So, I just discovered this site, and realized it is perfect for my question!
For the summer, I was wondering whether this program was worth it...
http://mdsummer.emory.edu/about/index.html
Description of the program:
Much more than a shadowing program, the MD-SEE offers genuine clinical experience, classroom guidance on presentations, and a vigorous look at current issues and practices in medicine. This course will cover variable topics of special interest in the field of Clinical Neurology. Undergraduates will have an opportunity to correlate experience with actual patients with the science behind the diagnosis. During their time in the clinics, students will act as a "patient assistant," helping patients who may have partial paralysis or loss of sensation. They will learn the basics of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and will record patients' history and neurological findings in compliance with HIPAA while observing real-life patient examinations. Students then will choose a neurology patient each week on whom to conduct research and will present the case to peers in a HIPAA-compliant manner. Each student will be assigned a Clinical Neurology faculty mentor who will help develop the writing and poster projects. Toward the end of the six-week course, students will select the one de-identified patient encountered that embodied their greatest interest and will formally present the case in the format of a scientific meeting. Each student will observe and practice the techniques of both platform and poster presentations. Publication of student work will be encouraged, co-authored by the faculty mentor.
^if above is too long, here's a summary: It is a summer class (I do not need any credits btw) and is also a shadowing program that provides clinical experience. We work closely with patients and do research on their illness to be presented every week.
So, it sounds like a helpful experience, right? Well, it costs $8000: $5000 for the summer class and $3000 for the program (& apparently I can receive some financial aid).
I like the idea of this program, but want to know if this will even help my application!
After reading this forum for several hours, I realized that all my hospital volunteer work counts as clinical experience, which is wonderful news, but I never spoke to patients about their illnesses before, because I worried it'd be a sensitive topic and in this program, I get to, which I find very exciting! Also, I am having issues finding shadowing opportunities, and this was the main reason I even applied in the first place. Also, I am hoping working closely with the faculty can lead to some networking or at least I can gain some presentation skills since we will be having a lot of presentations.
There is this other thing I am applying for, which is a research being conducted at one of the hospitals I already volunteer at. My research experience is kind of worthless, because I have nothing to say about it (I learned lab techniques, yay?). I do not know if the research I will be applying for will be a more worthwhile research experience, but it at least pertains to my major.... and it is free. Should I do this instead? and if so, is there any advice then you guys can give to finding doctors to shadow?
Like, I understand I am going to have to email some strangers, because unfortunately my physician is too busy, but I dunno how to phrase the request!
I am also currently preparing emails to contact professors for research in their labs during the school year.
Also, any other summer plan suggestions?
I've tried looking up medical related jobs, and those are very unlikely of happening... I have a lot of volunteer hours both related to medicine and not related, and that is about all my resume has, other than the years worth of working as a research assistant and various non-medical related EC. What else can I do this summer to improve my application for medschool?
Thank you in advance for reading this lengthy post!
For the summer, I was wondering whether this program was worth it...
http://mdsummer.emory.edu/about/index.html
Description of the program:
Much more than a shadowing program, the MD-SEE offers genuine clinical experience, classroom guidance on presentations, and a vigorous look at current issues and practices in medicine. This course will cover variable topics of special interest in the field of Clinical Neurology. Undergraduates will have an opportunity to correlate experience with actual patients with the science behind the diagnosis. During their time in the clinics, students will act as a "patient assistant," helping patients who may have partial paralysis or loss of sensation. They will learn the basics of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and will record patients' history and neurological findings in compliance with HIPAA while observing real-life patient examinations. Students then will choose a neurology patient each week on whom to conduct research and will present the case to peers in a HIPAA-compliant manner. Each student will be assigned a Clinical Neurology faculty mentor who will help develop the writing and poster projects. Toward the end of the six-week course, students will select the one de-identified patient encountered that embodied their greatest interest and will formally present the case in the format of a scientific meeting. Each student will observe and practice the techniques of both platform and poster presentations. Publication of student work will be encouraged, co-authored by the faculty mentor.
^if above is too long, here's a summary: It is a summer class (I do not need any credits btw) and is also a shadowing program that provides clinical experience. We work closely with patients and do research on their illness to be presented every week.
So, it sounds like a helpful experience, right? Well, it costs $8000: $5000 for the summer class and $3000 for the program (& apparently I can receive some financial aid).
I like the idea of this program, but want to know if this will even help my application!
After reading this forum for several hours, I realized that all my hospital volunteer work counts as clinical experience, which is wonderful news, but I never spoke to patients about their illnesses before, because I worried it'd be a sensitive topic and in this program, I get to, which I find very exciting! Also, I am having issues finding shadowing opportunities, and this was the main reason I even applied in the first place. Also, I am hoping working closely with the faculty can lead to some networking or at least I can gain some presentation skills since we will be having a lot of presentations.
There is this other thing I am applying for, which is a research being conducted at one of the hospitals I already volunteer at. My research experience is kind of worthless, because I have nothing to say about it (I learned lab techniques, yay?). I do not know if the research I will be applying for will be a more worthwhile research experience, but it at least pertains to my major.... and it is free. Should I do this instead? and if so, is there any advice then you guys can give to finding doctors to shadow?
Like, I understand I am going to have to email some strangers, because unfortunately my physician is too busy, but I dunno how to phrase the request!
I am also currently preparing emails to contact professors for research in their labs during the school year.
Also, any other summer plan suggestions?
I've tried looking up medical related jobs, and those are very unlikely of happening... I have a lot of volunteer hours both related to medicine and not related, and that is about all my resume has, other than the years worth of working as a research assistant and various non-medical related EC. What else can I do this summer to improve my application for medschool?
Thank you in advance for reading this lengthy post!
