Pre-Health E-Newsletter

Volume 4: Fall 2009-Spring 2010

Vol. 4, No. 5
Monday, November 16, 2009 - Sunday, November 29, 2009
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1. MESSAGE FROM THE ADVISORS
2. UPCOMING PROGRAMS
3. JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE AND THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE
4. FEATURED VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: TUTORING AT THE HARRIET LANE CLINIC
5. FEATURED PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION: AAOS
6. FEATURED HOT TOPIC IN HEALTHCARE: DIABETES
7. FEATURED HEALTH PROFESSION: PODIATRIC MEDICINE
8. THE JOURNAL OF YOUNG INVESTIGATORS
9. NIH MD/PHD INTRAMURAL PARTNERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
10. RECENT ARTICLES OF INTEREST
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Vol. 4, No. 4
Monday, October 26, 2009 - Sunday, November 8, 2009
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1. MESSAGE FROM THE ADVISORS
2. UPCOMING MEDICAL SCHOOL VISITS, PROGRAMS AND PANELS, AND CLASS MEETINGS
3. POST-BACCALAUREATE AND MASTERS PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE YOUR CREDENTIALS
4. THREE CRUCIAL QUESTIONS WHEN APPLYING TO MD/PhD PROGRAMS
5. FEATURED STUDENT ORGANIZATION: ASEPP
6. MEDICAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT INCHES UP
7. OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL STUDENT PROFILES
8. MEET THE MEN WHO DARE TO CARE
9. RECENT ARTICLES OF INTEREST
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Vol. 4, No. 3
Monday, October 12, 2009 - Sunday, October 25, 2009
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1. MESSAGE FROM THE ADVISORS
2. UPCOMING PROGRAMS: MARK YOUR CALENDARS
3. CLASS NOTES AND MEETINGS
4. AN ESSENTIAL FOR MCAT PREPARATION
5. TIMING OF THE MCAT
6. INTERSESSION CLINICAL TUTORIALS
7. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND US MEDICAL SCHOOLS
8. PROFESSIONALISM 101: WRITING A THANK YOU NOTE
9. PERSPECTIVES ON THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE: JHU PERSPECTIVES
10. FEATURED PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
11. FEATURED HOT TOPIC IN HEALTHCARE: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
12. TEACH FOR AMERICA
13. ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Vol. 4, No. 2
Friday, September 18, 2009 - Friday, October 2, 2009
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Appointments with a Pre-health Advisor
3. Upcoming Programs: Mark Your Calendars
4. Sophomore Small Group Advising
5. Featured Professional Association: APHA
6. New MCAT Prep Class Offered by Johns Hopkins
7. All You Need To Know About Research Opportunities at JHU!
8. Attention Pre-Dental Students
9. Featured Hot Topic in Healthcare: H1N1
10. Recent Articles of Interest in The New York Times
11. New England Journal of Medicine: Perspectives on Healthcare Reform
12. Summer 2010 Study Abroad for Science and Math Students
13. Featured Student Organization: American Lung Association
14. Announcements
15. The Last Word
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Vol. 4, No. 1
Friday, September 4, 2009 - Friday, September 18, 2009
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs: Mark Your Calendars
3. Semester Medical Tutorials
4. Medical School Interview Feedback Forum
5. Featured Professional Association
6. New MCAT Prep Class Offered by Johns Hopkins
7. Community and Public Service Opportunities
8. Featured Hot Topic in Healthcare: End-Of-Life
9. Featured Student Organizations
10. Featured Author: Howard Kleinman, M.D.
11. Featured Volunteer Opportunities
12. Announcements
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Volume 3: Fall 2008 - Spring 2009

