Physiology: February 2016

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Internship Opportunity

Dear Future Medical Students,    

Students expecting to have a gap year between graduation and medical school, this internship opportunity is for you! I am currently employed at The Hand Center, P.C. working as an orthopedic intern. It is a yearlong, full time, and paid internship in Phoenix, AZ. During my past eight months of employment, I have gained more medical experience than I thought possible. Working here has provided me with an excellent opportunity to improve my Spanish in a clinical setting. Proficiency in Spanish is incredibly helpful and recommended for this position.

For the past 16 years, interns have described this internship as the best year of their training toward a professional degree. You will be working directly with doctors Mitchel and Carter Lipton, orthopedic hand surgeons, assisting with patient care in every step of the visit. This position includes helping the doctors with in-office procedures, such as tendon repairs, steroid injections, setting fractures, and wound suturing. You will obtain detailed histories, evaluate patients, and present them to the doctors as you would in medical school and residency programs. You will also learn the business and logistics behind operating a private practice by communicating with insurance, workman compensation, and other healthcare organizations. In addition, this office features a hand surgery rehab department where you can work directly with an occupational therapist. There is a tremendous amount of knowledge to gain over the course of this internship and it has challenged me to grow both academically and personally. I firmly believe that my time here and the strong recommendation from Dr. Lipton greatly contributed to my acceptance to the University of Arizona College of Medicine for this coming fall. I guarantee that you will find this work environment inviting and fun and you will finish the year with a true sense of accomplishment. We wish you the best of luck in applying for the internship.  Please email: Mitchel Lipton M.D. at handdok@aol.com with your CV and current transcript. If you have any questions about the position or my experience feel free to email me at lindseypedvin@yahoo.com. Further information can also be found on Wildcat Joblink (http://www.career.arizona.edu/student) under job title: Orthopedic Assistant (Pre-Medical School Intern).

Thanks!

Lindsey LePoidevin

PART TIME POSITIONS RELATED TO HEALTHCARE, SHORT TIME BLOCKS

25-year-old male quadriplegic seeking personal care help. He lives in the Grant and Columbus area (not far from campus). There are a.m. and p.m. shifts available. If interested please contact Drew by calling 520-404-3679.

Friday, February 19, 2016

GESI Program

Hello,

Thank you for your continued support of the Global Engagement Studies Institute (GESI), offered by Northwestern University. I would be grateful if you would share this message with your students one more time before our final deadline.

Still looking for the perfect summer internship?

Join the GESI program and spend your summer working with communities abroad, gaining professional experience, and working to create sustainable change in collaboration with local partners. There are still spaces available for you at the GESI sites in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Kenya, and Uganda.

GESI is a unique, credit-bearing program that combines service-learning, study abroad, cultural immersion, and invaluable international work experience at dynamic, community-based organizations. Our sites offer incredible opportunities for students interested in public health, preserving the environment, microfinance, human rights, education, and more.

Through GESI students gain professional skills while working in vibrant international settings and earning course credits. By participating you will:

Gain project management skills
Experience professional teamwork and collaboration
Develop expertise in cross-cultural communication and leadership
Learn non-profit management, marketing, strategy-setting, and more

Here's what REALLY matters
This email has been full of things you should know about how GESI can benefit you. BUT, what really sets GESI apart is that it isn't about you. GESI is a program that puts communities at the center of global development. The focus is on local knowledge, community voice, ethical international engagement, and building meaningful relationships with people abroad. With GESI, you'll be part of a movement to change the way that undergraduates participate in learning abroad.
Ready to take the next step?
Visit gesi.northwestern.edu for participants' stories, past projects, logistical information, and to apply. Applications for summer are accepted on a rolling basis until March 1, 2016.
If you have questions and want to speak to a member of the GESI staff, please contact us at gesi@northwestern.edu or 847.467.5759.
We can't wait to hear from you,
Meghan

Meghan Ozaroski
Global Engagement Studies Institute (GESI)
Buffett Institute for Global Studies
Northwestern University

Traumatic Stress Study

HelloWildcats!

