Happy Holidays...

Happy Tuesday Med Occ Students!

I can't believe that this is the last couple of days before Winter Break! Where did the time go?!

A couple of assignment announcements...

• No Quiz tomorrow - I will postpone until the new year because we have a guest speaker.  In its place though you will need to complete this quick assignment tonight (for points!) Click HERE! Take notes and bring in your data to share.
• You will need to bring in your homework packet though for the circulatory system. 

LADIES

Check out this very cool Perry Initiative Opportunity! You can earn hours for class if you attend!

Site over Break?

If you are thinking you might want to pick up some extra hours over break, you can! Please email me what days and times you plan to work and make sure to pick up some extra time sheets.

Need TIMESHEETS? Click HERE!

See everyone tomorrow!

Just another Manic Monday!

Good Afternoon Med Occs!

Here are some announcements and reminders...

First a HUGE thank you to all the students who showed up for the Holiday Parade Saturday Night! My kids and I had SO much fun with you! Also thank you to all the students who worked on the float.  I was so proud of you hard work and enthusiasm!



Click HERE for a link to our presentation on the Muscular system.  Don't forget to complete Chapter 4 question in the Medical Terminology text.  You will be tested this Wednesday on that information!

Kaiser Interns 
Hoping everyone got to their IT training today, either in the morning or this afternoon.  One more group to go tomorrow.

HERE are your sign on codes.  Don't know if you were given your volunteer log in codes today, but if not here they are... Refer to the sheet in your binder so you know how to log in and out each day!

Nursing Scholarship

I wanted to make your students aware of a scholarship opportunity. Nursing Schools Almanac has just launched its second annual AspiringNurse Scholarship. Our website will award a $1,000 scholarship to an aspiring nurse who best demonstrates:

+ A track record of academic excellence, particularly in science and mathematics

+ A passion for the nursing profession and the overall field of healthcare

This scholarship is open to all high school seniors who plan to pursue college education in nursing, including LPN / LVN, ADN, and BSN programs. Scholarship applications will be accepted until midnight on June 30, 2016.

We ask interested students to visit www.nursingschoolsalmanac.com and click the banner on the right-hand side of the website's homepage. Here they'll find detailed scholarship information and the official application form.

If possible, we'd greatly appreciate that you include a link to our scholarship program on your school's scholarship webpage. Please also feel free to share information about this scholarship via social media.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let me know. If you are not the appropriate person, please let me know whom I should contact instead with this scholarship information.

Sincerely,

Shawn Harrell

Outreach Manager

Nursing Schools Almanac

START STRONG!

Good Evening Med Occs!

I am SO excited for you to begin your internships tomorrow! Yeah!!!!!

Some quick reminders for you...

• ON TIME = 15 MINUTES EARLY! Anticipate your needs, pack a snack before site as there is no eating and make sure you have gas in your car!
• Wear your SCRUBS! Even to orientations.  You are required to be in uniform from here on out.
• Hair pulled back
• Only single piercings
• All acrylic or gel nails removed.  Nails should be short and clean.  If polished, they should be a natural color.
• Absolutely NO cell phones!
• You MUST have your ID badge on you at all times.
• You MUST have your site binder with you or in your department with you at all times.
• Don't forget to record your times on your time sheets!

For the first two weeks...

• Carry your little notebook and take notes on EVERYTHING! From where things are stored to procedures to people's names.  This is your cheat sheet.
• Ask for clarification and be GRATEFUL for the opportunity your site is providing you.
• If you don't see me tomorrow, you will see me at least once this week.  Make sure you are always prepared as this is a large portion of your grade now. 
• Text or call me with any questions!

KAISER INTERNS

Here is the schedule for this week...

The students will begin their orientation on Monday, November 30.  Following are important dates regarding the students so that you can let your staff know and prepare for their arrival.   

Monday, November 30        KP Orientation - Ariel Chan, Director of Student Volunteers 
                                This fulfills the required NEO orientation for the students. 
                                10:00 - 12:00 - Livermore Wellness Center (1st floor across from Pediatrics) 

Tuesday, December 1        Site and Service Orientation - Kareen Knowles, Associate Medical Group Administrator 
                                I will provide an overview of our facilities, expectations and service 
                                9:45 - 11:45 - Livermore MOB-based students - Livermore Wellness Center (across from Pediatrics) 
                                2:00 - 4:00 - Pleasanton MOB and San Ramon MOB-based students - Pleasanton Conference Room C 

Wednesday, December 2        All students are in class 

Thursday, December 3        First day for students in your departments! 
                                9:45 - 11:45 for a.m. students 
                                2:00 - 4:00 for p.m. students 
                                Note - San Ramon students will meet in San Ramon Health Education Dept for a 1 hour San Ramon overview prior to going to their depts. 

