MSG Weekly Newsletter, February 23rd, 2014 Edition
1. THIS WEEK’S STUDENT EVENTS
a. WMPS Careers in Critical Care Lunch, Tuesday 12:00-1:00
b. PrISSMS Seminar on Intimate Partner Violence, Wednesday 1:30-3:00
c. Alumni Thank-A-Thon –Advisory HOUSES Competition Event, Thursday 5:00-6:30
2. NEWS FROM MSG
a. ADVISING Office Hours Updates!!
b. Examkrackers MCAT Teaching opportunity
c. Res Medica Journal opportunity
d. Smile-inducing Image of the Week
3. COMING SOON
a. Philadelphia Oral Cancer Walk with Penn Dental, March 29th
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1. THIS WEEK’S STUDENT EVENTS
a. Careers in Critical Care Lunch
Student Group: WPMS, Agnew Surgical Society, Anesthesia Interest Group
When: Tuesday, February 25th 12:00-1:00pm
Where: Student Lounge
Contact: Nancy Haff (nhaff@mail.med.upenn.edu)
Open to: Everyone
RSVP: Requested – see link below
Join us for a panel discussion with Dr. Mark Mikkelsen (internal medicine trained critical care guru), Dr.
Dan Holena (hilarious and awesome trauma surgeon and SICU attending), and Meghan Lane-Fall
(anesthesiologist and critical care doc) and likely a representative from Peds as well. We'll talk about
careers in critical care and the myriad of ways to get there.
Please fill out this form so we know how much food to buy:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DO8kHup3vAwbNUIFNqPdTzF6oGuntPSRPYjoVrU7ZRs/viewform
Please note that earlier emails said the lookout, but we've moved it to the student lounge instead.
b. PrISSMS Seminar on Intimate Partner Violence
Student Group: Practical Introduction to Social Services for Medical Students (PrISSMS)
When: Wednesday, February 26th 1:30-3:00pm
Where: Student Lounge
Contact: Meredith Case (merecase@mail.med.upenn.edu)
Open to: Everyone
RSVP: Requested, but not required
Dr. Karin Rhodes will be speaking to us about intimate partner violence. Dr. Rhodes, a former Robert
Wood Johnson Fellow, is the Director of the Center for Emergency Care Policy Research in the
Department of Emergency Medicine. Her work focuses on the intersection between partner violence,
emergency services, mental health, and criminal justice.
c. Alumni Thank-A-Thon – All House Event
Student Group: Office of Development and Alumni Relations
When: Thursday, February 27th 5:00-6:30pm
Where: Stemmler rooms
Contact: Lauren Zeitlin, Director, Annual Fund and Special Gifts (lzeitlin@upenn.edu)
Open to: Everyone
Please join your House in this opportunity to win prizes and have a great time getting to know some of
our alumni! All participants will receive (non-pizza!) dinner and the volunteers from the house with the
largest turnout will receive prizes donated by Development and Alumni Relations. See below to RSVP.
At this event, student ambassadors will use their cell phones to call and thank alumni donors to the
School. You’ll also have the opportunity to chat about what you’re doing in school and what they’re
doing now. Our alumni love to hear from students and learn how medical school has changed since
their time at Penn. We’ll provide dinner as well!
Please RSVP to Lauren at lzeitlin@upenn.edu with your name and House affiliation by February 25th so
that we can plan accordingly for dinner – we’ll follow up with the dinner details as well.
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2. NEWS FROM MSG
a. Advising Updates!!!
Freaking out about starting clerkships?
Have a question about choosing a specialty?
Need to vent? Laugh? Cry? Panic?
Wondering what happens next, and next, and next?
The mentors in the Office of Diversity & Inclusion in Suite 100 are open to ALL STUDENTS to ask ANY
QUESTION. No appointment required. Just walk into office hours to ask your question. This time is set
aside specifically for students to come by and ask whatever’s on their minds.
Mondays 2-5: Dr. Horace DeLisser
Tuesdays 2-5: Dr. Benoit Dubé
Wednesdays 3-5: Dr. Horace DeLisser
Thursdays 3-5: Dr. Cindy Christian
Fridays 3-5: Dr. Roy Hamilton
Office Hours are located in Suite 100.
b. Examkrackers MCAT Teaching
Interested in passing on your standardized testing skills to the next generation of pre-meds?
