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PURPOSE
Virtual Rounds (VR) was created at the request of the BIPOC Health Careers Ecosystem to meet URM students’ need for clinical exposure and shadowing hours to apply for health professions schools. Students hear from a gamut of clinical specialties or public
health professionals, providing them with the breadth to consider potential careers.
PROGRAM COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS
VIRTUAL ROUNDS
Students are evaluated on preparation for sessions, participation, and post-meeting reflections.
ACTIVITIES
- Sessions offer a unique opportunity for students and providers to share their educational and professional journeys in a way that builds the valuable skills of how to reflect on clinical experiences
- Remote program with 10 sessions total
- Students have access to 1:1 meetings with the HCCP team to further discuss their leadership and professional career development.
- Students who successfully complete the program are eligible for mentoring from, and shadowing with Washington Permanente Medical Group clinicians.
During this session we went over core competencies, experiences, interview skills, gap years and also went over story telling. Core
competencies were different character attributes that an individual pursuing medicine should have. Such as inter/intra personal skills,
thinking and reasoning, and a liking of science. I really enjoyed this part of the session. I like how it was finished off with a slide that
read, "What Makes You... You". I think this slide was added to remind us that it's okay to have different experiences and strengths.
-Awa Nije
The component that was the most helpful to me was the established criteria for experiences. The speaker said it's good if experiences are
in the medical field, but that they acknowledge that not everyone will get these and that they value transferable skills. One should also be
able to demonstrate selflessness, commitment, and volunteer work, as well as leadership and development of a skill. All parts fit my
current path because they will help me feel prepared for when I apply to medical school.
-Rocio Medina
During this session we went over core competencies, experiences, interview skills, gap years and also went over story telling. Core
competencies were different character attributes that an individual pursuing medicine should have. Such as inter/intra personal skills,
thinking and reasoning, and a liking of science. I really enjoyed this part of the session. I like how it was finished off with a slide that
read, "What Makes You... You". I think this slide was added to remind us that it's okay to have different experiences and strengths.
-Awa Nije
“If you're not uncomfortable, you are not growing.’ [Dr. Sharpe] reassured us that sometimes unexpected life events will come up but
that as long as we try our best to keep pushing forward that everything will work out. Her understanding and kind way of being is the
type of provider that I would like to be for my community.”
-Dulce Lopez
“Even though specializing in medicine may be the end career for many, there are so many careers that you can take in order to lead into
that. I was also able to see the diversity of how medicine is used in a variety of ways... and the physical and spiritual responsibility that
comes with being a physician.”
-Fatima Gbla
“I was able to see how my interest for public health and medicine can come together in a specialty like addiction medicine. I also
liked learning about the resources available for the MCAT and I also appreciated learning about the different topics that will show
up on the MCAT because that will help me better prepare for the MCAT.”
-Sonia Osorio
- Each session will include a presentation and personal journey segment from leading public health professionals in public health practice, research, or academia.
- Sessions often complement undergraduate studies in majors leading to public health, but provide students with any major to consider a variety of public health careers
10 Essential Public Health Services
Our program aims to highlight the 10 Essential Public Health Services by bringing in a variety of speakers who represent these areas of work.
More information about these 10 essential services can be found here
"I tend to have a lot of interests and due to having a lot of interests, I attend to also be indecisive. Public Health offers different avenues that I
can dip my toe into and see what's out there. I can also be in almost any field because, at the end of the day, all occupations are “hopefully” trying
to further our world and further develop what we create.”
- Malanda Clamoungou
"I learned more about public health and keeping it as an option for when I graduate high school. I love politics and the various fields that you could go
into with a public health degree. You can teach, be a nurse, physician, doctor, etc. I also love the advocacy it presents. I also enjoy how this field of
medicine interacts and gets to know more people and creates those strong connections. I like how some fields of public health focus on lower-income
families and making sure everyone [receives] the medical care they need, no matter their financial status."
-Gabrielle Aparis
“Many of the issues that face communities are not address because those from the community in healthcare/public health/academia do not direct
attention to the issues. This encouraged my to continue devoting my time and energy to issues that face underserved/ low SES/ BIPOC and LGBT
communities.”
-Elijah Olorode
"I learned more about public health and keeping it as an option for when I graduate high school. I love politics and the various fields that you could go
into with a public health degree. You can teach, be a nurse, physician, doctor, etc. I also love the advocacy it presents. I also enjoy how this field of
medicine interacts and gets to know more people and creates those strong connections. I like how some fields of public health focus on lower-income
families and making sure everyone [receives] the medical care they need, no matter their financial status."
-Gabrielle Aparis
“Some essential services of public health that were shown this week include mobilizing community partnerships, diagnosing and investing
health, evaluate, research, and monitoring health. I learned that there are also amazing opportunities to do community based work, and that it is
okay if you do not immediately start out within the field of public health.”
-Callista Ordonez
"Idanis presentation taught me to look into grants and scholarships that will allow me to conduct research into areas of studies I’m interested in.
With this support she innovated so many new ideas that would benefit agriculture and cattle farm workers...Through her work she created flyers,
informational graphics and social media posts to help educate on safety. It was great to see how much she communicated with her community
and [received] feedback on her projects so that she could find the way to best support their needs.
-Mixcila Sanchez