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 Pre-Med Listserv: Click the Hunter logo and signup for the Pre-Med ListServ.
Please be advised that the listserv is for Hunter students only, and you must register with a Hunter email address.
Joining the listserv will give you up-to-date information regarding the health professions, special events, and the Pre-Health Office.
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Title: Scribe America Information Session
Description: Join AMSA for an information session about clinical opportunities with Scribe America. ScribeAmerica was established in 2003, is a provider of medical scribes to hospitals and medical practices.
Title: Pre-Health Group Advising
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Hunter Pre-health advisers will hold a group advising session for students with pre-health questions. This session will be held in a classroom setting and will allow students to collectively ask questions of the pre-health advising team and to learn from their pre-health peers. All are welcome, especially first-year students!
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Title: AMSA Presents: How to Get an A in Biology I and II
Description: Join the Hunter College chapter of the American Medical Student Association for this presentation which will be led by two students who successfully completed the introductory Biology course sequence with a grade of A.
Title: Professionalism 101 for Pre-Health Students
Description: This workshop teaches you professional etiquette that will help you to be successful in your academic and professional life.
Title: New York Medical College Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences Information Session
Description: Join us for a presentation with Pam Suett, who is the Director of Recruitment at our School of Health Sciences and Practice and Catherine Ashton Yankou, graduate programs recruiter and advisor at New York Medical College. They will address questions regarding that school’s programs which include the Doctor of Physical Therapy, Speech/Language Pathology and Public Health programs.
Title: Hunter MAPS Presents:How To Get Into Medical School
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Title: Naloxone Training for Pre-Health Students
Description: Naloxone administration is an emergency intervention to prevent opioid overdose. Pre-Health students will get hands-on experience, gain some knowledge about the current opioid crisis and learn how they may help people in their communities. It is also a great experience to include on your health professions graduate school applications.
This training will be conducted by the Manhattan Staten Island Area Health Education Center.
Title: Community Service 101 for Pre-Health Students
Description: This event will provide information on opportunities for community service. These opportunities include; volunteer work in Disaster Services, Home Fire Preparedness training, Psychological First Aid, Soup Kitchens, Blood Drives, Mass Care and Sheltering. We will explain how each of these events helps in the betterment of those in our communities. This is a required pre-health workshop.
Title: Gift of Life Volunteer Infomration Session
Description: Come and learn about Gift of Life's mission, volunteer opportunities, how to be more involved with the club, and most importantly, how you can help us to swab potential donors for the bone marrow registry. This looks great on your CV/resume and is a very low time commitment with a huge reward!
Most importantly, lunch will be served. We hope to see you all there!
Title: Pre-Health Organization FDNY CPR Training
Description: We're excited to announce that the Pre-Health Organization will be having a CPR training session hosted by NYC's Fire Department. Come learn the basics of this very important life-saving technique from the FDNY!
Title: Pre-Health Research Initiative Presents: Investing 101, Featuring Alan Chen
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Title: AMSA Presents: America Needs You Fellowship Program Information Session
Description: The Hunter College chapter of the American Medical Student Association will be hosting an information session about the America Needs You Fellowship Program, open to current Freshman.
Title: Music is Medicine Club Meeting
Description: Join Music is Medicine for an interest meeting to discover how you can connect your passion for music with community service. Members of the club perform for patients in the hospital with the goal of alleviating patient stress and brightening the hospital atmosphere.
Title: Methods in Narrative Medicine Workshop Series # 1
Description: The Pre-Health Advising Office in partnership Columbia University’s Masters Program in Narrative Medicine will be offering a Methods in Narrative Medicine workshop series. This Basic Workshops provides an intensive introductory experience to the methods and skills of Narrative Medicine. These intensive workshops will offer rigorous skill-building in narrative competence. Participants will learn effective techniques for attentive listening, adopting others’ perspectives, accurate representation, and reflective reasoning. Sessions will focus on reconceptualizing empathy, narrative ethics, bearing witness, and illness narratives. Professionalism, cultural competence, bioethical competence, interpersonal communication skills, self-reflective practice, and ability to work with health care teams can be strengthened by increasing narrative competence.