Examkrackers is coming to Philadelphia and looking for enthusiastic new talent. See below for more
details:
TEACH THE MCAT
Examkrackers, Inc. is a test preparation company with a passion for excellence.
We are currently looking for instructors to teach our Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)
preparation classes in the Philadelphia area starting in February 2014
PART TIME COMMITMENT...ONLY 4-8 HRS/WEEK
The position is part time in the evenings from 4-8 hours a week - Perfect Supplemental Schedule for a
Medical Students Schedule
GREAT PAY
Talented, first time teachers can earn excellent starting base hourly pay ~ plus a bonus structure!
REQUIREMENTS
The science knowledge required is at a first year undergraduate level; however, the test questions use a
holistic approach and require a deep understanding of the subject matter. We are always looking for
Instructors interested in mentoring up and coming Medical Students. Our students are highly motivated
premeds making the instructor's job both challenging and rewarding. We strive to make any association
with our organization a pleasurable and rewarding experience whether you are an instructor or a
student.
Applicant must be passionate about teaching and about the subject matter. Applicants must have a
thorough understanding of any and all of the following:
1st yr. undergraduate biology including some physiology
1st yr. undergraduate organic chemistry
1st yr. undergraduate inorganic chemistry
1st yr. undergraduate physics
Applicants should be punctual, reliable, organized and enthusiastic!
Classes start the week of February 8th (see full schedule at www.examkrackers.com/MCAT/)
Interested applicants should send a resume and MCAT scores to: joshua@examkrackers.com
Please write-INSTRUCTOR in the subject heading, along with your college/city
(Ex. INSTRUCTOR - Philadelphia)
Joshua Jones
Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator
joshua@examkrackers.com
Phone: 484-949-5633
Fax: 859-255-0109
c. Res Medica Journal submission opportunity
Interested in publishing some of your work? Check out the following opportunity through Res Medica.
Res Medica, the open access peer reviewed journal of the Royal Medical Society, is now open for
submissions from medical students worldwide. We aim to provide a platform from which medical
students can publish, read and review academic research. Indeed, to further this cause, we are in the
process of applying to have the journal PubMed indexed (PMID).
We welcome original research, reviews, case reports, audits, perspective articles, historical articles and
editorials from medical students, doctors and academics in the field of medical research (please see
our Submissions section for more details, available at
http://journals.ed.ac.uk/resmedica/about/submissions
The submission date for the 2014 edition of Res Medica is the 31st March 2014. Submissions will be
accepted online. Articles that are accepted will be published in October 2014. Please see Editorial
Policies(http://journals.ed.ac.uk/resmedica/about/editorialPolicies#focusAndScope) for details on the
peer review and selection process.
d. SMILE!!
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3. COMING SOON
a. Philadelphia Oral Cancer Walk with Penn Dental, March 29th
The 6th Annual Philadelphia ORAL CANCER WALK will take place on March 29th, 2014. This event is
hosted by Penn Dental students, in association with the Oral Cancer Foundation, and is one of Penn’s
largest community service events. We promote the message that early detection saves lives, and as
future health care providers, each of us is instrumental in the mission to fight oral cancer. The event is
consistently great fun, with free oral cancer screenings to the public, great guest speakers, facepainting, music, free food, smoothies, and free giveaways all in the name of a great cause.
What you can do:
Be a part of our walk and 5K. Register athttp://www.oralcancerphilly.org/
Donate money
at http://donate.oralcancer.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=590, all proceeds go
to theOral Cancer Foundation
Educate yourself and help spread awareness (important facts attached)
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Ask YOUR dentist to perform an oral cancer screening at your next dental visit!
Why get involved:
Help support your colleagues in a fight against a leading cancer
Great way to be involved in a condition that could directly affect your future career and patients
Free Oral Cancer Screenings available
Feel free to email me back at kfrance@dental.upenn.edu with any questions, concerns, and ideas to
help in our fight against Oral Cancer.
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