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Volunteer with Family Van this Summer

The Family Van is a Harvard Medical School (HMS) affiliated Mobile Health Clinic providing preventative services in seven locations across Boston. The dual purpose is to provide preventive care to those with limited resources and to train future health care providers in offering services to a culturally diverse population.

Training opportunities:

A. Weekly opportunities: On alternate weeks volunteers contribute to the running of the organization by carrying out their shift at the office.

  1. Direct Service on the Van and Program Support – Provide screening and health coaching to our clients
  2. Community based evaluation and research – Evaluate our service to demonstrate the value of mobile health care and identify opportunities for organizational change
  3. Outreach & Education – Establish community partnerships, perform outreach in the community, identify the needs of the community, and advocate for the Family Van

B. For credit opportunities (time commitment flexible):
Internships: Help build our service by carrying out a special project!
Public Health and scholarly projects: Epidemiological and qualitative projects available. Perfect for Harvard Medical School scholarly projects, Harvard School of Public Health Practica, and other Schools’ for-credit school projects.

What past students have said:
“The Family Van is a powerful symbol of successful health care interactions. It has taught me the importance of establishing patient trust. I have realized that health care settings are intimidating and steps should be taken to contextualize invasive questions, among other things”.
“I have learned how valuable establishing a partnership with patients can be to both the health care provider and client in promoting health.” — Rosh Kumar Viasha Sethi, Harvard Medical Student



Go to www.familyvan.org/getinvolved
Applications for Summer 2012 close May 1st. Summer Volunteer Opportunities begin in early June

Team Associate Position at the Grow Clinic of Boston Medical Center

Grow Clinic at Boston Medical Center is looking for a pre-medical student to fulfill the Team Associate position this May. Employee will play a key role in an interdisciplinary team working to treat children failing to thrive.

Qualifications:

§ Bachelor’s Degree and working knowledge of medical terminology.
§ One (1) to two (2) years of experience in a hospital or clinic setting. Experience in maternal and child health preferred.
§ One (1) year of experience supervising students/peers.
§ Standard nursing aide skills or EMT training or equivalent experience.
§ Strong knowledge of software applications such as Microsoft Excel, Access and Word.
§ Must be comfortable working with multi-cultural, low-income comprehensive care families.
§ Must excel in a busy and often stressful clinic and office work environment.
§ Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and record keeping skills.
§ Ability to handle multiple tasks and responsibilities at the same time effectively.
§ Ability to interpret and record data and make informed judgments regarding patient care.

To learn more about the job and the application process, please visit: bmc.org/jobs
Job # 1200359

Volunteer at Rosie’s Place

Rosie’s Place is a sanctuary for poor and homeless women. Its mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment to help women seek different opportunities, find security and maintain a sense of dignity. Last year, Rosie’s place served 74,000 meals and provided 1,300 women with free groceries each month. In addition, Rosie’s Place assists women with medical services, housing, educational and employment opportunities, and many other resources.

HEPS is looking for 5 volunteers to assist with the preparation of the meal, serving soup or working the supplies counter. The HEPS team will be both serving the meal, as well dinning with the women. All are welcome!

Where: Rosie’s Place
889 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118

When: Tuesday April 10th from 5:00 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.

Dental School Panel

Part of HEPS’ mission is to cater not only to our pre-medical student population but also the smaller groups like the pre-dental students. Our Speaker Series continues next week with the Dental School Panel, where current students from Harvard Dental School and Tufts Dental School will be sharing their experiences on applications, studying for the DAT, and their actual dental school education. If you’re pursuing dentistry, you will definitely want to join us for a night of guidance and foresight.

When: April 4th

Where: Sever Room 110
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