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Allied Health Career Exploration

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AHCE (Allied Health Career Exploration) is a two-week summer residential exploration program that provides interactive experiences in any of the nine health career programs offered by the VCU College of Health Professions! Participants meet throughout the week for full-day department/degree program admissions information, hands-on and immersive activities within each discipline, workshops on current healthcare topics, interviewing skills, resume development, and more. Additionally, AHCE participants receive the necessary information to pursue a VCU College of Health Professions application process.

This program is open to any rising or current college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who are interested in patient counseling, medical laboratory sciences, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nurse anesthesia, rehabilitation counseling, radiation sciences, health administration, and gerontology as a potential healthcare career are eligible to participate.

Participants Receive:

  • A stipend of $300
  • Free VCU housing for the duration of the program*

Please see promotional video here: AHCE Promotional Video

Want to know more, please visit the Allied Health Career Exploration Program website to read more about the requirements and to apply!

FREE UCHICAGO MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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The Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence at the University of Chicago was created to improve patient care; to strengthen the doctor-patient relationship; to enhance communication and decision-making in health care through research and education programs for medical students, junior faculty, and master clinicians; and to reduce health care disparities.

In our efforts to reach current and future physicians at all levels of their training, we wanted to make you aware of two free programs offered to undergraduate pre-medical students. 

  1. The Clinical Excellence Podcast

    This podcast is a great way for pre-health students/applicants to begin to think about their own experiences in the clinic and how they may want to portray those in their application materials.
    Focusing on clinical interactions and all the concepts intertwined, The Clinical Excellence Podcast is a biweekly podcast with each episode featuring a different interview subject and topic related to clinical practitioners improving their relationships with patients.
    Our host, Director of Academic Programming at the Bucksbaum Institute and General Internist at UChicago Medicine, Dr. Adam Cifu discusses with his colleagues many aspects about their clinical interactions over their careers in these biweekly episodes.
    Three episodes are available now for listening and discuss some of the core competencies clinical issues.
  2. The “Joel Schwab, MD On Being a Doctor” Lecture Series:
    This is a monthly lecture series featuring Bucksbaum Faculty Scholars from UChicago and around the US presenting on a selected aspect of effective clinical care. The goal of this series is to educate students on importance of the interpersonal side of medicine and, particularly, the doctor -patient relationship. It is open to students from across the country. The first featured lecture is November 8th. Please go to the website link above and click on the Zoom links of each lecture you wish to attend to register.


If you have questions, please contact Frank Inglima, Program Manager, Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence at the University of Chicago Biological Sciences.

The Road Less Traveled: Nontraditional Pathways to Medical School.

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Join experts from the AAMC and admissions staff from 98 medical schools at the Virtual Fair June 24th from 11:00 AM – 4 PM EST. Registered attendees can join the following free, live informational sessions designed for aspiring doctors following nontraditional pathways.

Registration is free for the Road Less Traveled and you will connect with admissions officers, advisors, and AAMC experts to learn about application strategies for career-changers, nontraditional students, gap/glide year students, and reapplicants. The fair will feature:

  1. Three information sessions with medical school staff, medical students, and advisors
  • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET: Distance Traveled and Blemishes from Your Past: How to Move Forward
  • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET: Career Changers – Medical School Student Profiles
  • 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET: Knowing When, Where and How to Re-Apply

2. A “Chat with a Medical Student Lounge” where you’ll be able to ask current medical students questions about their application and medical school experiences

3. Chat with medical school representatives and PDFs, videos, web links and brochures provided by 95+ medical schools and associations
 

All registrants will receive a code for a 15% discount on the purchase of a 1- or 2-year subscription to the Medical School Admissions Requirements® (MSAR®) product. The discount code will be emailed to you within five days of your registration.


National Accepted Students Day

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You did it! You’ve been accepted into medical school.

To honor this achievement, AACOM has put together a celebration! There will be guest speakers including NASA’s Chief Medical Officer, a Q&A with some Deans, and an online social hour, to chat with some current students.

The event will be held Monday, November 30 from 2-6pm ET. Registration is now open, and there’s no fee to reserve your spot.

*Please note, that while National Accepted Students Day is designed to celebrate the achievements of accepted students, advisors, friends, family, prospective students and current applicants alike are encouraged to join in, regardless of where they are in the application process.