Transcript Summer, Volunteer, and Gap Year Options.pptx

SUMMER TIME “DO’S”
HOW TO SPEND YOUR SUMMERS EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY
TO ENHANCE YOUR HEALTH CAREER PLAN OF PREPARATION
WOE IS ME…WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO
DO?
• Make money
• Volunteer
• Take a summer course (or 2)
• Travel
• Explore the Health Professions
• Health Care Experiences at Home
and Abroad
“FILL IT UP”
THIS!
BUT HOW DO I DECIDE???
MAKING MONEY
• Summer Research Experiences
• Trinity College
• Summer Research Assistants – on campus
• Summer Fellowships – on and off campus
• ISP Summer research experience
• NSF REU
• NIH
• Summer Internships
• Working the same summer job
• Working a new summer job
VOLUNTEERING WHILE MAKING $$
• How do I select an opportunity?
SUMMER INTERNSHIPS THROUGH
TC-CDC
TO FIND A SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Use your ingenuity. The best summer internships may be at other academic
institutions. Google “Johns Hopkins Medicine internships,” for example.
Trinity CareerLink: https://trincoll-csm.symplicity.com/students
This database of job and internship opportunities is updated daily with new
openings. Short-term fellowships can also be found here
Trinity CareerDevelopment Center’s INTERNSHIP DIRECTORY
http://www.trincoll.edu/Academics/CareerDevelopment/Students/internships/Pages/Inte
rnship-Directory.aspx
This is a list of organizations with whom Trinity has placed interns in the past. Listings are
arranged by discipline. Call the contact to check availability.
IN TERMS OF CREDIT – THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS
No credit. If the employer does not require it, Trinity does not require you you to engage
in an internship for credit.
½ credit Exploratory Internship: This is administered by the Trinity Career Development
Center. Contact Victoria Sandoval in the CDC for more information
([email protected])
Please note: there is a $650 registration fee for a summer internship
PROFESSION EXPLORATION
EXPERIENCES
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SMDEP
Medical
MD/PhD
DO/PhD
DVM
Optometry
SUMMER CLASSES
• Be Careful !!
HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES
ABROAD
•Be VERY Careful !!!
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Cost
Supervision
Safety
Level of involvement
AAMC Guidelines
THE ENHANCEMENT
YEAR(S)
WHAT TO DO IF YOU DON’T GET ACCEPTED OR
YOU ARE NOT QUITE READY TO GO…
WOE IS ME…WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO
DO?
• Clearly define your goal for the 12-24 months after
graduation.
• Get guidance from your HPAC advisor
• Get started on your “game plan” well before the
last rejection email (letter?) arrives
Re-application must be
SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT from
your first application
“FILL IT UP”
THIS!
Clinical Experience
Research Positions in Health Care
Delivery Facilities
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES PROGRAM
Academic Record Improvement
• Post-bac Programs
• Masters Degree Programs
• On-line/Part-time courses
Community Service and Cultural
Exposure
Teach for America
AMERICORPS VISTA
QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS