Last chance for students to sign up for an experience of a lifetime.  Helping the poor and underserved in:

COSTA RICA, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, BELIZE, and MEXICO

ISL is sending out almost 70 teams to eight countries this summer and has opening for students to participate on only about a dozen that aren’t staffed. Please ask your students to review the attached summer teams information bulletin and go to www.ISLonline.org for schedules and applications instructions.  Thanks to our students helping us staff these teams we estimate we’ll be serving approximately 35,000 of the underserved with varying levels of health care—thanks for the partnership!

More info at www.ISLonline.org.

ISL sends medical/dent/opt/public health/PT/vet/pharmaceutical teams to countries in Latin America, Central America, and Africa.  We include pre-health students on our teams as a way of preparing the next generation of international medical care-givers.  Students receive supervised hands-on experience, health related seminars, and financial sponsorship.

Listings of university, professional, and student references available upon request.  Over a 12 year period we’ve fielded over three hundred teams and annually provide health care for 15,000 of the underserved.

Please consider placing the attached information on your list serve for pre-health students and forwarding to any appropriate pre-health student organizations.  Professional program references available upon request.

9) Summer Clinical Internship at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL

SUMMER CLINICAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM  

The Office of Admissions at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School invites you to apply for the Summer Clinical Internship Program for undergraduates and post-baccalaureate students interested in careers in medicine.

Program Description:

Participants will have the opportunity to shadow clinical faculty members at the medical facilities in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Distinguished faculty from a variety of specialties will host students. Students will be paired with faculty in specialties representing students’ interests. Students are encouraged to keep the hours of the clinicians in order to get a real sense of the specialty, the issues in patient care and the practice of medicine. A lunchtime seminar series will complement the clinical experiences. Students will also take part in a pedagogic exercise at the end of the program. Students will make brief presentations to their peers on topics selected and researched with the guidance of the faculty preceptors.

Dates June 2, 2008 to June 18, 2008

Requirements: Applicant must be at least a sophomore undergraduate or post-baccalaureate student. Please have COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT AND ONE ACADEMIC LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, sent to Ms. Maggie Lyons, c/o Summer Clinical Internship Program Coordinator, Office of Admissions UMDNJ-RWJMS, TC 118, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854.

Deadline for completion of your file is MARCH 03, 2008. Due to the number applicants, we will notify you only if you are accepted into the program by April 4, 2008

Housing is not provided. Transportation and lodging will be participant’s responsibility. There is a train station several blocks from the campus. There is no fee to participate in the program and no stipend. Students will be responsible for the fee for criminal background checks.

Information and application form will be posted in January 2008 at rwjms.umdnj.edu/admissions or contact Ms. Lyons at 732-235-4587

Please note, application deadline is March 3, 2008.

10) SMDEP Opportunity at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

The University of Nebraska Medical Center is offering a Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) for the third year in a row.  I would encourage all of you to discuss this outstanding opportunity with your students as it is a fantastic opportunity for academic and personal growth!  

SMDEP at UNMC June 2 - July 11, 2008     The Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) at UNMC brings together an extraordinary group of distinguished faculty, clinicians, researchers, and medical and dental students to provide a unique six-week experience for talented students who are completing their freshman or sophomore year of college and are considering professional careers in medicine and dentistry. To apply, please visit www.unmc.edu/smdep  Acceptance is done on a rolling basis so please to apply ASAP!   Please note, application deadline is March 1, 2008. Any questions please contact: Anne M. Constantino, M.Ed Diversity Specialist College of Pharmacy/ College of Dentistry University of Nebraska Medical Center 402-559-2590

11) Summer Program for future physician-scientists

Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program, sponsored by the Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program in New York City.  This ten week program allows freshman and sophomore (class of 2010 or 2011) underrepresented minority and/or disadvantaged students to experience life as a MD-PhD student.   The federal NIH definition (which we adhere to) of underrepresented minority (in the sciences) and/or disadvantaged is available on-line:
http://grants.nih.gov/training/faq_diversity.htm#a3

The Gateways students experience an exciting summer as they conduct independent research projects in a lab at one of our three institutions, while participating in a number of clinical activities including scrubbing into surgeries.   This is a wonderful opportunity to experience, first hand, life as a physician-scientist.

At the end of the summer, the Gateways students give oral, written and poster presentations of their research.  Last year, we were able to raise funds to pay for travel and lodging expenses so that each Gateways student could have at least one family member come, as our guest, to New York City in order to attend the final presentations.

The Gateways to the Laboratory Program awards a stipend of $4300 and reimburses the students for their travel expenses.  On campus housing is available.

The Gateways to the Laboratory Program started in 1993 as the first summer program to be run by a MD-PhD Program.  A number of our alumni are now students at some of the top MD-PhD Programs across the country, including our own Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program.  The NIH expressed an interest in using the Gateways Program as a model for other institutions.  Recently, our program was featured on the NIH web page as a model program with a notable record of recruitment and retention strategies.

The on-line application will be available at:
http://www.med.cornell.edu/mdphd/summerprogram/application.html

The application deadline is February 1, 2008 (as is the deadline for most summer programs).  Early completed applications are strongly encouraged.

Please inform your students of this wonderful opportunity.  This program is ideal for those students contemplating the combined MD-PhD degree.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

****Please note, this year, the Gateways to the Laboratory Program is open to underrepresented minority students AND/OR disadvantaged students.  We use the federal NIH definition of underrepresented minority and/or disadvantaged:

http://grants.nih.gov/training/faq_diversity.htm#a3

Please note, application deadline is February 1, 2008.

12) Vanderbilt Summer Programs
We have lots of Summer Programs here for undergraduates interested in an 8-10 week research experience.

These Programs are independent, but grouped under the Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy:

https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/summer_academy/

We are looking for students between sophomore/junior and junior/senior years. The students that come for the sophomore/junior year are given preference to return for their junior/senior summer with the same faculty mentor.

13) Summer Fellowship at Hartford Hospital
The Summer Student Research Fellowship Program at Hartford Hospital offers a unique clinical research opportunity for college students pursuing careers in medicine.