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

2. SUMMER
2016

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

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

5. HERE’S THE DECOMPRESS PART

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

7. PERSONAL TIME BE PAMPERED

8. 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.

9. 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

11. SHORT TERM PROGRAMS Our website
Read your BROWSE WITH BIEDERMAN s
See the next slide for International Experiences

12. 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)

13. 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

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

15. IS YOUR RESUME/CV CURRENT?
Samples are online:
Office of Professional Development
and Career Guidance

16. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WE HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES

17. AND REMEMBER,
BALANCE IS A GOOD THING
BECAUSE……

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