Students can view a new informational video about the profession of podiatry at developed by the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA). The video shows clips from educational, surgical, and practice settings. Students can view the video and then choose to learn more at their leisure. The video can be viewed on the APMA website or on YouTube.
The APMA has recently created exciting, informative, and new ways for students to learn about careers in podiatric medicine. Last month, another new “testimonial” video was released. This short video has interviews with podiatrists, students and residents and explores the reasons why they each chose a career in podiatric medicine and what they like best about the profession. This video can also be viewed on YouTube or on the APMA career page.
For more information, feel free to contact the APMA at careerinfo@apma.org.
The Admissions and Student Affairs team at the Berkeley School of Optometry would like to invite you to an informational webinar about a career in optometry and admissions to their school. For the rest of the month, our webinars are scheduled as follows:
10/21/09 (Wed) - 5-7PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
10/29/09 (Thurs) - 5-7PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
Anyone who is interested can contact Ariana at ariana@berkeley.edu, and she will send you an invitation with details about how to log-on to the webinar. You do not need any special software.
Ariana Cho
Coordinator of Admissions and Student Affairs UC Berkeley - School of Optometry Admissions & Student Affairs Office
397 Minor Hall
Berkeley, CA
94720-2020
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Douglas McNabb, Associate Director for Admissions from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine will be visiting UB on Tuesday, October 6 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in room 250 Student Union.
Podiatric medicine offers a lucrative career in a specialized field. Doctors of podiatric medicine treat all conditions located in the lower extremity, with subspecialties in diabetic wound care, surgery, sports medicine, dermatology, pod pediatrics, and orthopedics.
New York College of Podiatric Medicine is a four-year podiatric medical school, providing its students with a rigorous preclinical science curriculum and intense clinical training in affiliated Foot Clinics of New York and hospitals.
Attention Students interested in Optometry & Physician Assistant Careers!
A representative from Salus University (formerly Pennsylvania College of Optometry) will be visiting UB NEXT Tuesday, September 29 at 2:00 p.m. in room 250 Student Union. Join us to learn more about the Doctor of Optometry program and the Master’s program in Physician Assistant Studies, as well as the admissions process and what Salus University has to offer.
Salus University offers the Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) program, the Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) program, as well as a number of Masters Programs related to the management of vision impairment and vision rehabilitation. Recently, the University extended its expertise to the education of Physician Assistants with a Masters of Medical Science in Physician Assistant Studies.
Global Impact Corps: Global Health Volunteer Abroad Opportunities
Unite For Sight has been featured weekly on CNN International and in The New York Times. Unite For Sight is the world’s leader in socially responsible, effective volunteering abroad. Unite For Sight’s Global Impact Corps is an immersive global health experience for students and for professionals.
All volunteers participating in Unite For Sight’s international programs are Global Impact Fellows. They participate daily with local ophthalmic nurses, local optometrists, and local ophthalmologists to eliminate patient barriers to care and to facilitate comprehensive year-round eye care for patients living in extreme poverty. Through hands-on, structured training, volunteers gain a comprehensive understanding about best practices in volunteerism, global health, and international development. Global Impact Fellows gain skills and are nurtured to become new leaders in global health. Additionally, Global Impact Fellows may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for volunteers interested in pursuing global health research.
Locations (volunteer for 10 days, 20 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, or more)
• Accra Region, Ghana
• Rural Villages, Ghana
• Tamale, Ghana
• Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• Bihar, India
• Chennai, India
• New Delhi, India
• Orissa, India
Click on web link above for more details.
We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2010 AACPMAS Application. Students interested in podiatric medicine can now begin their application
We have implemented several enhancements for the 2010 application cycle, including:
AACPMAS now requires applicants to list their entire academic record within the application. This is a change from just reporting required coursework.
AACPMAS now requires applicants to send just one set of transcripts to the application service rather than sending transcripts to each of their designated schools and colleges of podiatric medicine. Students should not wait to complete their application before forwarding transcripts to AACPMAS. Processing of the application can not begin until all transcripts have been received. Students should send their transcripts to:
AACPMAS
PO Box 9200
Watertown, MA 02471
AACPMAS now has expanded sections for describing an applicant’s podiatric shadowing, health care, employment and extracurricular experiences.
AACPMAS now requires that applicants provide their 8-digit MCAT/AAMC number that was assigned to them when they registered for their MCAT exam. AACPMAS must have this number in order to accurately match their MCAT scores to their AACPMAS application.
AACPMAS will begin collecting data about race/ethnicity in compliance with U.S. Department of Education standards.
Many of the nine colleges of podiatric medicine use Interfolio, Virtual Evals or both services in collecting letters of recommendation for their applicants. The chart outlining which colleges accept electronic letters can be found within the application FAQs.
Moraith G. North
Executive Director
American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine
15850 Crabbs Branch Way, Suite 320
Rockville, MD 20855-2622
The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) is pleased to announce the inaugural launch of Optometry’s Centralized Application Service – OptomCAS! As of today, applicants can begin to complete their applications. The link to access the application is provided below.
Paige Pence
Director, Student and Professional Affairs
Association of Schools & Colleges of Optometry
6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 420
Rockville, MD 20852
http://www.opted.org
SUNY College of Optometry will have an Open House on Thursday, May 21 2009 from
9:45 am-12:30 pm. Students must RSVP by Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
to admissions@sunyopt.edu so you can be added to the guest list. There is a limit fo two guests for per person.
You will get answers to your questions about requirements, procedures and the costs of attending.
Sincerely,
Dr. Edward R. Johnston
Vice President for Student Affairs
SUNY College of Optometry
33 W.42nd Street
NY, NY 10036
212-938-5500
The Admissions and Student Affairs Office at UC Berkeley’s School of Optometry is pleased to announce that we will once again offer our summer “Opto-Camp” program. We will offer two sessions this summer, June 15-17 and July 20-22.
The goal of Berkeley Optometry’s Opto-Camp is to introduce underrepresented pre-health science majors to Optometry as a potential future career track and to prepare them to be successful applicants to optometry school. The objective of Berkeley Optometry’s Opto-Camp is to present a three-day “in residence”
experience that will provide participants with opportunities to learn about the profession of optometry and the process of becoming an optometrist.
Please note that this year we have incorporated a $100 program fee due to budgetary constraints, however, we are also offering a limited amount of scholarships per session.
Program specifics and the application are linked here.
The application deadline is Monday, April 27, 2009.
Sharon T. Joyce
Director of Admissions and Student Affairs UC Berkeley - School of Optometry Admissions
397 Minor Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2020
Visit from SUNY School of Optometry
Dr. Ed Johnston, Director of Admissions at the SUNY School of Optometry will be available to present to UB students and answer questions regarding application, admission requirements and the profession of optometry on Wednesday, April 15 at 4:00 in room 145D Student Union. Pizza and refreshments will be served.
