LizzyM,
Thanks for your reply.
I had a few things to add that probably change your answer.
First of all, I'm not being paid to TA the class. I took the class fall quarter and I really really loved it. The professor/surgeon is an amazing mentor, and I've also shadowed him in the OR for over 50 hours. He taught the class again, so I stuck around to help out with the class winter and spring. I'm going to continue to TA this same class next year, too. Again, I'm not getting paid. He's not even getting paid. We're just doing it because the hospital has this new amazing simulation center and he wants to generate buzz about vascular surgery amongst the medical students. I'm doing it because I'm interested in surgery and education, and I enjoy working with him. He's also going to be writing one of my LORs.
So, is this now "volunteer, non clinical?" Or Teaching/Tutoring?
Also, I do have other research experience. I spent 2 years completing my honors thesis in basic science neurobiology lab. This includes 2 summers of 30h-40 hrs/wk work, and I received a $5000 grant for each summer. The first summer fnded through our Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education, and the second summer funded through HHMI.
I've also started clinical outcomes research with the cardiothoracic surgery department. Right now, I'm collecting pre-op and post-op data from patients who have certain types of heart surgery and looking at the surgical outcomes. I'm going to continue doing this research with CT surgery nearly full time this upcoming summer and part-time during my year off.
So, this little project on education and surgical simulation was just something I did on the side with the vascular surgery department, but I plan to continue working with them during the summer and during my year off, too.
And as for the abstract, I'm not personally presenting it. I'm a co-author and I'm attending the conference, but the 1st author is presenting it. Should I change the wording on my blurb so that this is clear and I'm not accidentally misrepresenting myself?
How does this change everything? Should they be kept together or split up?
If I split them up, should I elaborate more on what I'm planning to do with the research this upcoming summer/next year? The research part of it has juust started out, but I expect it to become more significant over the next 12 months.
Also, I do have 14 other activities listed already.
Though, two of these are about the same thing. I established and coordinate a shadowing program that pairs premed students with physicians to shadow at our med school's affiliated hospitals. I put that under employment, since they're paying me to do it even though I was originally doing it for free as an independent thing before I collaborated with the university and the school of medicine.
My supervisors / collaborators nominated me for a service award, so I listed the award under honors/awards.
The blurb for that reads:
Received award for work on the SIMS premedical shadowing program.
Award criteria: To recognize and honor current students of the Stanford community for service and contributions made through a variety of departments, teams, clubs, residences, and community projects on- and off-campus.
Criteria: 1. Service contributions that are above the normal dedication.
Criteria: 2. Service contributions that are in areas or situations of extraordinary need.
Criteria: 3. Service contributions that result in substantial positive change.
Should I combine the "employment" and the "award" into one activity? If so, does that go under employment, or award?
I know that was a lot of text. Thank you so much for reading!
