Summer Opportunities Workshop

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Summer Opportunities Workshop

• October 23, 2008

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Agenda

• Introductory comments
• Summer Opportunities
• Research
• Dr. Nicholas Shaheen Office of Medical Student
  Research
• Tranh-thu Tran JBGRS Co-Vice President
• Service
• Dr. Pam Frazier Dept. of Family Medicine
• Schweitzer Fellows
• Electives
• International
• Administrative Issues

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What should you do next summer?

• Be true to yourself!
• Do something you are really interested in
• If you are considering a competitive specialty
  consider doing research
• Get exposure to Spanish language and culture
• What you do is unlikely to make or break your
  chances of matching

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Summer Opportunities

• Research
• UNC
• Extramural
• Community Service
• UNC
• Extramural
• International Experience
• Service
• Research
• Spanish Language and Culture
• Local abroad
• Specialty electives

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Why do research?

• A good mentor can be a valuable career resource.
• Research increasingly contributes to the way
  physicians treat their patients.
• The "bench to bedside" approach that is driving
  modern biomedicine suggests that research will
  have an even larger impact on medical practice in
  the future.
• Participating in research is a great way to get
  the opportunity to work with faculty and possibly
  foster a life-long relationship with a mentor.
• Research training gives you a favorable advantage
  when applying for residency positions.
• Research training will make you a better
  physician with a sharper mind and stronger
  critical thinking skills.

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2009 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Medical Student Summer Fellowship Program
Brochure                www.mskcc.org/summerfello
wships

•  
•  OVERVIEW
• This eight-week research program is offered to
  medical students who have a career interest as a
  physician-scientist in the field of oncology
  and/or related biomedical sciences.  Supported by
  the National Cancer Institute (NCI), MSKCC Office
  of Diversity Programs in Clinical Care, Research,
  and Training, and MSKCC Brain Tumor Center, the
  summer fellowship program offers students who
  have completed their first or second year of
  medical school the opportunity to conduct basic
  laboratory or clinical research mentored by MSKCC
  faculty. Students in the program will
• Gain clinical or laboratory research experience
  mentored by MSKCC faculty
• Interact with MSKCC physicians, PhD
  investigators, post-doctoral fellows and graduate
  students
• Attend a weekly education lecture series
  presented by world-renowned MSKCC faculty
• Attend additional institutional lectures,
  departmental conferences and lab meetings
• Present their summer research to fellowship peers
  and MSKCC faculty during the final week of the
  program
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• Important Application/Notification Dates
• December 1, 2008        On-line application opens
• January 16, 2009          Application submission
  deadline
• March 2-16, 2009         Accepted students
  notified on a rolling basis
• March 16, 2009             All students notified
  of their status
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• In an effort to keep the application process fair
  and transparent, we specifically ask students NOT
  to contact individual faculty sponsors during the
  application process. 

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The 2009 Medical Student Training in Aging
Research (MSTAR) Program http//afar.org/medstu.h
tml

• Administered by The American Federation for
  Aging Research (AFAR) and the National Institute
  on Aging (NIA).
• What is the MSTAR Program?
• Aging-related research and geriatrics experience
• 8- to 12-week structured research, clinical, and
  didactic program in geriatrics
• Work with top experts in the field.
• The National Training Centers are
• David Geffen School of Medicine at the University
  of California, Los Angeles - 18 positions
  (includes positions at the University of
  California, San Francisco and University of
  Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center)
• Harvard Medical School - 7 positions
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - 16
  positions
• University of California, San Diego School of
  Medicine - 18 positions
• University of Hawaii School of Medicine - 5
  positions
• University of Michigan School of Medicine - 18
  positions (includes positions at Wayne State
  University School of Medicine)
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - 18
  positions (includes positions at University of
  Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and University
  of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -
  Ellen Roberts or Jan Busby-Whitehead
• Application Deadline February 6, 2009

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Research resources

• Office of Medical Student Research
• http//www.med.unc.edu/rschofc/omsr/staff.htm
• Office phone - 966-3997 or strt_at_med.unc.edu
• Programs at UNC
• http//www.med.unc.edu/rschofc/omsr/program.htm
• Short-term opportunities outside UNC
• http//www.med.unc.edu/rschofc/omsr/strtoutside.ht
  m
• Research Funding
• http//www.med.unc.edu/rschofc/omsr/suppfund.htm
• Calendar and links for Basic Science Seminars