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. Ralph Marston

Happy Thursday Med Occs!

Here are photos today of our classes! I am SO very proud of you and excited about your next step as Med Occ students!

AM

PM

PM Silly Photo

THANK YOU'S

Here are the links to thank you writing protocol for EMAIL and HANDWRITTEN

INTENTIONS

Did you set your intention? Did you make someone's day brighter by just smiling? Check out THIS video to remind yourself to pay it forward!

QUIZ

Want to study some more for any quiz corrections. Click HERE for the link to my presentation notes!

HOMEWORK
Didn't have thank you cards in class? Bring them tomorrow!

Need to get a watch with a second hand!

Bring a three pieces of halloween candy tomorrow for an experiment that we will be conducting.

Happy Veteran's Day MED OCC SUPER HEROES!

Happy Veteran's Day MED OCC SUPER HEROES!

Remember to set your INTENTION for today. You have the power to make someone's day bright or cloudy! What will you use your power for?

HOMEWORK

• Please bring in a pack of thank you cards.  You can pick up a cheap box from target or Safeway.  Don't think full-on hallmark cards.  They are just little boxes where all the cards are the same.  Should cost no more than $5.99.  We will be writing proper thank you cards Thursday
• Please WEAR your SCRUBS Thursday! We will be taking our class photo! Hair needs to be pulled back, piercings need to be removed.
• We are quizzing tomorrow so be prepared!

Get ready for your interview

Good Morning Med Occs!

Remember your job this week is to contact your site supervisor and set up a time to come in and interview.  You will need to bring your resume and your cover letter.

TOMORROW
Please bring in a copy of your resume and cover letter that we can mock up if we need to.
You can find resources on how to write an effective COVER LETTER HERE. Read the entire article.  You will find links on the three different types of cover letters.  Click on application or inquiry and follow the link t the samples.  Make sure to format it correctly.  You MUST have this in class tomorrow so that you can get feedback before going to interview with your site.

PM Class - You received site supervisor names and phone numbers Friday.
AM Class - You will receive it tomorrow.  We literally have less than two weeks before you go out to site so make sure you bring your A game every day this week!

Having issues with your scrubs, please contact BUllards to see if they can exchange them.

REMINDERS
No school Wednesday, November 11
Wear scrubs on Thursday for our class photo

Have a great rest of your weekend and I look forward to seeing you in class tomorrow!

Ms. Buck

Better late than never...

Please DO NOT contact your site.  I will go over protocol Friday.  HW tonight should be to research your site and get directions to site from your home school.  If we are still firming your site up just research the one I gave you in class.  Thanks See you Friday

Nutritious Togetherness

HOMEWORK

• Click HERE for tonight's homework.
• Also, please bring one homemade food item to share with the class. Make sure it can feed between 8-10 people.  Bring a list of ingredients along with it.  
• Friendly reminder that your KEENAN is due tomorrow!

GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU'S

• Awesome job scott Newby helping out with the Special Olympic unified basketball game!
• Great job PM class for having such a positive attitude today during the games
• Thank you to Sarah Arif who made a flower for Mrs. Keck!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Don't forget to wear your costume tomorrow to be entered into the costume contest!

Sonographers... Oh My!

• STUDY GUIDE click HERE
• Click HERE for the power point presentation on tissues.
• Do you have your flu shot? If not you need to get it asap!
• Watch this video to prep for tomorrow!
• Can someone make a thank you card for Kathleen and Maggie?

Thank you to Kathleen Keck who came and              presented the Sonography presentation...

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Maya Angelou

TOMORROW
We have a sonographer coming tomorrow! I am SO excited for all of you!

HOMEWORK
Study for your quiz, it will be on Wednesday,  Think tissue and integumentary systems! I will have a study guide for you tomorrow in class.

Here is the Manager Work Rubric - Click HERE

Integumentary System

A HUGE MED OCC GRATITUDE TO...

• All my students who bring laughter and smiles into my classroom
• To Sam and Nat in my PM class for being so very crafty
• To Danielle Bagunu in my PM class for making a thank you card to pass around for Ms. Telles.

You ALL ROCK!!!