The U of A SCAN Lab is conducting a longitudinal study that’s looking for participants that have experienced a traumatic event. Details about the study are below:

TRAUMATIC STRESS STUDY: http://psychiatry.arizona.edu/webform/traumatic-stress-study-interest-form

What’s Involved

-3 visits to the University of Arizona

-Cognitive/emotional testing and brief sleep test

-Two-2-hour Magnetic Resonance Imaging brain scans

-Morning light exposure at home

-Wear an activity monitor and complete a sleep log

Who May be Eligible to Participate

-People ages 18 – 50

-Witness or exposure to a traumatic event in the past 10 years

-People with traumatic stress or a PTSD diagnosis within the last 10 years

-Must be right-handed

-English as a primary language

-No metal objects in your body

Participants will be compensated up to $1200 for their time

An Institutional Review Board responsible for human subjects research at The University of Arizona reviewed this research project and found it to be acceptable, according to applicable state and federal regulations and University policies designed to protect the rights and welfare of participants in research.

To sign up for the study/to learn more information, please contact us through one of the below methods:

(520)428-5141

www.uaSCANlab.com

SCANlab@psychiatry.arizona.edu

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at (520)-626-8591 or (520)-626-8594 or (520)-626-8623 or contact us through email.

Regards,

Prabhjyot Singh

Research Technician, SCAN Lab

Department of Psychiatry

College of Medicine

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ 85724

Phone: (520) 626-8623

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

STEM Interview Workshop

Come to learn how to improve your interviewing skills and then practice what you learn!

February 29, 2016, 5 - 7 pm

Gender and Women Studies Building, Rm 100

Free Pizza at event!!

Pizza with a Professional: Exploring Careers in the Health Professions

Enjoy free pizza and learn about different health professions

Physical Therapy (PT)
Occupational Therapy (OT)
Physician Assistant (PA)
Pharmacy(PharmD)
Physician (MD)

Monday, February 22, 2016

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Student Union Memorial Center (SUMC) Kiva Room

RSVP (Limited Seats Available)

http://clas.arizona.edu/event/pre-health-professions/pizza-professional-exploring-careers-health-professions

Internship Positions

Through BIO5, Sanofi and BioVigilant are filling 9 intern positions for summer 2016. Applications are being accepted now; due date for all application materials, incl. reference letters, is Feb 22nd, 2016. (Feb. 23^rd for BioVigilant)

Further information and links to the online applications are available at http://education.bio5.org/

About the internships:

ELIGIBILITY AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL INTERNSHIP POSITIONS:

* Graduate and undergraduate students with advanced research training (2+ years) will be considered based on the requirements for each project.
* Interns must have Continuing Student status and return to the UA for the Fall 2016 semester.
* All candidates must demonstrate health, safety and environmental consciousness, be able to follow all health, safety and environmental regulations, and adhere to standards and internal requirements.
* Effective communication, organization and time management skills.
* Ability to work with a team and independently in a fast paced environment
* Strong computer skills including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

INTERNSHIP GUIDELINES:

* Summer internships last 12 weeks and are being arranged at three levels of involvement as indicated above. Involvement levels will be agreed upon by each selected student and her/his group leader prior to the start of the internship; they are binding and cannot be changed after the start of the internship. In addition, a concise schedule will be worked out between each intern and her/his group leader prior to the start of the internship.
* Interns receive a stipend of $2,500 - $7,600 (depending on degree level and level of involvement), dispersed in two equal installments, through interns’ UA Bursar’s accounts.
* Interns must register for at least one UA internship credit for the summer. The cost of one credit unit of internship will be added to the stipend and reimbursed through the intern’s UA Bursar’s account in two installments.
* International students who are accepted for an internship will have to consult with the UA International Student Office to follow appropriate procedures to prevent jeopardizing their bona-fide student status.

