Participating in the Club Fair for first-year medical students are UACOM student interest groups and clubs, including the Ultrasound Interest Group; APAMSA members; Internal Medicine Student Association (IMSA) members, from left: Nora Bedrossian, Ashwini Mulgaonkar, Pooja Rajguru, Nitin Prabhakar, Faryal Shareef, Dave Reyes and Morgan Whitaker (all second-years); the Hematology/Oncology Club, and Dermatology Interest Group.
Hundreds of first-year med students were greeted by second-year students for the UA College of Medicine Club Fair, hosted in Kiewit Auditorium on Wednesday, Aug. 12, by the UACOM - Tucson Student Government.
Not only did the students get plenty of pizza for the noon event, they learned about everything from the Surgery and Integrative Medicine clubs to interest groups for Aging, Anesthesia and Cardiology, etc. Others groups like the American College of Physicians, American Women’s Medical Association and Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) were represented as well. Students also got to learn about the Global Health Distinction Track and opportunities to learn medical nuances of Spanish.
The fair previously has been a part of the AHSC Resource Fair, a function of the Office of Student Affairs for the UA College of Medicine. That event — which focuses on resources available to students from all four colleges under the UA Health Sciences Center: medicine, pharmacy, nursing and public health — will be held Aug. 28, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., in the Walkway of Wellness between Drachman Hall A & B wings. Find out more from Celina Andrade, 621-2055. Click image to view flier.
Laura Bricklin, UACOM-T Student Government vice president, noted student government also is sponsoring a CUP Fair on Sept. 3, noon-1 p.m., in Kiewit Auditorium to introduce students to UACOM’s Commitment to Underserved People (CUP) Program. This program gives students the opportunity to gain clinical experience working with medically underserved populations and offers a Community Service Distinction Track as well.
“We have lots of different programs that are community service opportunities,” IMSA member Pooja Rajguru said about the CUP Program. “You can work with Pima County Correctional Facilities to what I do as a co-coordinator with SHINE, or Students Healing In Need Elders, which is an IPEP collaboration between the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and the St. Luke’s Home — an assisted living facility associated with Eden Alternative LLC. There’s also JAWS, Juniors Active in Wheelchair Sports, where you can play basketball with kids in wheelchairs. ”
Learn more about UACOM Student Clubs here or contact the UACOM Office of Student Affairs for more information.