HOMEWORK

• Watch THIS video! And share it with someone! Anyone! Just share it! It is SO cool! Then bring your feedback to class!
• Quiz on the tissue and the integumentary system next Monday! Know your med terminology!
• Haven't gotten your flu shot yet? You NEED to!

TOMORROW
Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department will be here presenting careers in the fire service as well as EMT and Paramedic Careers.  Bring THREE questions to class tomorrow!

Are you working the football game tomorrow night?
Be at GHS at 4:00 pm in P-6 to meet Kristen the new athletic trainer. Wear khakis pants and a GHS polo or ROP polo.  Don't have a shirt, borrow one from me!

PERRY OUTREACH PROGRAM - LADIES ONLY!

We’re very excited to announce an upcoming Perry Outreach Program on Saturday, January 23

 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in San Jose, CA. The Perry OutreachProgram is a free, one-day, hands-on experience for high school and college-aged women who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine and engineering. Students will hear from women leaders in these fields and try it for themselves by performing mock orthopaedic surgeries and biomechanics experiments.

We are now seeking applicants for our San Jose program. Participants should be women in grades 10 and up with an expressed interest in science, medicine and/or engineering.  We would very much appreciate if you could pass this information along to any high school principals, high school science teachers or high school students you may know.  Applicants should be directed to fill out our online application in advance of the Dec 22 application deadline.

Additional information can be found on our website: www.perryinitiative.org

The application may be accessed directly using the following link: http://perryinitiative.org/programs/student-online-application/

More information and a printable flyer for this event can be found here. Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions you may have.  Again, we sincerely appreciate your help in identifying qualified applicants for our program.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' Eleanor Roosevelt

THANK YOU TO CONNIE TELLES FROM CHABOT'S NURSING PROGRAM for coming out and giving us all some insight into the world of nursing school applications.

HOMEWORK

• Wear PINK tomorrow in honor of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  We will have a guest speaker presenting her story of surviving breast cancer.
• Please be working on Keenan - they are all do next week! 

Chabot Nursing

Come prepared to ask lots of questions to Chabot's Nursing Director tomorrow!

Tissue and Skeletons Oh My!

CHECK THIS OUT!
Please read THIS and be ready to comment on it tomorrow!


ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Flu Shot Paperwork needs to be in by Friday! You will lose points if it is not!
• Keenan should be ongoing - you only have TWO weeks left! You should be over half way done by now.

HOMEWORK

• Review today's notes from class HERE and complete tonight's homework assignment which is HERE
• Keenan, Keenan, Keenan...

IF HUMAN PROGRESS DEPENDED ON ONE QUALITY; IT WOULDN'T BE OUR MACHINERY OR OUR WISDOM; IT WOULD BE OUR HEALTH. - ANONYMOUS

ALMOST TGIF MED OCCS!

HOMEWORK

AM Class - Please check grades, too many of you are missing assignments.  You need to check in with me tomorrow.

PM Class - I have your grades updated and can give them to you at the end of the day.

ALL CLASSES
Click HERE for the study guide for the quiz tomorrow.
IMMUNIZATIONS - I need them all done by the end of next week.

TOMORROW
We have a guest speaker - a dentist - tomorrow.  Please prepare three questions that would like to ask them!

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw

HAPPY MONDAY MED OCCS!

Here are our homework and our reminders from the day...

FLU SHOTS - Everyone will need their flu shots completed and documented by the end of October.  Please ANTICIPATE YOUR NEED and plan ahead.

TOILET PAPER ROLLS - Please bring one to class tomorrow! 

HOMEWORK

• Keenan - You should have completed at least 8-10 Keenan assignments by now.  If you are still having trouble logging on send me another email.  I am working with a new person and they seem to be having more complications than in the past.         
• Mock Interview Evaluation - Please turn this in tomorrow and make sure it is typed.                                                                      
• Here is a LINK to our notes today in class.  Please complete Slide 12 and Slide 19 as homework tonight.                                   
• Go to this LINK to study the body planes.

Emphasize Your Strengths...

RESUME WRITING

INTERVIEW SKILLS

HOMEWORK

• Bring in a Rough Draft of your RESUME to share!
• Infectious Disease Infographic, Due Thursday, October 1st - Click HERE

• Career Counselor Assignment Due October 2nd.  Anticipate the Need and plan accordingly. Schedule your appointment with your Career Counselor today! - Click HERE
• Vision Boards will not be due until next Wednesdays!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

• SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH 

 This is a fundraiser in honor of a Granada Student, in her memory.  Please see the attached info.
The fundraiser is a swim a thon.  Students can swim, but there are also sign ups to work the bake sale, lane counters, and other jobs.  All moneys and the efforts support Kaiser Oakland Pediatric Oncology.