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Student Research Day

• Lecture
• Wednesday, January 28, 2009
• 1200 pm
• MBRB
• Student Presentations 200-530, MBRB
• John B. Graham Medical Research Society

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Community Service

• Office of Community Service
• http//wrp.med.unc.edu/fammed/dept/community
• Student Health Action Coalition
• http//www.med.unc.edu/shac/
• Program on Aging
• http//www.med.unc.edu/aging/
• SERV-NC
• http//servnc.unc.edu/
• Eugene Mayer Community Service Honor Society
• http//www.med.unc.edu/wrkunits/orgs/mayersoc/
• Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
• http//www.schweitzerfellowship.org/features/us/nc
  /nc_app.aspx

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Community Service Day

• Presented by the Eugene Mayer Honor Society
• http//www.med.unc.edu/wrkunits/orgs/mayersoc/
• February 20, 2009
• 12-130pm Posters - Womens Hospital Lobby
• 130-330 pm - Oral Presentations Old Clinic
  Auditorium
• 4PM - Zollicoffer Lecture Old Clinic Auditorium

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International Opportunities

• Honduran Health Alliance
• International Health Forum
• Presentation
• Monday, October 27, noon, MBRB
• International Fellowships offered through Student
  Affairs Office
• International Fellowship Program
• 10 Fellowships for 1,000 each
• Perkins Burke Fellowship
• For work in either Europe or Canada
• 9,000
• Intrahealth
• Office of Global Health
• Student Global Health

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Spanish Language Culture

• CAMPOS
• http//www.med.unc.edu/campos/service.htm
• Honduran Health Alliance
• http//www.med.unc.edu/hha/
• Immersion Electives
• PACEMD
• International Health Forum
• http//www.med.unc.edu/ihf/index.html
• Proyecto Puentes de Salud
• http//proyectopuentes.blogspot.com/

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Career Exploration Electives Open to MS1 MS2
Students

• ANES 403 - Anesthesiology Research BIOM 401 -
  Confocal Microscopy in Cardiovascular
  Applications BIOM 402 - Biomedical
  Experimentation BIOM 403 - Medical Computing and
  Medical Informatics DERM 402 - Research in
  Dermatology FMME 401 - Family Medicine and
  Community Fieldwork FMME 403 - Understanding
  Health Disparities FMME 425 - International
  Fieldwork in Family Medicine FMME 433 - Honduran
  Health Alliance FMME 435 (MEDI 435) - Aging and
  Public Policy PMED 450 - Principles and
  Practices of Alternative Complementary Medicine
  FMME 480 (MEDI 480) - Aging Health MEDI 435 -
  Aging and Public Policy MEDI 441 - Research in
  Hematology/Oncology MEDI 455 - Research in
  Endocrinology MEDI 474 - Basic Care of the
  Elderly Patient MEDI 480 - Aging Health MEDI
  483 - AIDS, Principles, Practice and Politics
  MEDI 486 - Basic Aspects of Aging

MEDI 496 - Rural Health Coalition Seminar Series
OPHT 402 - Research in Ophthalmology ORTS 444 -
Research in Orthopedics OTOL 452 - Research
Experience in Physiologic Acoustics PHYY 401 -
Physiological Pathophysiological Mechanisms
Associated with Pain PMED 403 - Introduction to
Integrative Medicine RADY 411 - Investigative
Radiology SOCM 403 - Readings and Projects in
Social Medicine SOCM 404 - International
Projects in Social Medicine SOCM 405 - Medical
Care/Clinical Epidemiology Research SOCM 407 -
Global Health Elective SURY 421 - Research
Elective in Cardiothoracic Surgery SURY 452 -
Research Experience in Physiology Acoustics SURY
473 - Seminar  Special Topics in Urology SURY
474 - Research in Urology
Please see Leanne Shook, Leanne_Shook_at_med.unc.edu
in 1001 Bondurant Hall for more information
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Administrative

• Elective Credit
• See Leanne Shook in 1001 Bondurant Hall,
  leanne_shook_at_med.unc.edu
• Letter of recommendation
• See Alice Pelland in 1001 Bondurant Hall,
  Alice_Pelland_at_med.unc.edu
• Letter of good standing/transcripts
• See Ann Farabee in 1001 Bondurant Hall,
  Ann_farabee_at_med.unc.edu
• Financial Aid (if you are receiving credit)
• See Sheila McDonald in 1001 Bondurant Hall,
  Sheila_McDonald_at_med.unc.edu