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Preparing for 2016 Best wishes from your Health Professions Advising Office as you enter the new year. A new year brings new opportunities, new challenges, and new expectations. Prepare for success, plan to make the most of your time and seek advice from your health professions advisor early. Set healthy habits now that will follow you into your health professional career.

Spring semester is a time of stress and anxiety for many pre-health students who are preparing for applications and entrance exams to health professional schools. Creating realistic goals, prioritizing, and planning your curriculum and activities can help to alleviate stress. Remember to strive for healthy lifestyle choices in 2016 to combat stress. If you are dealing with application anxiety, please visit this link: https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/article/dealing-application-anxiety/

E-mail: prehealth@ua.edu

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If you find that you are feeling irritable, tired most of the time, unable to concentrate, or experiencing restlessness and sleep disturbances, you may want to seek professional help for stress management. Relaxation techniques are often helpful, and a professional can assist you in exploring more adaptive stress management methods. Contact The University of Alabama Counseling Center at 348-3863 for a consultation, free of charge.

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Practice makes perfect! Take advantage of AAMC’s MCAT practice test and additional online practice tools. The Official MCAT Practice Exam consists of 230 questions which were written by the developers of the MCAT to prepare you for your actual test day. The practice exam mirrors the actual MCAT in functionality and length. The practice exam cost is $35. After purchasing, the practice exam can be re-taken up to 20 times with the ability to focus on specific sections.

For more information, please visit: https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/article/online-practice-mcat-exam/

SAVE THE DATE!

Registration is required; seating is limited. Details are forthcoming and will be sent via the pre-health listserv & posted at: http://preheath.ua.edu

The 14th Annual

will be held on

January 29th & 30th, 2016.

Attention Pre-Med Students: AAMC MCAT Practice Exam Available

Shadowing & Clinical Experience

Information now available at prehealth.ua.edu

If you are considering shadowing over the winter break, please visit

http://prehealth.ua.edu/shadowing-clinical-experience-2/

for valuable information on how to establish experience hours. In addition to many helpful

resources listed for all pre-health students, students on the pre-physician’s assistant,

pre-physical therapy, pre-occupational therapy and pre-pharmacy track may access a list

of local shadowing opportunities available under Helpful Links.

Job Announcement: Pharmacy Technicians Needed

The UAB School of Medicine, Huntsville Regional Medical Campus, is pleased to announce the 2016 Huntsville Rural Pre-Medical Internship Program.

The main purpose of the program is to provide college students who are interested in becoming physicians with exposure to the health care needs of rural Alabama, with a focus on how primary care specialties can address those needs.

The program is eight weeks, with five weeks spent at the Huntsville Regional Medical Campus and three weeks spent with rural physicians in Alabama.

Students participating in the program will receive a stipend of $2,500 to cover the cost of housing, meals, and transportation during the internship.

For more information, please visit:

https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/rural-medicine/huntsville-rural-pre-medical-internship.

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2016 Huntsville Rural Pre-Medical Internship Program

Pharmacy manager, Brooke Swanson, is seeking to hire a few pharmacy technicians for the Rite Aid Pharmacy close to campus. Students are encouraged to pick up an application at the location, 521 University Blvd. East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. All questions & inquires should be directed to Ms. Swanson at

205-758-4423.

The goal of this fellowship is to give talented undergraduate students the opportunity to experience the challenges & rewards of intensive, hypothesis-driven laboratory research. This experience should help students make well-informed decisions about future career plans.

Previous research experience is not required. Fifteen students per summer are accepted.

Applications are welcomed from students who are interested in research as a career, including students interested in PhD & MD/PhD programs.

Successful candidates will be of sophomore class standing or higher and typically demonstrate grade point averages of 3.0 (“B”) or higher, especially in science, math, and related areas.

For more information, please visit: http://www.uab.edu/medicine/sibs/.

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2016 Summer in Biomedical Sciences (SIBS)

Looking Ahead:

January 1st: Application opens for Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergrads,

sponsored by the National Science Foundation. For more information, visit:

https://injury.research.chop.edu/training-opportunities/reu#.ViAf4PlVhBd.

