Caduceus Club

Olivia Eckstein President, Senior, Health and Disease Dominic Vitello Secretary, Sophomore, Aerospace Engineering Josh Collins Treasurer, Senior, General Health Sciences Anneliese Rupp Philanthropy, Junior, Psychology Betsy Schlehuser Vice President, Senior, Biology Publicity, Sophomore Mission Trip Coordinator, Junior, Mission Trip Coordinator, Junior Ryan Hebda Lane Fraser Alyson Bundy Officers Ashley Klein Mission Trip Coordinator, Senior, General Health Sciences

o Dr. David Bridges o Professor in the School of Science o o Lilly Advisor

Events

o Blood Drive o Food Pantry o St. Elizabeth Contact Carrie Shephard 10 week commitment?? Volunteering

o Cadaver Lab Halloween? Sometime that week because they don’t have exams o Suture Lab – looking at November? o Vitals Lab – still waiting on word Blood pressures, etc. Working on an EKG lab with Dr. Walls. Different Medical Labs

Other Events o MCAT Practice Kaplan help session o Community Service Day o Various schools coming to talk – so far Marian’s DO school, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine for sure o Medical Student Panel?? Multiple Purdue graduates that are attending medical school give advice.

Club Information

o Club dues are $10, which pays for both semesters o Please turn in your dues today, or at another meeting. o When you sign up please fill out the excel document with your name, year of college, and address. Club Dues

o To stay a member of the club each member has to attend at least one meeting per month. o At each meeting we will have a sign in list o Members that also attend the most events will receive a gift at the end of the year Attendance

T-Shirts o Past t-shirt - > o Working on a fun one for this year. Any ideas?

Where to Find Us o Website: o Facebook: Purdue Caduceus Club o Blog: WordPress.com o Twitter: ??? o Lilly

Costa Rica/Panama 14 day trip Dec 28-Jan 10 First week urban clinics Second week is Hike for Humanity 14 students in our group Approximate cost $3,000 (without grants and fundraising taken into account)

Nicaragua 7 day trip December days in clinics Shadowing, physical therapy, health talks at schools, work in clinics, take vitals 1 beach/hiking day Approximate cost: $1800