You may also include this experience on your application to health professional schools.
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Title: Salus University-the Pennsylvania College of Optometry Information Session
Description: Salus University's Office of Admissions will discuss the application process for the optometry, public health and physician assistant programs, ways for applicants to better prepare for the process and also what makes Salus University's programs unique.
Title: Dental Student Speaker Series: Jessica Pinkhasov and Danielle Rays
Description: Jessica Pinkhasov and Danielle Rays are Hunter College alums and dentists in training. They are currently in their first year of dental school at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine.
Title: Dissecting the AMCAS application of A Successful Applicant: Packaging yourself for success
Description: This presentation will cover the anatomy of an AMCAS application.
Title: Personal Statement and Experiences Workshop
Description: The experiences and personal statement sections of your common application bridge the gap between a description of you as a scientist and humanitarian and the metrics provided by your test scores and GPA.
Title: Time management for Pre-Health Students
Description: Learning how to effectively manage your time will be one of the most important skills you will need to acquire in order to be successful.
Title: Bioethics and oSTEM Collaboration Debate Event: LGBTQ+ and Health
Description: Join the Society of Bioethics and Medicine and oSTEM for our first debate of the semester!
Title: Preparing and Applying To Podiatry Schools
Description: The field of Podiatry has changed dramatically over the last decade and if you are interested in learning more about Podiatric Medicine, you should plan on attending this workshop.
Title: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Information Session
Description: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is one of the oldest schools of public health and has ranked as the #1 School of Public Health for the last 25 years.
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Title: NYU Grossman School of Medicine Admissions Talk with Dean Joseph Ravenell
Description: Join us for an admissions information session with a Dean at NYU School of Medicine.
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Title: Pharmacy School Planning 101—How to become a Pharmacist
Description: Join us for a pharmacy information session. Come and learn about Touro College Of Pharmacy.
Title: Overcoming Procrastination for Pre-Health Students
Description: Do you find that you are frequently procrastinating assignments, studying for MCAT, DAT and important tasks? Is it a challenge to manage competing academic demands, while staying on top of assignments? If so, you are not alone.
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Title: Dissecting the CASPA (PA) application of A Successful Applicant: Packaging yourself for success
Description: This presentation will cover the anatomy of a CASPA application.
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Title: Student Doctor Speaker Series-Marie Mazzeo
Description: Join us for an engaging online discussion with Marie Mazzeo.
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Title: 2020-2021 Committee Letter and Letter Packet Applicants Pre-Health Group Advising Online Session
Description: The Pre-Health Advising Office will hold a group advising session for 2020-2021 Committee Letter and Letter Packet applicants to address your concerns regarding test-taking(MCAT, DAT &OAT), the application timeline, and Committee Letter decisions and letter writer assignments.
Title: Dissecting the Dental (AADSAS) Application Process: Packaging yourself for Success
Description: This presentation will cover the anatomy of the dental school application process. You will receive insights on the application process from a successful 2019-2020 AADSAS applicant, who received acceptances to Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine, New York University College of Dentistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry (UCSF) and University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
Target audience: 2020-2021 applicants
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Title: Doctor Speaker Series-Francesca Voza, MD
Description: Join us for an engaging discussion with Hunter College alum Francesca Voza. Francesca is currently a fourth-year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College. Francesca will begin her residency in general surgery at University of Miami Health System.
Title: Dissecting the AMCAS application of A Successful Applicant: Packaging yourself for success
Description: This presentation will cover the anatomy of an AMCAS application. You will receive insights on the application process from a successful 2019-2020 applicant to medical school who has been accepted to several medical schools which include, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Duke University School of Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.
Target audience: 2020-2021 & 2021-2022 applicants
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Title: Financing Your Medical School Education
Description: LaVerne Walker from The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Financial Aid Office will present detailed information about the costs of attending medical school, and information will be presented about resources and scholarships that can help you finance your medical or other health professional education.
Topics include:
The Financial Aid Process
Medical School Costs & Budget
Determining Financial Aid Awards
Categories of Financial Aid
Medical School Debt
This is a required application planning workshop.