EMAIL - jaclynrice@gmail.com

Jaclyn is the contact for  all TVROP MED OCC student volunteers for the team KC swim-a-thon Sunday Oct 4 from 10-3 that need volunteer community service

All proceeds go to kaiser pediatric oncology Oakland

http://teamkcswimathon.com/swim-a-thon/

• Interested in Becoming a Firefighter? Consider joining the LPFD Explorer Program

The Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Explorer Program will be accepting applications until Friday, November 13^th. Completed applications can be dropped off to Erika Newsome at Headquarters, or Station 4 Attention Ryan Capes or Bobby Hernandez. We are planning to have interviews in December and start an Explorer academy in February 2016.

Attached is a copy of the application and pamphlet. If you know anyone between the ages of 16-21 that is interested in becoming an Explorer please, download a copy of the application and have them turn it in by 5:00pm November 13^th.

Any questions contact either myself or Bobby Hernandez.
Thank you for your time and have a great day.
Respectfully,
Ryan Capes
Firefighter/Paramedic
Explorer Program Coordinator
Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department
Engine 4 – B Shift
Station #4: (925) 454-2344
Cell: (925) 548-5204
Fax: (925) 454-2367
rcapes@lpfire.org

WE ARE NOW ON INSTAGRAM!                                              Follow us:  @MEDOCCSROCKS

“You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” - Credited to Oscar Wilde

The Rule of Twelve

 If people make “snap” judgments about you in the first 7 seconds, what are they saying about you?

Focus on the “Rule of Twelve” to make your first impression favorable.

• The first twelve inches from the shoulders up – Smile, make eye contact
• The first twelve steps a person takes – Project confidence, be alert (not focused on your notes or phone 
• The first twelve words a person states – Be friendly and sincere – make your greeting about THEM

HOMEWORK

• Print and read this ARTICLE.  Highlight the important parts. 
• Cut out pictures, sayings, etc...,  and bring to class for your vision board.

Long Term:

• HERE is the link to the Medical Terminology Flashcards.
• Infectious Disease Infographic, Due Thursday, October 1st - Click HERE

• Career Counselor Assignment Due October 2nd.  Anticipate the Need and plan accordingly. Schedule your appointment with your Career Counselor today! - Click HERE

WE ARE NOW ON INSTAGRAM!  Follow us:  @MEDOCCSROCKS

Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional. Jahangir Khan

UNIT: PROFESSIONALISM

Homework:
Please PRINT the following documents...

EFFECTIVE RESUME

IMPROVE YOUR INTERVIEW SKILLS

INTERVIEW INFO

COVER LETTER

SKILL



Long Term:

• HERE is the link to the Medical Terminology Flashcards.
• Infectious Disease Infographic, Due Thursday, October 1st - Click HERE

• Career Counselor Assignment Due October 2nd.  Anticipate the Need and plan accordingly. Schedule your appointment with your Career Counselor today! - Click HERE

WE ARE NOW ON INSTAGRAM!

Follow us:  @MEDOCCSROCKS

STUDY INFECTION CONTROL & HAND WASHING!

HOMEWORK

Short Term:

• Click HERE for today's NOTES - Please STUDY your yellow vocab pages! 
• HERE IS THE LINK TO THE NOTES FROM THE DAY BEFORE!
• HERE is the link to the Medical Terminology Flashcards.

Long Term:

• Career Research Assignment Due Monday, September 28th - Click HERE
• Infectious Disease Infographic, Due Thursday, October 1st - Click HERE

• Career Counselor Assignment Due October 2nd.  Anticipate the Need and plan accordingly. Schedule your appointment with your Career Counselor today! - Click HERE

WE ARE NOW ON INSTAGRAM!

Follow us:  @MEDOCCSROCKS

OPPORTUNITIES / DATES

GetSet (Girls Exploring Technology, Science, Arts and Engineering Together)
is an extra-curricular program for high school females who are interested in STEAM. Members will explore STEAM subjects and careers through hands-on workshops, field trips and networking events. Interested students must attend the mandatory Parent and Student Orientation on September 24 at 6:00 pm at Foothill High School.

