2016 Diversity and Academic Advancement Summer Institute
Partnership between Thread and Office for Student Diversity, JHUSOM
Employer
Center for
Communication
Programs
Table 1: Sample of 2015 DAASI Jobs
Job Title
Job Description
Administrative Assist with preparation for Baltimore based health communication
assistant
workshop and assisted the mail department with shipping prep
SoM, Department
of Physiology
JHH-Kidney
Transplant
Research
assistant (lab)
Clerical
assistant
JHH-Harriet Lane
Clinic (Pediatric
New Building)
Clinic
assistant
JHH-Division of
Geriatric
Medicine
Administrative
clerk
JHH-Medicine
international
SoM- Orthopedic
Surgery
Staff assistant
Wilmer Eye
Institute
Research
assistant (lab)
We expected the students to complete a combination of lab duties,
administrative work, learning laboratory techniques and
implementing what they learned by assisting in the lab with things
such as cell culture.
JHH-Psychiatry
Research
assistant (lab)
Review literature, learn use of MS Office suite, aid in entering data
SOMOphthalmology
Admin.
Assist.,
clinical
support
Assist with admin/clerical/filing tasks in clinic Assist with testing
(visual fields), Guest relations
JHH-Bayview
(Department of
Pediatrics)
Administrative
assistant,
patient
volunteer
Reading, interacting with kids on the floor and ER Managing children
play materials/videos/DVDs Organizing/printing patient education
documents Making and including pain score charts in patient rooms
in English and Spanish
JHSPH- Weight
Management
Center
Community
health worker
Working with community adults enrolled in weight-loss project.
Presentations on diet and exercise to IMP peers.
Administrative
assistant
Lab organization and maintenance, including ordering supplies
Telephone calls to patients and businesses, filing, copying, faxing,
scanning, verifying information in the computer, possibly entering
information
Stocking clinic rooms, Filing medical records
Word processing. Preparing power point presentations, Assist clinic
staff (nurses, registrars, doctors, social workers, secretaries, etc) as
needed
Help with the many lectures and scheduling activities associated with
hosting 18 medical students from all over the US for an 8-week
program. Need someone willing to learn and work without constant
supervision.
We expect our students to be able to help us with day to day activities
such as, filing, data entry, copying, faxing and delivering mail.
Data entry, mailing list management, routine office tasks
Alternative Projects
There are other project opportunities that students can undertake this summer as either something they do
in addition to (and after satisfying) your requirements or as their main activity. These include projects
such as undertaking or developing:
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Presentations regarding public health, especially for obesity and diabetes
Community Campaigns about “take your medicine” that may be focused on mental health or
hypertension
Public Service Announcements on these subjects to be delivered on mobile phones or via social
networks
Interviews and reports on attitudes on patients’ feelings of customer service at clinics
Phone, Internet, or mail surveys on attendees’ recreational interests for conferences at Hopkins
Developing or locating games or toys for children at pediatric clinics
Org
JHH
Bayview
Field
Pediatrics
SOM
Ophthalmology
SoM
Orthopedic
Surgery
JHH
Harriet
Lane
Clinic
(Pediatric)
JHH
Kidney
Transplant
SOM
Physiology
JHH
Psychiatry
Table 2- Potential Education/Research Project
Type
Potential Project
Clinic 1. What is the relationship between birth weight and medical costs?
2. Where can pregnant women obtain prenatal care in selected Baltimore
communities?
3. Who are the informal sources of advice for pregnant teenagers?
Clinic 1. What services are available for ophthalmology in selected Baltimore
communities?
2. What services are available for the sight-impaired?
3. What precautions should be taken for preventing eye injuries or
infections?
Clinic 1. What precautions should be taken to avoid accidents that lead to
Orthopedic surgery?
2. What barriers do patients face in following the doctor’s post-op
directions?
3. How to avoid post-op complications?
Clinic 1. What are the danger-signals that mothers should look for when
deciding to bring their child to the emergency room?
2. Who are the informal sources of advice for first time mothers?
3. What barriers to mothers face in following the pediatrician’s
directions?
Clinic 1. What causes the need for a transplant and how could it have been
prevented?
2. How are donors and recipients selected?
3. What barriers to patients face in following the doctor’s directions?
Resea 1. What is the Physiology associated with heart disease, diabetes,
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pulmonary diseases, visual and auditory problems?
2. How can Physiology inform teenagers so that they can avoid
problems in these areas?
3. What is the relationship between Physiology and physical therapy to
hasten healing and prevent recurrence?
Resea 1. Would teenagers prefer treatment over the phone?
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2. How do psychological issues affect consumption/use of medical
resources?
JHH
Medicine
international
Center for
Communic
ation
Programs
Office
Office
3. What barriers to patients face in following the psychiatrist’s
directions, including taking meds?
1. Are there low-cost, high-quality models that other countries use and
that have applicability here? Specifically for HIV, TB, and other
diseases.
1. What modes of communication have been helpful in increasing
healthy habits?
2. What modes of communication have been helpful in reducing
doctor/hospital visits (Blue Cross)?
3. Where do Baltimore teenagers go for confidential health advice?