Vol. 3, No. 13
Monday, April 20, 2009 - Sunday, May 3, 2009
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. When Should I Begin Requesting Recommendations?
4. Can I Major Outside of the Sciences?
5. Mt. Sinai’s Humanities in Medicine Program
6. Narrative Medicine
7. Poetry and Medicine
8. Gap Year Position Openings
9. Volunteer Opportunity of the Week: The IRC in Baltimore
10. Update on Osteopathic School Admissions
11. Announcements
12. Dr. Verrier’s “Ten Tips for Premeds”
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Vol. 3, No. 12
Monday, April 6, 2009 - Sunday, April 19, 2009
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No. 11
Monday, March 23, 2009 - Sunday, April 5, 2009
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Requesting Letters of Recommendation
4. Gap Year Opportunities
5. Dr. Freischlag’s Corner
6. Volunteer Opportunities
7. Participate in “Disparities in Healthcare” Week
8. Curious about Off-Shore Medical Schools?
9. From the Wires
10. New “Official Guide” to the MCAT
11. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No. 10
Monday, March 9, 2009 - Sunday, March 22, 2009
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Do You Want JHU To Offer an MCAT Course?
4. Dr.  Magee’s Online Medical Resources
5. Dr. Freischlag’s Corner: Perspectives of Volunteerism
6. Featured Health Profession: Kinesiotherapy                                                              
7. More Summer Opportunities
8. Featured Podcast: Pursuing the Joint MD/PhD
9. Recent News from the Wires
10. Medicine and Poetry                         
11. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No. 9
Monday, February 23, 2009 - Sunday, March 8, 2009
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. The Canada Question
4. Myth of the Week
5. Recent News from the Wires
6. Featured Student Organization: PEEPS
7. Featured Health Profession: Podiatry
8. Featured Summer Opportunity: OCPM &Temple
9. Medicine and Poetry
10. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No. 8
Monday, February 9, 2009 - Sunday, February 22, 2009
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Highlight Your Writing
4. Featured Student Health Organization: CRASH
5. Have You Seen “The Bioethics Post” of the Berman Institute?
6. Guidelines on Repeating Courses
7. That Elusive “English Requirement”
8. Featured Summer Opportunities
9. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No. 7
Monday, January 26, 2009 - Sunday, February 8, 2009

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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. The Louis M. Goodman, M.D. Award
4. Women’s Pre-Health Leadership Society
5. Featured Volunteer Opportunity: Project PLASE
6. Featured Websites: JAMA & MedScape Today
7. Featured "Glide Year" Experience: Annenberg Fellowship to the U.K.
8. Featured Story: My Crash: Broken Bones, But An Intact Spirit
9. Featured Summer Opportunities
10. Highlights from "American Medical News"
11. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No. 6
Monday, December 1, 2008 - Sunday, December 14, 2008
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Thinking about a Post-Baccalaureate Program?
4. The Louis M. Goodman, M.D. Award
5. Medical School Interview Forum
6. Featured Book: How Doctors Think
7. Spotlight: Careers in Podiatry
8. Featured Website: SciNet
9. Can You Relate To A Person Who Has HIV/AIDS?
10. Featured "Glide Year" Experience: Americorps
11. Featured Summer Opportunities
12. Featured Volunteer Opportunity
13. Highlights from "American Medical News"
14. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No. 5
Monday, November 10, 2008 - Sunday, November 23, 2008
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Sophomore Medical Exploration Group Meetings
4. Intersession Medical Tutorials and the Master Clinician
5. The Louis M. Goodman, M.D. Award
6. Medical School Interview Forum
7. Featured Book: Sick: The Untold Story Of America's Health Care Crisis And The People Who Pay The Price
8. Spotlight: Careers in Physical Therapy
9. Featured Websites: Exploring Other Healthcare Careers
10. Featured "Glide Year" Experience: Manna Project International (MPI)
11. Featured Summer Opportunities
12. Medical School Admissions Updates
13. Highlights from "American Medical News"
14. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No. 4
Monday, October 27, 2008 - Sunday, November 9, 2008
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Sophomore Medical Exploration Group Meetings
4. Medical School Interview Forum
5. The Louis M. Goodman, M.D. Award
6. Interested in Other Health Professions
7. Featured Websites: Med. Blogs/Podcasts
8. Intersession Medical Tutorials and the Master Clinician
9. JAMA's Health Of The Nation Theme Issue
10. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No. 3
Monday, October 13, 2008 - Sunday, October 26, 2008
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Perspectives on the Health of the City
4. Featured Volunteer Opportunity: House of Ruth Maryland
5. Featured Websites
6. Pre-Med Requirements: Q&A
7. About the D.O. Degree
8. Articles You Wont Want to Miss
9. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No. 2
Monday, September 29, 2008 - Sunday, October 12, 2008
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Volunteering: An Overview
4. Featured Volunteer Opportunity: Shepherd's Clinic
5. Featured Internship Experience: Bioethics Intern
6. Featured Website
7. Pre-Med Requirements: Q&A
8. News from American Medical News
9. Announcements
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Vol. 3, No.1
Monday, September 9, 2008 - Sunday, September 22, 2008
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1. Message From The Advisors
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Semester Medical Tutorials
4. Featured Volunteer Opportunity
5. Featured MCAT Resource
6. Featured Websites
7. Announcements
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Volume 2, Fall 2007-Spring 2008

