STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

 

Continuity Experience (What its like to be a Patient):

This project is designed to provide a clinical continuity experience for medical students in their preclinical (first two) years at the Uniformed Services University. Students wishing to participate will be introduced to a patient and get to know that patient over a 12-18 month period. The overall goal for participating students is to understand what it means to be a patient.

"Shadow An Internist":

Our faculty are eager to have students visit their clinics and procedure suites to see first-hand what internists do! The possibilities are as varied as your interests, but could include

To assist you in setting up an experience to suit your needs and interests, we've arranged one stop shopping points of contacts at our nearest medical facilities. Please provide us with at least three days notice prior to your desired shadowing date/time. We can accomodate morning, afternoon, evening and/or weekend shadowing opportunities. Please contact anyone in the Club Med leadership for assistance.
 
Shadowing Program Point of Contacts
 
2LT Alicia Scribner, USA
ENS Jaime Piercey, USN

Mentoring:

Our faculty are eager to assist individuals who are interested in internal medicine with career advice. If you are interested in meeting with a mentor in internal medicine, please send a note to Club Med student leadership and/or the Faculty Advisors.

Mentoring program contacts:

Faculty Advisor:

Workshops:

These "hands on" clinical activities will supplement regular "Club Med" meetings. The goal is to expose students to common internal medicine techniques and skills in a "small group" setting.

Research Opportunities:

Many of our faculty have ongoing research projects in need of manpower, and/or have ideas for projects to be “fleshed out” and finished by eager students! Opportunities for both clinical and bench research abound, and afford the student many unique and exciting prospects including

Participation in research as a student enhances knowledge and skills in a particular area of medical science and can provide a better understanding of how to interpret articles in the literature. Additionally, it can also markedly improve a student's chance for selection to a competitive residency or fellowship (i.e., GME) position after graduation.

We are continually working to find basic science and clinical researchers in the National Capital Area and beyond that are interested in mentoring medical students through a research project. These projects range from research in the lab, to case reports, to clinical and operational research in the field. Projects are available for USU, NNMC, WRAMC, NIH as well as Operational. Please contact ENS Tyrone Robinson, USN for more

Morning Report:

Join us for clinical discussions of real patient presentations to our local hospitals. The format is highly interactive with an emphasis on clinical pearls and imaging techniques.

A Practicum in Tropical Medicine:

This is an opportunity for medical students to spend their summer learning about tropical medicine through a hands on expererienc in Peru. Please contact CDR Calloway at: mcalloway@usuhs.mil if you are interested.

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Student Leaders:

ENS Jeff Strich, USPHS
2nd Lt Priya Nath, USAF
2nd Lt Mark Cheney, USAF
2LT Alicia Scribner, USA
ENS Tyron Robinson, USN
2nd Lt Chris Schuck, USAF
ENS Jaime Piercey, USN
2LT David Yun, USA

 

ACP Representative:

2LT Lavanya Viswanathan, USAF

Faculty Advisors:

Jeff LaRochelle, MD, FACP, MAJ, USAF, MC

Supporting Faculty:

COL Greg Argyros, USA
COL Brian Cuneo, USA
COL Vincent Carr, USAF
CDR Kevin Dorrance, USN
LT Andrew Phillips, USN
CPT Paul Robben, USA
LT Sunny Ramchandani, USN

Chair, Dept of Medicine:

Dr. Louis Pangaro, Col(ret), USA