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Black History Month

CPHA Events

CPHA is using a new online scheduling tool - Starfish. Please call 608.263.6614 or email questions@prehealth.wisc.edu, if you have difficulty making appointments.

4 Year Planning Workshops for 1st Year Students. Wednesday, March 13 and Wednesday, March 27. 120 Middleton Building, 3:30-5 pm. RSVP here.

Health Career Exploration Events


Health and the Humanities Certificate Info Session. Tuesday, February 19. 7101 Helen C. White Hall, 5:30 pm. Please sign up here and learn more about the HatH certificate here.

US Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program Information Session. Thursday, February 21. Middleton Building 120, 6-7:30 pm. Learn more about this full-ride scholarship that includes benefits and stipend.

Peace Corps Week. February 26-March 2. See what's happening.

Alumni Career Conversations: Healthcare & Human Services. Wednesday, February 26. Memorial Union, 5-7 pm. Learn More and RSVP

Fulbright US Student Program Information Session. Thursday, March 7. 3:00 pm in 336 Ingraham Hall. Learn more.

Pre-Health Careers Day. Put on by the Medical Students for Minority Concerns and The Office of Multicultural Affairs. Saturday, March 30. 9:30 - 4 pm. RSVP here. 

Campus Events & Opportunities

Equity in Research & HealthUW Wisconsin in Washington DC Internship. Information session at 10 am on Wednesday, February 20 at SuccessWorks (3rd floor above UW Bookstore). Learn more and apply here.

To Err Is Human Documentary. The UW-Madison AED Premedical Honor Society is showing this documentary about medical mistakes (the third leading cause of death in the US) on Thursday, February 21. Location TBD, 6:30-8 pm. Questions and RSVP: email Joseph Harter at harter3@wisc.edu. Space is limited.

All-Campus Leadership Conference. Sunday, February 24. Union South, 10-3 pm. Learn more and register here.

Wisconsin Environmental Health Network Making the Connection Conference 2019. Friday, March 1 at the HSLC. Learn more and register here.

Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Research Day 2019. Friday, March 1. Discovery Building, 1-5:30 pm. Learn more and register here.


Nelson Institute Free public lecture. Business not as usual: Stewards of a sustainable circular economy. Tuesday, March 7. 1310 Grainger Hall, 4:30-6 pm. Learn more

The Body is Not An Apology. Author Sonya Renee Taylor will present about her book on self love. Monday, March 11. Mitby Theater, 7:00 pm. Learn More

Social Justice 101: Environmental Justice. Session focuses on understanding environmental justice and its’ connection to larger systems of power and oppression. Tuesday, March 12. Multicultural Student Center Classroom, 6-7:30 pm. Learn More.

Women's History Month Event: State Representative Melissa Sargent will speak on Friday, March 15. 11:30-12:30 pm, in the Lake Mendota Room of DeJope Residence Hall 

Regents approve new Health Promotion and Health Equity degree. Learn more.

New student org: Student Organ Donation Advocates. Check them out.

Jobs: Apply Now

Career Exploration Center Office Peer. 5-8 hrs/wk. $10.50/hr. Application due by Wednesday, February 27 at 4:30 pm. Learn more and apply here.

Community GroundWorks is hiring five full-season and six summer-season interns. Gain hands-on skills in urban agriculture, develop your own work project, and more. Apply and learn more here. For best consideration, apply by Friday, March 1.

Health and Historical Research Specialist. UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Learn more and apply here. Application due Friday, February 15

Gap/Experiential Year Opportunities

Oak Street Health serves people with Medicare or Medicaid in Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, and elsewhere. Learn more and apply to work as a medical scribe during a gap year. Look for Clinical Informatics Specialist/Scribe positions. Questions? Email Brittany Derynda (bderynda@gmail.com).

ScribeAmerica is hiring ER scribes at the Beaver Dam Community Hospital. Learn more and apply here. Questions? Email beaverdamscribes@scribeamerica.com. Or find other opportunities with ScribeAmerica.

Research Specialist for the Neighborhoods and Alzheimer's Disease project at UW SMPH Division of Geriatrics. Learn more and apply here

MS in Medical Humanities at University of Rochester Medical Center. Learn more and apply here

MS in Medical Physiology at Loyola. Learn more and apply here.

MS of Medical Science at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. Learn more and apply here.

MS in Aging & Health at Georgetown. Learn more and apply here

ADEA Enrichment Program Calendar. Use this searchable database to find programs designed to help pre-dental students strengthen your application and prepare to apply to dental schools. Some are post-baccalaureate and some are summer programs. 

Spring Break

WUD Alt Breaks. Serve and explore new communities. Juvenile Justice in South Carolina, Urban Community Progress with HOPE in Detroit, Affordable Housing with Cheyenne River Housing Authority in South Dakota, Refugee Crisis with LUPE in Texas, and more. Learn more and apply by February 18. Questions? Get in touch with WUDAltBreaks.

