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Volunteering and Shadowing

Volunteering and Shadowing. Why Volunteer?. Gain experiences in the medical world Important for medical school admissions To be a good citizen!. How to Get Involved.

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Volunteering and Shadowing

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  1. Volunteering and Shadowing

  2. Why Volunteer? • Gain experiences in the medical world • Important for medical school admissions • To be a good citizen!

  3. How to Get Involved • UW Medical Center http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Patient-Care/Locations/UWMC/Community-Relations/volunteer/Pages/default.aspx • Harborview http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Patient-Care/Locations/HMC/Community-Relations/volunteer/Pages/default.aspx • The Children’s Hospital http://www.seattlechildrens.org/ways-to-help/volunteer/ • Doesn’t necessarily only have to be something medically related!

  4. Our experiences with volunteering…

  5. Why Shadow? • UW Medical School “recommends” 40 hours of shadowing. • Gain experience in the field of medicine you are interested in.

  6. Interesting Question • “If you have limited time for medically-related volunteering and shadowing, which would you prioritize? Should you get in your physician shadowing or clinical volunteering first?You will find out much more about what it means to be a physician by shadowing, so that should be your first priority.”

  7. How to get Involved • Contact people you know • Talk to your own physician • Sign up for a program • HCASB http://www.hcasb.org/2012/ • Washington Academy of Family Physicians http://www.wafp.net/programs/mentorship.aspx • Shadowing at Children’s http://www.seattlechildrens.org/healthcare-professionals/education/observership/.

  8. Our Shadowing Experiences…

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