to speak with admissions teams, faculty, nurses, and students.  

During the fair, prospective students will be able to:

• Ask questions about the nursing profession, admission requirements, prerequisites, elements of a strong application and more
• Connect with multiple schools at once
• Explore which nursing school is a right fit for them

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, "in 2018, there were more than 4 million jobs in 5 nurse occupations. Moreover, the employment of nurses is projected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2028." There is an urgent need for nurses, and the nursing profession needs you! Take the next step and invest in the future of healthcare by attending the Discover Nursing Virtual Fair. 

If you have any questions, contact aacn@CareerEco.com.

Winthrop-LIDA Birth Doula Project March Training

The Winthrop-LIDA Birth Doula Project is a coalition of women’s health practitioners at Winthrop University Hospital and Long Island Doula Association, Inc. (LIDA)--trained birth doulas seeking to improve birthing outcomes for mothers in the community. The Winthrop-LIDA Birth Doula Project seeks to recruit and train individuals interested in offering continuous, evidence-based birth support to women in labor and their partners. Specifically, they are seeking individuals who have not graduated from a nursing program. The Winthrop-LIDA Project is a unique clinical opportunity for any student interested in:

●        Gaining hands-on, meaningful, clinical exposure

●        Empowering women to become agents of their bodies and health

●        Promoting mother and baby-friendly childbirth initiatives

●        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

●       Promotion of breastfeeding and maternal-infant bonding

●       Increased rates of vaginal delivery

●      Acknowledgement of birth as a natural process

●       Increased maternal satisfaction

But please note: Doula Project training does not certify participants to become a doula in private practice. For more information on how to become a private practice doula after this training workshop please visit: Winthrop Becoming LIDA Certified

The next Winthrop-LIDA Birth Doula Project training will take place on March 2 and 3, 2019. If you are interested in registering for the next training and learning about pre-training requirements, please reach out to winthroplida@gmail.com.

Professional School Week: STEM Opportunities Fair

Join us as several graduate institutions and employers (for full-time and internship roles) come to campus to recruit Barnard students in STEM fields as part of the Beckman Scholars Symposium. Participants include: Rockefeller University Bayer Columbia direct-admit Master's Program in Nursing New York Academy of Sciences Women in Bio - Metro New York LifeSci NYC (internship connections for STEM students) Cornell Tech Harvard Medical School Bioinformatics Graduate Program NYU Data Science (MS and PhD) Mailman School of Public Health Plus, Peer Career Advisors will be on hand to conduct STEM resume review. Join us on October 26 from 11:30AM until 2:00PM in the James Room. Questions? Contact BeyondBarnard@barnard.edu.

To RSVP, click here.