The Tri-Valley College and Career Fair
Put this on your calendar! It will be an assignment to attend! The College and Career Fair will be held on October 14 at Dublin High School from 6:30—8:00 pm. Families are invited to come and meet with representatives from UC’s, CSU’s, community colleges, private and out-of-state colleges, military recruiters, technical schools and apprenticeships. This is a free event!

UC DAVIS CONFERENCE

Open to ALL! Only $95 (includes meals, hotel and transportation from UC Berkeley!)   Registration deadline is October 4th! (but it usually sells out)

Over the past thirteen years, the Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Conference has grown from a local community-college event, attended by 231 students in 2003, to a national venue, hosting some 8,823 attendees at the University of California, Davis in 2014. The conference not only maintains its reputation for being the largest pre-medical and pre-health professions gathering at an undergraduate institution, but also stands as the only two-day event of its kind, supporting URM students (underrepresented in medicine, as defined by the AAMC), interested in a career in medicine.

The 2015 Event Poster is Now Available to View. It Summarizes the Event, Keynotes, Workshops, and More. Check it Out!

The unique character of the conference stems from the fact that it is entirely planned, staffed, coordinated, and funded by pre-medical and pre-health professions students keenly aware of the challenges facing their peers, who aspire to become health professionals.

The two-day event hosts an excellent selection of keynote speakers, Dean’s Panels, and 350 workshops covering a wide variety of health professional topics. Additional full day programs are run which focus on medicine, pharmacy, nursing, veterinary medicine, physician assistant, physical and occupational therapy, PhD graduate studies, optometry and public health.

Some key elements of the conference are the Pre-Health Professions Fair and the Dean’s Panels. During the fair, attendees are provided with an unparalleled opportunity to interact with school administrators from nearly all US medical schools and a wide variety of other Pre-Health Professional schools. During the course of an Admission’s Panel, Deans discuss their respective institutions – including admission requirements and qualities desired in prospective students – and take part in a moderated Q and A session. After this, attendees are given the opportunity to select from 350 workshops. Each session is an opportunity for attendees to explore the medical school/health professional school admissions process such as crafting one’s personal statement, your specific school curriculum, summer programs, financial aid, study skills, the MCAT, NET, PCAT, DAT, GRE, career options, time management, and others. Many of the workshops are led by Deans of Admissions from the country’s premier schools, leading experts, and faculty researchers.

4 Pounds of BACTERIA? WHAT!?!

HOMEWORK

Short Term:

• Click HERE for a list of TOP nosocomial infections. Pick one (besides C-diff), research it.  COme to class with a definition, symptoms, treatments, and possible causes.
• HERE is the link to the Medical Terminology Flashcards.

Long Term:

• Career Research Assignment Due Monday, September 28th - Click HERE
• Infectious Disease Infographic, Due Thursday, October 1st - Click HERE

• Career Counselor Assignment Due October 2nd.  Anticipate the Need and plan accordingly. Schedule your appointment with your Career Counselor today! - Click HERE

WE ARE NOW ON INSTAGRAM!

Follow us:  @MEDOCCSROCKS

• HERE IS THE LINK TO THE NOTES FROM YESTERDAY!

OPPORTUNITIES / DATES

GetSet (Girls Exploring Technology, Science, Arts and Engineering Together)
is an extra-curricular program for high school females who are interested in STEAM. Members will explore STEAM subjects and careers through hands-on workshops, field trips and networking events. Interested students must attend the mandatory Parent and Student Orientation on September 24 at 6:00 pm at Foothill High School.

The Tri-Valley College and Career Fair
Put this on your calendar! It will be an assignment to attend! The College and Career Fair will be held on October 14 at Dublin High School from 6:30—8:00 pm. Families are invited to come and meet with representatives from UC’s, CSU’s, community colleges, private and out-of-state colleges, military recruiters, technical schools and apprenticeships. This is a free event!

UC DAVIS CONFERENCE

Open to ALL! Only $95 (includes meals, hotel and transportation from UC Berkeley!)   Registration deadline is October 4th! (but it usually sells out)

Over the past thirteen years, the Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Conference has grown from a local community-college event, attended by 231 students in 2003, to a national venue, hosting some 8,823 attendees at the University of California, Davis in 2014. The conference not only maintains its reputation for being the largest pre-medical and pre-health professions gathering at an undergraduate institution, but also stands as the only two-day event of its kind, supporting URM students (underrepresented in medicine, as defined by the AAMC), interested in a career in medicine.

The 2015 Event Poster is Now Available to View. It Summarizes the Event, Keynotes, Workshops, and More. Check it Out!