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Uwe Hilgert, Ph.D.
Director, STEM Training

BIO5 Institute & iPlant Collaborative
The University of Arizona, PO Box 210240, Tucson, AZ 85721-0240 TW Keating Bioresearch Bldg., Rm # 443
(o) 520-626-1367
(c) 516-857-1693
(f) 520-626-4824
(e) hilgert@email.arizona.edu
(I) http://www.bio5.org

Paid Summer Internship Opportunity

Occupational Health Internship Program: Gain Hands-On Experience with Workplace Safety & Health Issues

Internship Dates: June 13 - August 12, 2016
Deadline to Apply: Friday, February 19, 2016 (Applicants Notified by mid/late March)

Organization Description

The Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP) is a national summer program dedicated to help students learn about the field of occupational safety and health (OSH) from those most at stake: working people. Since 2004, OHIP has played a key role in training, mentoring, and inspiring a new generation of OSH professionals to prevent job injury and disease through partnerships with worker and community based organizations. A project of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC), OHIP has training sites in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Boston, New Orleans and our newest sites in Lincoln, NE, Metro Washington, DC/Maryland area, and Ardmore, OK. New sites may be announced. Our 2015 projects included the investigation of musculoskeletal disorders and other H&S concerns among hotel housekeepers, the examination of workplace H&S issues among immigrant workers in the dairy agriculture industry, the investigation of OHS hazards of temporary work in manufacturing and warehouse settings, and the investigation of Latino immigrant workers’ conditions in SE Louisiana shipyards.

Position Description
Teams of two students are placed with a union or worker organization to investigate job-related health and safety problems among workers, often employed in an under-served or a high hazard job. Projects are designed to maximize interaction between workers and students. OHIP is an applied research experience, where students learn about the OSH field from the workers’ perspective. Project work emphasizes worker interviews and worksite evaluations. At the end of the project, teams provide a “give back” product to the workers and their
host union/worker organization, present their project at a national NIOSH videoconference, and produce a final report. Commitment is full-time, including possible evenings or weekends.

Qualifications
Graduate and undergraduate students can apply; some stipends are restricted to US citizens. Non-US citizens must supply documentation of permission to work in the US. Undergraduates must have completed two years, preferably in a field related to public health, environmental studies, or public policy. Graduate students in public health, medicine, nursing, or a related field are encouraged to apply. Recent graduates cannot be out of school for more than six months prior to the start of OHIP (i.e. students are not eligible if they graduated prior to
December of 2015). We are looking for students with experience or interest in working with unions or social justice organizations, are organized and self-starting, have good team skills and ideally speak a second language such as Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, etc. We encourage underrepresented minority students to apply.

Compensation
Undergraduate Students = $4,000 stipend
Graduate Students = $5,200 stipend

To Apply
For eligibility info, on-line application and program details go to www.aoec.org/ohip. Additional questions?
Contact administrator coordinator Ingrid Denis (idenis@aoec.org, 1-888-347-2632). For further program
information, visit www.aoec.org/ohip or email program coordinator Sarah Jacobs (sjacobs@irle.ucla.edu).

Ingrid A. Denis, MA, LGSW

Program Coordinator

Association of Occupational & Environmental Clinics (AOEC)

1010 Vermont Ave., NW Ste. 513

Washington, DC 20005

p: 202/347-4976 toll-free: 888/347-2632 f: 202/347-4950

www.aoec.org

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Medical Opportunity for Graduating Seniors

Thanks!
Lindsey LePoidevin

Direct Caregiver Position Open

REQUIRED: CNA License or Caregiver Certification

About the position:

Job duties consists of providing daily care, meal preparation, light house-keeping, laundry, pet care, skin health, and male incontinence management. Will be required to adequately perform transfers with the aid of transferring devices.

