This message is from Sydney Domanowski, president of APMS
We have our 3rd meeting of the semester tomorrow, Tuesday Nov. 3rd at 5:30pm in Fronczak 454. Dr. Diana Wilkins will be discussing her road to family medicine (through UB, in APMS, and at UB’s medical school) and her multi-role position as a doctor, wife, and mother.
Also, I just want to keep everyone informed on the upcoming events:
1) We still need more people to work Bills Games! We get paid by the number of people we supply for each game. And then at the end of the year we get a “bonus” according to our profit. We also get a free meal voucher for each person at every game and free parking (we will give those who drive some of the tip money to pay for gas). We have to have every member who can work go to the next orientation at Bills Stadium in November (no date set yet). There are 3 home games remaining. All of the remaining games are 1:00 games, so we would have to work 10am-5pm for each game:
*November 29th
*December 20th
*January 3rd
You can work whichever games you are able and if you want to have friends do it with you, they’re more than welcome! We are working with AED and Pre-Dental to do this, so friends from those clubs are welcome too! Also, if you go to the orientation and work at least 2 games, you will be able to attend our CPR certification course for FREE in the spring.
2) We will be holding a winter clothing drive for the Buffalo City Mission November 13-15. We’d like to make this a campus-wide event and get bins in the residence halls and throughout campus. Please e-mail mdm34@buffalo.edu to help Matt coordinate this event.
3) There will be an informational Army session about their Health Professional Scholarship Program on November 4th from 6-8pm in NSC215. Free Pizza and refreshments will be available. E-mail mjs83@buffalo.edu for more info.
4) We will be hosting a Buffalo Bills Party at the Kaleida Waterfront Nursing Home on November 15th starting at about 12pm. Rides will be provided and we are just going to eat and spend time with the residents while they watch the Bills game. Also, if you’d like to volunteer at any time at the Kaleida Waterfront, contact us also, as we can connect you with their volunteer coordinator easily. Please e-mail sckahn@buffalo.edu for info.
5) We’re helping with a Red Cross Blood Drive on November 16th. E-mail rroach@buffalo.edu for more info.
6) We have added 3 new physicians to our Shadowing program! Dr. Fox and Dr.
Patel are Family Medicine Doctors and Dr. Cloud is an ER Physician at ECMC. They will begin rotation this month and Dr. Fox & Dr. Patel both are offering 2 days per week, so these are great positions to fill. You get to see a little bit of everything when you work in Family Med.
7) We’re going to be providing CPR classes to APMS members for $10 per person in January. It is a two-part course, so you will need to complete an online portion during the winter break and then attend the course on campus in January.
Non-APMS members will be $30. Anyone working 2 Bills games will receive the training for free. Please e-mail John at jbjr3@buffalo.edu for details.
8 We do have 2 remaining Ronald McDonald House dinners which are both full, Nov 22 and Dec 5. If you have already signed up for these (at a meeting or via e-mail) and cannot come, please e-mail me back so we can offer your spot to someone else.
Thanks so much, see you at the meeting tomorrow, and have a great week!
Sydney Domanowski
APMS President
So, You Want to be a Doctor, Dentist, Veterinarian, Optometrist, Podiatrist or Chiropractor?
TODAY Mon., Nov 2 4:00-4:50 p.m. Meet at Norton 17 - Co-sponsored by Undergrad Academies
Prehealth Committee/veCollect Information Session
Tues., Nov 3 2:00-3:00 p.m. 145C Student Union
You Do NOT Need to Register For These Sessions
International Students and Professional Health School Admission
Wed., Nov 4 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. 145A Student Union
Army Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) Presentation - Sponsored by AED, APMS, and the Pre-Dental Association
Wed., Nov 4 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. 215 Natural Sciences (NSC)
DO Information Forum
If you would like to know more about the DO medical degree (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine), please consider coming to this session! One or possible two DO physicians who are currently completing their residencies in Buffalo will be available to share their advice, expertise, and knowledge pertaining to being a DO physician.
Pizza and refreshments will be served.
Thurs, Nov 5 from 4:00-5:00 in 145E Student Union.
Undergraduate Academies Announcement
YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAVE SOMEONE’S LIFE!!!
WHEN: THIS Thursday, November 5th 2009 @ 11:00AM-3:00PM
WHERE: Student Union FLAG ROOM (2nd Floor Student Union)
HOSTED BY: UB Against Cancer
Help ONE of the 10,000 people in the US awaiting bone marrow donations! Join UB Against Cancer for a Bone Marrow Registry Drive for the “BE A MATCH” registry!