Title: Methods in Narrative Medicine Workshop Series # 1
Description: The Pre-Health Advising Office in partnership Columbia University’s Masters Program in Narrative Medicine will be offering a Methods in Narrative Medicine workshop series. This Basic Workshops provides an intensive introductory experience to the methods and skills of Narrative Medicine. These intensive workshops will offer rigorous skill-building in narrative competence. Participants will learn effective techniques for attentive listening, adopting others’ perspectives, accurate representation, and reflective reasoning. Sessions will focus on reconceptualizing empathy, narrative ethics, bearing witness, and illness narratives. Professionalism, cultural competence, bioethical competence, interpersonal communication skills, self-reflective practice, and ability to work with health care teams can be strengthened by increasing narrative competence.
You may also include this experience on your application to health professional schools.
Title: Prestigious Scholarships 101 for Pre-Health Students
Description: Come to hear about fellowship opportunities and why they are important to your future as a scientist and health professional.
Stephen Lassonde, Director of Hunter’s Office of Prestigious Scholarships & Fellowships will discuss individual fellowships, internships, and the elements of the application process.
Title: Health Policy Speaker Series: Dr. William L. Schpero-The Economics of Pandemic
Description: Joins us for a health policy talk with Dr. William L. Schpero, an Assistant Professor in the division of Health Policy and Economics Department of Healthcare Policy and Research at the Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College.
He studies Medicaid and the health care safety net in the United States. Through his research, he aims to inform federal and state policy, as well as the work of health care providers and organizations that serve vulnerable and high-need, high-cost patient populations. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.
Talk Topics:
• 1. The Economics of Pandemic Response
• 2. Health Care Spending in the United States: Why Are We Such An Outlier?
Strongly recommended for 2020-2021 & 2021-2022 applicants. The topics discussed will help you to prepare for upcoming applicant interviews.
Title: Preparing Your Secondary Essays for Health Profession Applications
Description: This online workshop will cover everything you need to know about writing your secondary essays for medical, dental, vet, or other health profession applications, including:
Why secondary essays are a critical component of your health profession application,
•A review of common secondary essay questions,
• Tips for how to write effective secondary essays,
•Tips for what to avoid in writing your secondary essays,
•Organizing the completion of your secondary essays, and
•The timing for submitting your secondary essays.
Sample secondary essays will be reviewed and copies will be available.
This is a required application planning workshop
for Committee Letter and Letter Packet recipients.
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Title: Pharmacy Career Planning 101- How to become a Pharmacist
Description: Join us for a pharmacy information session. Come and learn about Touro College Of Pharmacy.
Title: Pharmacy Career Planning 101- How to become a Pharmacist
Description: Join us for a pharmacy information session. Come and learn about Touro College Of Pharmacy. Topics to be covered include:
• Top 10 reasons to pursue a PharmD career
• Careers options and earnings potential for PharmD
• Touro College of Pharmacy’s unique 2.5/1.5 program
• Pre-requisite courses and admissions requirements
Title: Methods in Narrative Medicine Workshop Series #3
Description: The Pre-Health Advising Office in partnership Columbia University’s Masters Program in Narrative Medicine will be offering a Methods in Narrative Medicine workshop series. This Basic Workshops provides an intensive introductory experience to the methods and skills of Narrative Medicine. These intensive workshops will offer rigorous skill-building in narrative competence. Participants will learn effective techniques for attentive listening, adopting others’ perspectives, accurate representation, and reflective reasoning. Sessions will focus on reconceptualizing empathy, narrative ethics, bearing witness, and illness narratives. Professionalism, cultural competence, bioethical competence, interpersonal communication skills, self-reflective practice, and ability to work with health care teams can be strengthened by increasing narrative competence.
You may also include this experience on your application to health professional schools.
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Doctor Speaker Series-Francesca Voza, MD
Online Video Conference,
Mar 31, 2020
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Dissecting the AMCAS application of A Successful Applicant: Packaging yourself for success
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Mar 31, 2020
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Financing Your Medical School Education
Online Video Conference,
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Methods in Narrative Medicine Workshop Series # 1
Online Video Conference,
Apr 01, 2020
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Prestigious Scholarships 101 for Pre-Health Students
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