Pay:

Pay $15 per hour

Paid Bi-weekly

Hours logged and approved daily

You will be an independent contractor (self-employed), so you will be responsible for complying with IRS regulations. This involves making quarterly payments to the IRS as opposed to having the required amounts deducted automatically with each paycheck.

Scheduling:

Looking for someone willing to work between 2 to 3 hours in the evening, usually between 7pm and 10pm, with rotating weekends. Also must be able to work mornings every other weekend, typically from 7am - 11am. Will discuss further scheduling details during interview process. Open to flexible scheduling for the right caregiver.

Location:

Located on east-side of Tucson near Broadway Blvd and Old Spanish Trail.

Must Have:

l Valid AZ State Drivers License

l Valid Social Security Card

l CNA or Caregiver certification (License must be in good standing and will be cross referenced with the AZ State Board of Nursing.)

l Reliable transportation (not public transit/friends providing rides, borrowing vehicles, etc.)

l Clean criminal background and drug test

Must Be:

l Professional

l Reliable

l Dependable

l Ethical

l Fulfilled in caring for others

l Comfortable assisting with all ADL’s including but not limited to: toileting, use of suppositories, and male incontinence care.

l Comfortable taking care of cat.

l Available via cell phone and willing to be contacted on-demand either by text message or voice.

l Very hygienic-minded and self-respectable

l Physically able-bodied

Please email resume or letter of interest to: LFazio64@aol.com

Global Medical Brigades

Global Brigades is the largest, student-led sustainable organization in the world. Here at the University of Arizona we have several distinctions of Global Brigades, medical being one of them. Medical brigade volunteers set up clinics in rural communities in either Honduras, Panamá and Nicaragua to provide health care where access is limited. Brigaders are given the opportunity to shadow licensed health care professionals while learning about cultures abroad. A typical Medical Brigade clinic consists of six stations: Intake, Triage, Consultation, Dental, Charla (health education), and Pharmacy. For every student who volunteers on a brigade, sixty patients can see a doctor who otherwise would not be able to. We currently have vacant spots on one of our brigades-Nicaragua in the beginning of summer.

If you are interested in joining Global Medical Brigades or traveling with us, email our secretary, Esmeralda Carrasco, at ua.gmb.secretary@gmail.com for questions or further instructions.

Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS)

Eleni Moschonas, Leah Hall, and I (Devan Arkley) recently launched a new organization that we are incredibly excited about sharing, WIMS! Women in Medicine & Science (WIMS) is the first program at the University of Arizona and ASUA recognized club specifically dedicated to promoting and enhancing women's experiences in medicine and all related sciences.

This program's website, attached below, includes all of the extraordinary opportunities this organization has to offer! Among these many opportunities, members gain access to numerous shadowing and research opportunities, network with prestigious physicians and professors, and gain insight on the struggles and setbacks experienced by many women exploring the sciences today.

If you are interested in furthering your education on women-related challenges and would like guidance on issues such as how to get involved in shadowing and undergraduate research opportunities, apply and submit the attached online application or visit the website below to learn more about our organization! The application deadline is March 1, 2016

Application: https://arizona.collegiatelink.net/form/start/92547

Website : https://arizona.collegiatelink.net/organization/wims

Thank you so much for your assistance! Please contact us if you have any further questions.

Best,

Eleni Moschonas WIMS President

Devan Arkley WIMS Treasurer
Leah Hall WIMS Secretary

Monday, February 8, 2016

Part time position with flexible hours

Working as an assistant to and educated woman with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Need an intelligent, responsible, dependable person with a good memory for detail. Job includes assistance with daily tasks and/or exercise. Good experience for someone interested in a medical career. There is on the job training. Emma swims with the aid of flotation devices despite having a tracheostomy. She has both a male and female help with the swim, and their assistance does not involve getting wet. Call Emma in the afternoon at (520) 867-6679 to respond.

Thank you for your help. If anyone wants more detail before calling Emma tell them they can call me, DIllon Hollander at (602) 308-9595.