IF YOU WANT TO HELP: Volunteers are needed for the following:
• Set Up (10-11am) 5 people
• OR Clean Up (3-4PM)
• Hour shifts: DURING the drive (4 People PER Hour)
• Snack Help: “Hospitality” Table Snack Help (2 people per hour)
• Flyering: Hand out Flyers in SU Lobby (2 people per hour) or Help distribute and post flyers around campus prior to the event
IF YOU WANT TO DONATE: Similar to donating blood, you’ll have to take a quick test (a swab of the inside of your cheek — NO NEEDLES!).
Likewise, most procedures to donate bone marrow are VERY similar to donating blood!
FIND OUT MORE! Visit the National Marrow Donor Program.
To sign up to volunteer for this event, contact:
Amelia Vangellow: ameliava@buffalo.edu
Please RSVP for these events at http://ubacademies.ning.com/events or email us at academy@buffalo.edu
Hosted by: The Undergraduate Academies
http://academy.buffalo.edu
Any questions call: 716-645-8177
This message is from John Boyd, APMS Treasurer
For those of you who are interested in receiving CPR and AED certification from the American Red Cross, please send me an email at Jbjr3@buffalo.edu simply notifying me of your interest as soon as you read this email. The training will be either free or extremely inexpensive comparable to the standard price. If you are not a APMS member, the fee is $30. The date is to be determined but will take place before the end of this semester. Feel free to add any questions to your confirmation email.
John Boyd
APMS Treasurer
Jbjr3@buffalo.edu
This message from Kaplan Test Prep
While Kaplan’s classroom, online and tutoring options provide students with numerous tools for content review, some students want to further their science knowledge before the MCAT classes even begin. This October, Kaplan will provide free access to the MCAT Science Review program (a $499 value) to any student who enrolls in a Kaplan MCAT Online, Classroom or Tutoring
program.
Eligibility in this value-added promotion does not preclude AED members from taking advantage of our existing relationship by saving $100 off of the regular price of our program.
Make sure when you register to mention the AED 100$ discount!!!
~Mark Niec
President of AED
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.
This message is from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
We would like to remind you of opportunities for combined-degree training in the NIH MD/PhD Intramural Partnership Training Program . This innovative program allows MD/PhD students to obtain all or part of their research training in one of the more than one thousand biomedical research laboratories in the NIH intramural research program and maintain eligibility for medical school training at most of the MSTP-funded M.D./Ph.D. programs around the country.
For most students in this program, the Ph.D. is obtained from one of NIH’s graduate partnership Ph.D. programs (http://gpp.nih.gov). <a The NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Ph.D. Program has been particularly popular among students pursuing M.D./Ph.D. training at NIH. This accelerated doctoral program allows students to set up dual-mentored Ph.D. research projects involving laboratories at NIH and at either Oxford or Cambridge universities in England. This program is also compatible with holders of Rhodes, Marshall, Gates or other international scholarships to study in the U.K. The program has grown considerably, and we now have fifty MD/PhD students who are doing research at NIH in partnership with more than twenty medical schools across the country. Approximately forty of these students are in the NIH Oxford-Cambridge scholars program. Graduates have gone on to top residencies at institutions such as New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in Boston. While students are on our campus for their research, we have arranged for longitudinal preceptorships in our clinical center, the nation’s largest and most advanced research hospital.
Students applying to M.D./Ph.D. programs for Fall 2010 admission are eligible to apply for NIH partnership training in parallel with their current applications to medical schools. The free application can be accessed from the GPP web site. Applicants not currently enrolled in medical school should select track 1 of the NIH MD/PhD partnership training program in addition to their choice of Ph.D. program. The program web site explains the different training tracks supported by this program. This year’s application deadline is January 4, 2010.
We have a teleconference scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8 PM EST and other recruitment events this fall. Please direct your or your advisees’ inquiries and RSVP for the teleconference to a central email address we have set up for this purpose: mdphd@mail.nih.gov.
Sincerely,
Richard Siegel, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, and Acting Chief, Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS
Chief, Immunoregulation Section
Director NIH MD/PHD partnership training program
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda MD 20892-1930
The Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) has a one year post-bac enhancement program which does not require the MCAT to be taken prior to entering and has an MCAT prep component. Here is the link to the program. For more information, please contact Jean Herndon, Director of Post-Baccalaureate Programs at jherndon@vcom.vt.edu
The program is new this year.