The unique character of the conference stems from the fact that it is entirely planned, staffed, coordinated, and funded by pre-medical and pre-health professions students keenly aware of the challenges facing their peers, who aspire to become health professionals.

The two-day event hosts an excellent selection of keynote speakers, Dean’s Panels, and 350 workshops covering a wide variety of health professional topics. Additional full day programs are run which focus on medicine, pharmacy, nursing, veterinary medicine, physician assistant, physical and occupational therapy, PhD graduate studies, optometry and public health.

Some key elements of the conference are the Pre-Health Professions Fair and the Dean’s Panels. During the fair, attendees are provided with an unparalleled opportunity to interact with school administrators from nearly all US medical schools and a wide variety of other Pre-Health Professional schools. During the course of an Admission’s Panel, Deans discuss their respective institutions – including admission requirements and qualities desired in prospective students – and take part in a moderated Q and A session. After this, attendees are given the opportunity to select from 350 workshops. Each session is an opportunity for attendees to explore the medical school/health professional school admissions process such as crafting one’s personal statement, your specific school curriculum, summer programs, financial aid, study skills, the MCAT, NET, PCAT, DAT, GRE, career options, time management, and others. Many of the workshops are led by Deans of Admissions from the country’s premier schools, leading experts, and faculty researchers.

A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more than even the whole man—he must view the man in his world. - Harvey Cushing

Infectious Disease Week!

HOMEWORK

Short Term:

• Research what c. diff is and bring the definition to class along with symptoms and treatments.

Long Term:

• Career Counselor Assignment Due October 2nd.  Anticipate the Need and plan accordingly. Schedule your appointment with your Career Counselor today! - Click HERE
• Career Research Assignment Due Monday, September 28th - Click HERE

OPPORTUNITIES / DATES

GetSet (Girls Exploring Technology, Science, Arts and Engineering Together)
is an extra-curricular program for high school females who are interested in STEAM. Members will explore STEAM subjects and careers through hands-on workshops, field trips and networking events. Interested students must attend the mandatory Parent and Student Orientation on September 24 at 6:00 pm at Foothill High School.

The Tri-Valley College and Career Fair
Put this on your calendar! It will be an assignment to attend! The College and Career Fair will be held on October 14 at Dublin High School from 6:30—8:00 pm. Families are invited to come and meet with representatives from UC’s, CSU’s, community colleges, private and out-of-state colleges, military recruiters, technical schools and apprenticeships. This is a free event!

UC DAVIS CONFERENCE

Open to ALL! Only $95 (includes meals, hotel and transportation from UC Berkeley!)   Registration deadline is October 4th! (but it usually sells out)

Over the past thirteen years, the Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Conference has grown from a local community-college event, attended by 231 students in 2003, to a national venue, hosting some 8,823 attendees at the University of California, Davis in 2014. The conference not only maintains its reputation for being the largest pre-medical and pre-health professions gathering at an undergraduate institution, but also stands as the only two-day event of its kind, supporting URM students (underrepresented in medicine, as defined by the AAMC), interested in a career in medicine.

The 2015 Event Poster is Now Available to View. It Summarizes the Event, Keynotes, Workshops, and More. Check it Out!

The unique character of the conference stems from the fact that it is entirely planned, staffed, coordinated, and funded by pre-medical and pre-health professions students keenly aware of the challenges facing their peers, who aspire to become health professionals.

The two-day event hosts an excellent selection of keynote speakers, Dean’s Panels, and 350 workshops covering a wide variety of health professional topics. Additional full day programs are run which focus on medicine, pharmacy, nursing, veterinary medicine, physician assistant, physical and occupational therapy, PhD graduate studies, optometry and public health.

Some key elements of the conference are the Pre-Health Professions Fair and the Dean’s Panels. During the fair, attendees are provided with an unparalleled opportunity to interact with school administrators from nearly all US medical schools and a wide variety of other Pre-Health Professional schools. During the course of an Admission’s Panel, Deans discuss their respective institutions – including admission requirements and qualities desired in prospective students – and take part in a moderated Q and A session. After this, attendees are given the opportunity to select from 350 workshops. Each session is an opportunity for attendees to explore the medical school/health professional school admissions process such as crafting one’s personal statement, your specific school curriculum, summer programs, financial aid, study skills, the MCAT, NET, PCAT, DAT, GRE, career options, time management, and others. Many of the workshops are led by Deans of Admissions from the country’s premier schools, leading experts, and faculty researchers.