Vol. 2, No. 12
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - Thursday, April 24, 2008
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1. Directors Message
2. Upcoming Pre-Prof Programs
3. Applicant Tip Of The Week: What Do I Write About?
4. 2008 Goodman Award Recipients
5. Announcements
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Vol. 2, No. 11
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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PROGRAMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Vol. 2, No. 10

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PROGRAMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Vol. 2, No. 9
Monday, March 24, 2008 - Sunday, March 30, 2008
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1. Message From Director and Assistant Director
2. Upcoming Pre-Prof Programs
3. Webpage Update: FAQs on the Web
4. Admissions Guides In The Pre-Professional Library
5. Homeless Youth In Baltimore City
6. What Do You Know About Osteopathic Medicine?
7. Featured Student Organization: LEM Invites New Membership
8. Announcements
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Vol. 2, No. 8
Monday, March 10, 2008 - Sunday, March 16, 2008
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1. Message From Kirsten Kirby, Assistant Director
2. Upcoming Pre-Prof Programs
3. The Timing Of Your Application And The Glide Year
4. Featured Volunteer Opportunity: Educational Perspectives
5. Professionalism In Medicine
6. Interesting Articles And A New Website
7. Announcements
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Vol. 2, No. 7
Monday, January 28, 2008 - Sunday, February 3, 2008
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1. Message From The Director
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Featured Volunteer Opportunity In Baltimore
4.  Featured Volunteer Opportunity – Abroad
5.  Research Opportunities With Fast Approaching Deadlines
6.  Military Medical Opportunities
7.  The Next Generation: Keep Track Of Medical Issues Online
8. Featured Student Organization: Engineers Without Borders
9.  International Medical School For US Citizens
10. Announcements
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Vol. 2, No. 6
Monday, November 26, 2007 - Sunday, December 2, 2007
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1. Message From The Director
2. Upcoming Programs
3.  A Primer on MD/PhD Programs
4.  Revisiting Post-Baccalaureate Programs
5.  Featured Post-Bac Program: MHS in Reproductive and Cancer Biology
6.  Majoring Outside Of The Sciences
7.  Revisiting The “English” Requirement For Medical School
8.  Health Profession Spotlight: Physician Assistant
9. Announcements
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Vol. 2, No. 5
Monday, November 12, 2007 - Sunday, November 18, 2007
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1. Message From The Director
2. Upcoming Programs
3. 2007 U.S. Medical School Entering Class Is Largest Ever
4. “Big Science: Tips For Success In First-Year Science Courses” Now A Webcast!
5. Reminder For Applicants For 2009
6. The Louis E. Goodman, M.D. Award
7. Student National Medical Association
8. Intersession Medical Tutorials And The Master Clinician
9. Spring Semester Medical Tutorials
10. Human Anatomy For Undergraduates
11. How Did Students Nationally Score On The Mcat In 2007? 
12. Announcements
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Vol 2, No. 4
Monday, October 29, 2007 - Sunday, November 4, 2007
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1. Message From The Director
2. Upcoming Programs
3, ROTC Scholarship and Summer Internship Opportunities
4. The Louis E. Goodman, M.D. Award
5. Health Opportunity Spotlight: Medical Missionaries Fellowship
6. Student Organization Highlight: BMES
7.  Featured Health-Related Articles
8. Humanism and Medicine: A Selected Bibliography
9. Announcements
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Vol 2, No. 3
Monday, October 15, 2007 - Sunday, October 21, 2007
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Important Post-Baccalaureate Websites
4. Health Professions Spotlight: Physician Assistant
5. Post-Graduate Highlight: Teach for America
6. Interested in Practicing Rural Family Medicine
7. Rural Medicine Highlight:  PSAP Program at Jefferson Medical College
8. Student Health Organization Highlight: SALUD
9. Announcements
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Vol 2, No. 2
Monday, October 1, 2007 - Sunday, October 7, 2007
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Upcoming Programs
3. The English Requirement For Medical School
4. Volunteering
5. Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight: Hopkins 4k For Cancer
6. Can I Major Outside Of The Sciences? 
7. Research Opportunity Highlight: S.U.R.E.
8. Announcements
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Vol 2, No. 1
Monday, September 17, 2007 - Sunday, September 23, 2007
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Upcoming Office Programs
3. Fall Semester Medical Tutorials
4. Medical Ethics: Caring For The World
5. Student Health Organization Highlight: Lamda Epsilon Mu
6. Volunteer Opportunity Highlight
7. Research Opportunity Highlight
8. Health Education News Highlight
9. Announcements
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Volume 1, Spring 2007