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
2265 Kraft Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
*** VCOM *** VCOM *** VCOM *** VCOM ***
November Events
Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events in November!
So, You Want to be a Doctor, Dentist, Veterinarian, Optometrist, Podiatrist or Chiropractor?
If you are a freshmen or sophomore or perhaps just beginning to think about applying to the professional health schools (e.g., medical school, vet school, dental school), come to this workshop to learn what you can be doing NOW to prepare. Learn what you need to do to become a competitive applicant for admission to these schools.
Mon., Nov 2 4:00-4:50 p.m. Meet at Norton 17 - Co-sponsored by Undergrad Academies
Wed., Nov 11 3:00-3:50 p.m. 111 Norton
Thurs., Nov 19 12:30-1:20 p.m. 111 Norton
Prehealth Committee/veCollect Information Sessions
If you are planning on using the services of the Prehealth Committee for the April 2010 deadline, you MUST attend one of the several Prehealth Committee/veCollect workshops offered from October 2009 to March 2010. Please note that only the fall semester workshop dates are noted below. After you attend, you can then become a registered veCollect user and be able to have individual letters of recommendation submitted to our office on your behalf. If you are planning on applying to the professional health schools at some later time and wish to be able to have letters submitted for you any time soon (for some later, future application), you may come to workshop as well. These sessions are not limited to juniors; freshmen and sophomore students may also attend so that recommendation letters can be submitted to our office on your behalf.
Tues., Nov 3 2:00-3:00 p.m. 145C Student Union
Thurs., Nov 12 3:30-4:30 p.m. 145C Student Union
Wed., Nov 18 11:00-12:00 p.m. 145C Student Union
You Do NOT Need to Register For These Sessions
International Students and Professional Health School Admission
Are you an international student interested in the professional health schools of medicine, dentistry, optometry, etc? Do you know the considerations regarding admission in the US and considerations regarding financing a professional school education? Come to this workshop to be fully informed about the important issues associated with professional health school admission in the US for international applicants.
Wed., Nov 4 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. 145A Student Union
Army Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) Presentation
Sponsored by AED, APMS, and the Pre-Dental Association
The Army offers full scholarships for students pursuing medical school, dental school, optometry, and veterinary. The scholarships also offer stipends (i.e., compensation for living expenses) and several other advantages for recipients. AED, APMS and the Pre-Dental Association are hosting this session as one of their general meetings, so please consider attending for valuable scholarship information.
Wed., Nov 4 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. 215 Natural Sciences (NSC)
DO Information Forum
If you would like to know more about the DO medical degree (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine), please consider coming to this session! Two DO physicians who are currently completing their residencies in Buffalo will be available to share their advice, expertise, and knowledge pertaining to being a DO physician.
Pizza and refreshments will be served.
Thurs, Nov 5 from 4:00-5:00 in 145E Student Union.
Preparing for Fall 2011 Application to the Professional Health Schools
Are you ready to apply for admission in Fall of 2011? Do you know what you need to do to submit a complete and competitive application? The Prehealth Committee process? The timelines? Get an overview of the APPLICATION CYCLE for ALL (medical, dental, optometry, podiatry, chiropractic, vet) the professional health schools for fall 2011. A detailed handout will be distributed describing: your responsibilities, key deadlines, information regarding your personal statement, admissions’ tests, etc. Important information for ALL applicants!
Thurs., Nov 19 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. 145C Student Union
Please be informed that the School of Dental Medicine has announced the following changes in relation to their Early Assurance Program effective from this point forward:
Early Assurance (EA)
Applicants need at least a 3.3 overall and BCP (biology, chemistry, physics) GPA to apply. If accepted into the EA program, a 3.7 is needed for the BCP and overall GPA to continue in the program. DAT scores must be 20 Academic Average (AA), 20 Perceptual Ability (PAT), and 20 Reading Comprehension.
Should anyone have any questions, please consult one of the prehealth advisors in 109 Norton Hall.
UB School of Public Health and Health Professions offers multi-disciplinary Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Degrees and Graduate Certificate Programs. For more information, visit us on the web at the link above or call us at (716) 829-6769 during normal business hours.
The OPEN HOUSE is scheduled for THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 from 12:00-2:00 at 111 Kimball Tower - UB South Campus
There is no charge for this event and FREE parking is accessible.
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