WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS SUMMER? Office of Professional Development & Career Guidance Joyce Biederman, M.S.

SUMMER 2016

DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR SUMMER BREAK IS? JUNE 6 THROUGH JULY 15th

WE LOVE BALANCE!! DECOMPRESS from school DO something “Significant”

HERE’S THE DECOMPRESS PART

LET’S TALK ABOUT THOSE “SIGNIFICANT” ACTIVITIES Personal Time Clinical Shadowing/Volunteering Research Short term programs Self-Exploration such as Careers in Medicine

PERSONAL TIME BE PAMPERED

CLINICAL SHADOWING/VOLUNTEERING Are you aware that you will receive academic credit for Shadowing in second year? But there is no reason you need to wait until second year to shadow.

RESEARCH The BIG question! Summer Research - Here at UMMSM or other locations How can you find Research? Pathways Interest Groups On your own Mrs. B

SHORT TERM PROGRAMS Our website Read your BROWSE WITH BIEDERMAN E-mails See the next slide for International Experiences

SOME INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES BY YOUR PEERS   Victoria Billero - MD. Dr. Paolo Romanelli – Derm. Brother has Dermatology clinic in Pisa, Italy. She shadowed others. Carla Maffeo and Dr. Romanelli organized it. She was funded by a patient of Dr. Romanelli’s. One student per year, stayed with a host family, arranged by Dr. Romanelli. Was able to shadow other areas of medicine also. Daniel Salahuddin – MD-MPH. France program MISEFA. A partnership formed by Donna Shalala. MUST be proficient in French. 1 week Orientation, then Psychiatry Trauma – unaccompanied minors, and smoking cessation. Wide range of exposure – using his experience for Capstone. Jennifer Shiroky – MD-MPH. Haiti – Medishare for 4 weeks. Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port Au Prince, not safe neighborhood, so she ate and slept at the hospital the whole time. Pediatric Residency Program – one of just a few around. ** Said she was able to use the experience to weed out those areas in which she did not have an interest, and now go further with those she does have an interest in. Julia Rothe Amundson – MD-MPH. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ** MUST speak Portuguese. Dr. Antonio Marttos, Trauma Surgery at Ryder. 2 weeks in Rio de Janeiro at a trauma center that was opened and trained everyone, from Ryder. Roy Elias, MD (Microbiology & Immunology Pathway). Dr. Eckhard Podack, lung cancer vaccine. Currently in clinical trial. ** Roy seeking to adapt this theory on other kinds of cancer. Danyelle Thomas – MD-MPH. GE-NMF SCHOLAR. Primary Care Leadership Program. Seattle, at a Primary Care Community Health Center. $$ program. Research & Capstone – all at the clinic. (PCLP National Medical Fellowship)

Led by Dr. Hilit Mechaber SELF EXPLORATION Careers in Medicine Friday, February 5, 2016 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 3rd FL Auditorium Led by Dr. Hilit Mechaber

WHAT ARE YOUR NEXT STEPS? Be PROACTIVE Start planning NOW Is your CV updated? Make Contacts

IS YOUR RESUME/CV CURRENT? Samples are online: Office of Professional Development and Career Guidance www.mededu.miami.edu/opdcg

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WE HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES

AND REMEMBER, BALANCE IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE……

WE WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AS YOU START YOUR SECOND YEAR!!!