Harvard’s Synergy
In three days, Harvard’s Synergy gives you the skills, mentorship, and network to create your own startup. Hosted by the Harvard Social Innovation Collaborative (SIC), the signature conference at the university in Cambridge, MA from January 17 – 19, 2018, covers product ideation, business modeling, marketing, investor pitching, and other aspects of creating a successful social enterprise. Past participants have created space-efficient homeless shelters, a computer science academy for Zimbabwean students, and other worldwide startups. Visit their website for more details, or apply here by November 30th, 2017.
Articles tagged: Global & Public Health
Had a Job Interview but No Callback? Here’s What to Do Next Time
Days have passed since your job interview, and no one’s called or emailed.
Later, you learn someone else was hired for the position. You were sure you aced the interview and would advance to the next round, but obviously the interviewer saw it differently.
Click here for the full NYT article by Christopher Mele to learn where things may have gone wrong and how to improve your performance for the next time.
Nourishing Native Foods & Health
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, learn how Native Americans are increasing physical activity and healthy eating.
Since 2002, First Nations has awarded 216 grants totaling over $5.6 million to Native organizations dedicated to increasing food access and improving the health and nutrition of Native children and families. The Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative (NAFSI) grants are intended to help tribes and Native communities build sustainable food systems such as community gardens, food banks, food pantries and/or other agricultural projects related to Native food-systems control.Learn more about the grants on their website here.
Health Professions Handbooks
- Health Professions Resources Handbook – for students exploring HP fields and looking for internship/job ideas.
- Health Professions Committee Handbook – for students and alumni going through the Health Professions Committee process.
- Global and Public Health Resources Handbook – for students interested in Middlebury’s Global Health Minor.
Academic Advising re: PSYC 0105
Important Reminder that if you are considering pursuing professional school in the health professions, you should make sure to take PSYC 0105 (Introduction to Psychology) by the end of your sophomore year. There are still openings in PSYC 0105 for the Spring Semester, so if you haven’t taken PSYC 0105 yet, now might be a good time to do so (particularly if you are an upper-classman).
For your planning purposes, here’s a link to the Health Professions Core Requirements: http://www.middlebury.edu/studentlife/cci/healthprofessions/organize/Requirements
House Calls To The Homeless: A Doctor Treats Boston’s Most Isolated Patients
If you didn’t catch this story on NPR last week, it is worth reading/listening to. See the full story here.
I remember what came across is that whatever I thought of someone, when I first met them or first walked by them, it rarely panned out once I got to know them, and the stories that emerged from these people, what they have lived through and as you learn, each one is very different from another, but each one has a remarkable story. … I hope in these stories what emerges is the real resilient spirit of people who have really, really been dealt a bad hand in life and suffer from all those social determinants of poverty.
How does Global Service-Learning become a dis-service in healthcare settings? Commentary from Child Family Health International
This is an interesting read by Jessica Evert, MD, Executive Director, Child Family Health International, Faculty, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine. Read the full article here.
There is a perfect storm brewing- the lack of regulation of undergraduate students’ scope of activities in resource-restricted healthcare settings + ultra-competitive medical/health professions school admissions environment + undergraduate students’ desire to gain hands-on patient care experience because they think it will boost their medical/health professions school applications…The world’s poor, whether in our own backyard, or in a community across the globe, have been victims of the notion that any medical care, regardless of how and who provides it, is a good thing. More contemporary understanding of global health and development, as well as critical examinations of short-term global health activities, point out significant opportunity costs and potential downfalls of such care.
If Students Are Smart, They’ll Major in What They Love
Curious how your liberal arts degree will make you competitive in the job market?
This is a great article by Cecilia Gaposchkin in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Graduates majoring in “practical” majors may well start at higher salaries than their counterparts in, say, comparative literature or art history. But as Derek Bok said in Our Underachieving Colleges, we should look at how graduates fare 15 years down the road. Often it is the art historians and anthropology majors, for example, who, having marshaled the abilities of perspective, breadth, creativity, and analysis, have moved a company or project or vision forward. The real investment comes in learning how to think. And the student who has chosen a major based on what she loves has increased the value of that investment. – See more at: http://m.chronicle.com/article/If-Students-Are-Smart/230307/#sthash.yn4j8x6y.M38QjWZ7.dpuf
Still Haven’t Heard About that Job You Interviewed For? Why There’s No Such Thing as a “Sign” You Did or Didn’t Get the Job
Article By Sara McCord of The Muse.
“Job searching can be an enigmatic process. For weeks leading up to your interview, you’re basically a private investigator. You research a company before you submit your application. You scope out your potential boss before the big day. You pay close attention to how the interviewer receives your answers—assessing whether or not you should change gears. Then you go home and reflect on the interview as you write a fabulous thank you note.
And then, you’re supposed to do absolutely nothing.
That’s right—the next step is patiently awaiting the hiring manager’s decision. And if you try to put your newly sharpened sleuthing skills to good use, well-meaning friends will advise you to “stop obsessing.” But that’s easier said than done.
Before you start (re)analyzing every potential omen, remember it’s easy to mistake even the most obvious signs.” Read more.
Midd Alum Recommendation for FREE Online Course
The following is from Jonathan Brach ’13:
“I am taking a free online course right now on population health with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Cambridge, MA. This week, they have encouraged us to reach out to other health students to encourage them to join the “IHI Open School Improvement Change Agent Network (I-CAN).” The goal of the network is essentially to encourage the next generation of physicians and other healthcare professionals to put a greater focus on population health when treating patients.
http://www.ihi.org/education/IHIOpenSchool/Chapters/Groups/ICAN/Pages/default.aspx
IHI also has several awesome free online courses: http://app.ihi.org/lms/home.aspx
I’m happy to answer any questions Midd student have about I-CAN or the IHI too.”
If you have questions for Jonathan, he can be reached via email.
