National Hispanic Medical Association Virtual Prehealth Conference

The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) will be hosting a virtual pre-health conference on Saturday, January 23, 2021, from 12 PM to 6 PM Eastern Time.  This event is open to all college students! We will focus on medicine, dentistry, nursing, MPH, and graduate science research.  Students will be able to hear from speakers, network with current health professional students and recruiters. We are also working together to set up times for students to do mock interviews or get their personal statements be reviewed.

If you are interested in joining the event virtually, please go to: 2021 NHMA College Health Scholars Program Virtual Pre-Health Conference

Cambridge Coaching MCAT Webinar: Nomenclature for the MCAT

 It's a weekly live webinar about a high yield MCAT topic. It's short, sweet, and packed with valuable insight into both the topic at hand and how it's tested on the MCAT. While we are in the process of developing these materials, we are offering the webinar for free. Consider yourself a pilot student for a future Cambridge Coaching MCAT course, or textbook, or self-study platform (only the future can tell). All we ask in exchange is that you keep coming, participate in Q & A, share your feedback, and let friends know about this resource. This webinar's topic will be Nomenclature for the MCAT, and will take place Friday November 4 at 1pm EST. 

Register for this week's webinar here. 

Spring EMT Certification Course

 Position Title: EMT-B Certification Course

Organization: NYS/DOH and NREMT

Department: Yeshiva University EMS Club

Website: https://forms.gle/6hshDzbyi6Pab1dCA

Hours per week: 4-8 hours.

Desired Start Date: January 24, 2021

Desired End Date: May 9, 2021

Location: Online / 245 Lexington Ave, New York, NY-10016

Course Fee: $1528

Description: 

• 1/24/2021- 5/9/2021 (Live Zoom Sessions Sundays from 10am-2pm) 
• Syllabus:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17_toa_fNI-lekWFkSTFXUYpnuRzSDxtTWztTxkfHNpQ/edit?usp=sharing 
• In-person sessions will be on April 11, 18, 25 and May 2 with PPE and social distancing (If out of state, 4 consecutive days will be available in the Summer)
• Location will be at the YU midtown campus located at 245 Lexington Avenue
• Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the dates and place are subject to change

Apply here: https://forms.gle/6hshDzbyi6Pab1dCA by 12/31/20

Should you have any questions, please contact neiditch@mail.yu.edu or LearnEMT@gmail.com

2021 Committee Application Open

Prospective summer 2021 applicants to medical and dental schools are invited to begin the 2021 Committee Application. Students and alumnae are eligible to participate in order to receive a Committee Letter of Evaluation from Barnard. The application is live, and will be due on January 25, 2021 for first-time applicants. Prospective applicants should be sure to review the Committee Process Overview before beginning an application. To receive the link to the application (if you have not already received it), email prehealthadvising@barnard.edu. 

Volunteer Opportunity: WH SeniorLink

 

Family Translational Research Group: Externship Opportunity

The FTRG conducts research on a wide variety of cutting edge topics ranging from (a) how anger, conflict, and family violence affect children's and adults' psychological and physical functioning to (b) defining maltreatment in ways that can be reliably used by field workers to (c) understanding how couples' conflict dynamics relate to violence to (d) furthering our understanding of risk and protective factors for child maltreatment and partner abuse.

We are currently looking for undergraduate and graduate level students who might be seeking to gain more experience in the field of clinical psychology by completing an externship with our group. 

This externship will be remote and requires a 2-semester commitment and students typically work 12 hours each week--beginning the week of January 24th, 2021. I am reaching out in hopes that you might be able to forward along the linked application to students in your department or classes who are interested in gaining more experience.

Interested applicants may send their completed applications via the attached link by December 15th. Although mid-December is our priority deadline, we review applications and grant acceptances on a rolling basis. To apply, complete this form. 

Weill Cornell Careers in Medicine Enhancement Program

You may register for the program by clicking this link. If you have any questions, please let us know at dcoe-premed@med.cornell.edu.

Info Session: Summer 2021 Health Internships at Columbia University Medical Center

The Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physician and Surgeons hosts several summer health programs for undergraduate college students. We will be hosting a virtual information session on Friday, December 4th at 2pm.​ Students from all majors who are interested in pursuing any health related careers are highly encouraged to join. During the session, we will review the following summer programs:

• Summer Public Health Scholars Program (SPHSP)  
• Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)  
• Northeast Regional Alliance MedPrep HCOP Academy (NERA MedPrep)

 

Students interested in participating in our virtual information session to learn more about SPHSP, SHPEP and NERA MedPrep can register at https://tinyurl.com/virtualinfosession5​.

QSURE Summer Internship Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering

 The Quantitative Sciences Undergraduate Research Experience (QSURE) internship program is designed for motivated undergraduate students with a passion for quantitative science. Each student will be paired with an expert mentor to work on an individual, data-driven research project that aims to answer pressing questions in cancer. The program will provide hands-on skills in biostatistics, epidemiology, health outcomes, and/or computational oncology.

Students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine are strongly encouraged to apply! To learn more and access the application (due January 20, 2021), visit https://www.mskcc.org/qsure.

Cambridge Coaching MCAT Webinar: Memory for the MCAT

It's a weekly live webinar about a high yield MCAT topic. It's short, sweet, and packed with valuable insight into both the topic at hand and how it's tested on the MCAT. While we are in the process of developing these materials, we are offering the webinar for free. Consider yourself a pilot student for a future Cambridge Coaching MCAT course, or textbook, or self-study platform (only the future can tell). All we ask in exchange is that you keep coming, participate in Q & A, share your feedback, and let friends know about this resource. This webinar's topic will be Memory for the MCAT, and will take place Friday November 20 at 1pm EST. 

Register for this week's webinar here.