Dr. Richard Pearson, Dean of Students at UVa Medical School and Doctor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, and Dr. Wendi El-Amin, a practitioner of Family Medicine and a member of the admissions committee at UVa Med, came to speak to us tonight and held a Q&A session afterward. If you would like to contact Dr. Wendi El-Amin, her e-mail address is wre3c@virginia.edu.
II. Service Projects
A. Ronald McDonald House
- Feb. 9th and 15th; 4:30-6:00 PM
- If you signed up to go to Ronald McDonald House and make dinner on one of these dates, you will receive a carpool e-mail from Neel
B. Cedars Nursing Home
- Saturday, Feb. 2nd 3-4 PM
- If you signed up to go to Cedars Nursing Home to play Bingo, you will receive an e-mail about carpools from Christine
C. Music in Hospital Lobby
- If you signed the interest sheet for playing music (piano, or some portable instrument) in the UVa Hospital lobby, you will receive an e-mail from Christine with more information
III. Surgery Viewings
- Members who have shown strong interest in and dedication to AED meetings and events are able to view surgeries at the UVa Hospital
- If you feel that you qualify, send an e-mail to Lillian at lman@virginia.edu
IV. Tutoring-- Biology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
- If you would like to tutor or be tutored, contact Neel at neelson88@aol.com
- If you already signed the interest sheet at the meeting tonight, Neel will contact you with more information soon
V. Mentorship Program
- Would you like to be mentored by an upperclassman in AED, or would you like to be a mentor? Contact Lillian at lman@virginia.edu
- If you already signed the interest sheet at the meeting tonight, Lillian will contact you with more information soon
VI. National Membership Application
- Prerequisites for national membership: minimum of 3 semesters of pre-med coursework, minimum 3.2 cumulative and science GPAs, must already be an associate member of AED (i.e. pay your $10 dues and receive your AED t-shirt)
- National membership goes on your official UVa transcript!
- The application for national membership in AED will be available on our website by the end of next week, and Katie will also send it to the mailing list as an attachment, so stay tuned!
- Deadline for application is Friday, March 14th
VII. UCS Medical Student Panel
- TOMORROW (Wed.), Jan. 30, 5-6 PM in Bryant Hall
- AED also had a similar med student panel in the Fall-- if you missed that meeting and would like to contact the medical students who spoke, you can find their contact information on our website (www.student.virginia.edu/~
VIII. Dues
- It's not too late to pay your $10 associate dues and receive your AED t-shirt!
- Remember, if you plan to apply for national membership in March, you MUST be an associate member already!
IX. Website
- Check out our updated website at www.student.virginia.edu/~
X. Next meeting: Monday, Feb. 18th at 7 PM (Location TBA)
- At our next meeting, you'll get the chance to find out about different summer opportunities (lab research, shadowing, summer abroad, and more!); different stations will be set up around the room so you can hear about whatever interests you!
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