January 19th: Mandatory meeting for juniors and seniors who are applying to medical, dental, or

optometry school for the entering class of 2017.

January 29th - 30th: McCollough Medical Scholars Forum.

February 15th: Application deadline for Summer in Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Research

Program, sponsored by UAB. For more information, visit: http://www.uab.edu/medicine/sibs/.

February 15th: Application deadline for PARAdiGM: Preparation for Graduate and Medical Educa-

tion, sponsored by UAB. For more information, visit: http://www.uab.edu/medicine/paradigm/.

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All students planning to apply to Medical, Dental, or

Optometry school for the entering class of 2017 MUST attend

one of the following mandatory meetings:

Wednesday, November 11th at 5:00 pm Gorgas 205

Tuesday, November 17th at 5:00 pm Gorgas 205

Tuesday, January 19th at 5:00 pm

Gorgas 205

Applicants who fail to attend one of these meetings WILL NOT be eligible for a Committee Composite Interview. Attendance will be

taken. NO EXCEPTIONS!

More information about meeting registration will be sent out via the pre-health listserv.

Sponsored by the Alabama Family Practice Rural Health Board

For College Students Interested in Primary Care/Family Practice Medicine and Rural Practice Objectives: -To provide students exposure to the health care needs of rural Alabama, particularly the

primary care fields of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics; -To enhance the interns’ understanding of medical school, the training of family doctors and the practice of family medicine/primary care in the rural setting; -To increase the participants’ competitiveness for medical school admission. Location: UAB School of Medicine, Huntsville Regional Medical Campus (5 weeks), and a Family

Medicine doctor in or near the intern’s hometown (3 weeks). Dates: June 1 – July 22, 2015 Stipends: $2,500 to assist with housing, transportation and meals. College Level and Academic Credentials: Students must have completed at least 4 semesters of on-campus coursework by May 2016, with an overall GPA in the B or higher range, and scores on the ACT > 20 or the SAT > 1100. Only Alabama residents are accepted. Students from rural areas are given priority in the selection process.

Application and Interviews: Applications are available from your pre-health academic advisor, on-line https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/ rural-medicine/huntsville-rural-pre-medical-internship or by e-mail request to the Office for Family Health, Education & Research: pclawson@uab.edu. Applicants considered for selection will be interviewed via video conference in March 2016.

Application deadline is Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Program Coordinator: David Bramm, MD Mail, fax or e-mail applications to: Paula Clawson, Huntsville Regional Medical Campus 301 Governors Drive SW, Huntsville, AL 35801 Phone: (256) 551-4609

Fax: (256) 551-4451 Email: pclawson@uab.edu

Application deadline is Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Primary Care Shadowing and Clinical Education

Huntsville Rural Pre-Medical Internship

UAB School of Medicine Huntsville Regional Medical Campus

8 Week Summer Program

Apply online by February 15, 2016

www.uab.edu/medicine/sibs SIBS Program Director: Robin Lorenz, MD, PhD rlorenz@uab.edu SIBS Coordinator: Jackie Bennett jackiebennett@uab.edu

Undergraduate Summer Research

June 2 - July 29, 2016

• Open to sophomore and junior undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers in biomedical sciences

• Must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents • $2,500 stipend and FREE on-campus housing • Perform laboratory research under a UAB faculty researcher and present your

results at UAB’s Summer Research Expo

PARAdIGM Program Director: Robin Lorenz, MD, PhD rlorenz@uab.edu or 205.934.0676 PARAdIGM Coordinator: Jackie Bennett jackiebennett@uab.edu or 205.934.0440

Apply online by February 15, 2016 www.uab.edu/medicine/paradigm

June 2 – July 29, 2016 Stipend and free campus housing

PARAdiGM Director: Robin G. Lorenz, MD, PhD

rlorenz@uab.edu PARAdiGM Coordinator: Jackie Bennett

jackiebennett@uab.edu

PrepARAtion for Graduate and Medical Education (PARAdiGM) is an NIH-funded program to introduce outstanding undergraduates from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds to the exciting career options of being a scientific investigator AND a practicing physician.