Staying Focused, Info for Premeds and Predents, Summer Opportunity & More!

HEALTH-E NEWS Friday, APRIL 17, 2020

Stay Well, Stay Safe, Stay Wise and STAY FOCUSED A recent article in Tufts Now (April 15) provides helpful tips for all of us about virtual learning. Read here and note tips for students towards the end of the article: Take a deep breath. Find your sweet spot.  Reach out to your teachers. Prehealth advisors across the country have been compiling a document with all sorts of suggestions and tips PREMEDS Are you subscribed to the Premed Navigator?  Each month is filled with great articles. April includes: Admissions Unveiled, Highlighting Non-Medical Related Experiences, Anatomy of an Applicant, and Financial Tip of the Month. Check it Out. PREDENTS The American Dental Education Association recently convened dental school admissions deans to discuss the disruptions caused by COVID-19. A full summary is in our Covid-19 FAQs The main facts are: ADEA AADSAS® (ADEA Associated American Dental School Application Service) will open on time. Applicants can open an application on May 12 and start submitting on June 2. A new question will be added to the application. The new optional question in ADEA AADSAS prompts applicants to share how COVID-19 has affected their preparation to apply for dental school. Dental schools are being flexible. Things are changing daily.  Please check ADEA AADSAS updates page regularly.  TAKING PREHEALTH PREREQUISITES ONLINE Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professions (MGHIHP) is hosting an informational webinar next week about taking prerequisites for graduate school online. The focus will mostly be on the following graduate programs but all students are welcome to join if they want to learn more about taking their prereqs online: Genetic Counseling, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, and Speech-Language Pathology. Time/Date: Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 5 PM (ET).  REGISTER HERE (All registrants will receive a recording to view at any time) Volunteer Opportunities Remember to check our COVID -FAQ on how to find volunteer opportunities during this unprecedented time. Summer Opportunity GENERATION TEACH Boston Summer Teaching Fellowship Have you ever thought about teaching? Want to give it a try? If so, the Boston Summer Teaching Fellowship is for you. Generation Teach partners with local schools to provide undergraduate and high-school students with high-quality summer teaching experiences. The fellowship includes two weeks of training and four weeks of teaching small groups of middle-school students. Fellows receive daily coaching and a $2,800 scholarship. Our final deadline is May 5. Learn more here, and click here to apply today. Ivelisse Sanchez Senior Director of MA Programs Generation Teach isanchez@genteach.org  What’s Happening in Health Professions Advising Appointments will continue to be posted weekly by Carol and Amanda at the end of the Wednesday work-day for the following week. Be sure to check for cancellations during each week. All appointments will be done via phone. Calendly will ask for your phone number and we will call you at that time. Since we will be having back-to-back phone appointments, please be patient if we are a bit late in calling you.  Carol, Amanda and Ericka Virtual Podiatric Medical School Fair The American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine invites you register for the Virtual Podiatric Medical School Fair on April 24 from 11AM to 6PM eastern.  This is a free event for college students who are interested in exploring careers in medicine. We'll be covering podiatric medicine as a career choice - from surgery to wound care to sport medicine, podiatric physicians provide a wide range of care for their patients.  Representative from all nine U.S. schools of podiatric medicine will be available during the day to chat.  Admissions representative will be on hand to answer questions about our current application modifications.  Additionally, we'll have current students, faculty and DPMs available to share why they chose podiatric medicine.  We are also excited to announce a session for any student to "Ask a Pre-Health Advisor" about a path to a career in medicine, hosted by our very own NAAHP Liaison, Emily Olson from Iowa State University! Click here to register! Visit the Pre-Health Advising Website Online Appointments The pre-health advisors use online appointment scheduling.  New slots are posted each Wednesday evening for the following week ONLY Schedule a Meeting with Carol Schedule a Meeting with Amanda Students who fail to cancel an appointment within 24 hours and do not show up will not be allowed to make a second appointment that semester. Please be aware that if you click the "Opt out" link below, you will be unsubscribed from all Tufts University communications. To unsubscribe from Health-E News, please e-mail prehealth@tufts.edu.

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