Students Today Leaders Forever service trip to Savannah, GA, New Orleans, LA, Nashville, TN, and everywhere in between. Serve communities across the country. Learn more and sign up here. Questions? Email pif.wisc@gmail.com.

Summer Opportunities

PALS Programs is a summer camp for young adults with Down Syndrome and their peers. Learn more and apply to volunteer. Questions? Email Rosemary Corcoran at rosemary@palsprograms.org.

Savanna Institute Agroforestry Farm Apprenticeship Program. Work for 10 weeks on the farm of a mentor agroforestry farmer. Learn more and apply by Friday, March 1.

National Student Leadership Conference TA position at Harvard Medical School. Lead high school students, meet healthcare professionals, and gain skills through clinical simulations. Learn more about the NSLC and the summer program.

University of Detroit Mercy Dental Summer Enrichment Program for pre-dental students who are from groups that are underrepresented in dentistry and/or disadvantaged. Learn more and apply here by Friday, March 1.

Gillette Children's Summer Research Internship in St. Paul, MN. Learn more and apply here

Patient Care Training

Caravel Autism Health. Part-time and full-time Behavior Technician positions available. Learn more and apply. Questions? Call 608.729.9004.

Medical Assistant Training. Learn how to become a Medical Assistant and how to advance in this field. 

CNA Training
Madison Area Technical College  
Center for Health Education and Simulation    
Neway Directions   

EMT Training
There are four levels of Emergency Medical Service Providers: Medical First Responder, EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate/Intermediate Technician, and EMT-Paramedic. Learn about Certified EMT Training Centers in Wisconsin here. And find information about EMT training at Madison Area Technical College can be found here.

Medical Scribe Companies

Scribe America (Madison & elsewhere)
Madison Emergency Physicians (Madison)
EPPA Scribes (Minneapolis)

[PhysAssist Scribes is now ScribeAmerica]

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Scholarships in the new Wisconsin Scholarship Hub (WiSH):
Mathea Helen and Lawless Louis Mollere Pre-Medicine Scholarship (L&S students)
Paul R. Ebling Pre-Medicine Scholarship (any school or college)
Successworks Summer Internship Fund (L&S students)

Scholarships@UW-Madison has been replaced by the Wisconsin Scholarship Hub (WiSH). Note: you must complete the General Application in WiSH (10 simple questions) in order to apply for these scholarships. Additional scholarships may be available to you in WiSH as well!

Other Financial Award Opportunities:
AAVMC Pre-Vet Leadership Award (nominate yourself or someone else)
Peace Corps Global Diversity Mini Grants: We All Poster Project

Transfer Scholars Summer Award: summer course funds for all transfer students

Free Professional Exam Resources

Kaplan offers free practice tests,
bootcamps, and more for the 

MCATGRE, PCATDAT, and OAT.

For the MCAT: the Khan Academy MCAT Collection.


 

Learn More: Read & View

Despite Strides, Disparities in Heath Care Remain for LGBTQ Population (WPR, 2019)

Wisconsin Food Stamp Recipients Still Feel Impact Of Federal Government Shutdown (WPR, 2019)

Why climate change is a public health issue (WPR, 2018)

Evers To Propose Spending $43M On Rural Dental Care (WPR, 2019)

HungerCare Coalition (Second Harvest Foodbank, 2018)

Let children get bored again (New York Times, 2018)

A.I. could worsen health disparities (New York Times 2018)

Want to get great at something? Get a coach (Atul Gawande, TED Talk, 2017)

How do we heal medicine? (Atul Gawande, TED Talk, 2012)

Funding Shortfalls, Worker Shortage Stress Wisconsin Nursing Homes (WPR, 2019)
 

Wellness

Fight, Flight, or Freeze: Reclaiming your Brain in Times of Stress. Friday, February 22. 4421 Sterling Hall, 12-1 pm. RSVP here. 

Community Building: A Place At The Table. Community meal focused on building a student community. Monday, February 25, Monday, March 18, Friday, April 19. Learn more.  

Eating Healthy With a Busy Schedule. 21 N Park St, Room 5045. Friday, March 1. RSVP here.

AAU Campus Climate Survey. Open Monday, February 11 - Tuesday, March 19. Learn more. 

Multicultural Student Center Drop-in Hours. Click Here to learn about MSC events. 


Well For Culture. An Indigenous Wellness Initiative. Learn more.    

Mental Health Services at UHS. Learn more.

Emergency Sexual Assault Help. UHS. Learn more.

Trans Health at UHS: A guide for transgender and gender non-conforming students. Learn more.  


 
CPHA Drop-In Advising
Second Year Students and Alumni Drop-in Advising:

Monday 9-12 pm

 
Second Year Students and Alumni Drop-in Advising:

Tuesday 1-3:30 pm
Wednesday 1-3:30 pm
First Year Student Drop-in Advising:

Friday 9-12 pm
And other ways to meet with us and use our resources:
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Our emailing address is:
questions@prehealth.wisc.edu


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