Vol. 1, No. 13
Monday, April 30, 2007 - Friday, May 4, 2007
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1. Message from the Director
2. Final Program of the Semester: Washington University School of Medicine
3. Forensic Science/Medical Jurisprudence: Where Law & Science Intersect
4. Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body
5. Special Note to International Applicants to U.S. Law Schools
6. JHU Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) Needs You!
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Vol. 1, No. 11
Monday, April 16, 2007 - Friday, April 22, 2007
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1. Update on Medical Tutorials
2. Pre-Law Question of the Week
3. Update on the Law School Recommendation Committee
4. Questions Regarding that Elusive "English Requirement"
5. Health Professions Feature: Naturopathic Medicine
6. Upcoming Programs
7. Announcements
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Vol. 1, No. 10
Monday, April 9, 2007 - Friday, April 13 2007
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1. Message from the Advisor: Open Slot Next Semester?
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Pre-Law Question of the Week
4. How Law Schools Determine Whom to Admit (Part 2)
5. What Do Medical Schools (and AMCAS/AACOMAS) Mean by BCPM?
6. Health Professions Feature: Podiatric Medicine
7. Looking for a Job (During Your "Swing Year," Perhaps)?
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Vol. 1, No. 9
Monday, April 2, 2007 - Friday, April 6, 2007
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Medical Tutorials
3. Pre-Law Question of the Week
4. How Law Schools Determine Whom to Admit
5. Don't Miss "Gray's Anatomy" - A CNN Special Investigations Unit Program
6. Upcoming Pre-Health Meetings and Programs
7. Health Professions Feature - Osteopathic Medicine
8. Preventive Education and Empowerment for Peers (PEEP)
9. Announcements
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Vol. 1, No. 8
Monday, March 26, 2007 - Friday, March 30, 2007
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1. Message From Assistant Director Ana L. Droscoski, J.D.
2. Note To June (and all future) LSAT Test Takers
3. Opportunities in Law for Minority Men and Minority Women
4. Upcoming Pre-Health Meetings and Programs
5. Health Professions Feature: Sports Medicine
6. Health Professions Student Highlight : Rishi Mediratta
7. Spotlight on Veterinary Medicine
8. Announcements
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Vol. 1, No. 7
Monday, March 19, 2007 - Friday, March 23, 2007
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1. Message About Study Abroad
2. Message to First-Year Health Professions Students
3. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Programs
4. Upcoming Pre-Health Meetings and Programs
5. A Sampling of the Works of Dr. Jerome Groopman
6. Keeping an Eye on the Journals
7. The Juris Doctor Degree & The First Year of Law School
8. Congratulations to the Winner of the 2007 Goodman Award: Shanna Sprinkle!
9. Announcements
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Vol. 1, No. 6
Monday, March 5, 2007 - Friday, March 9, 2007
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1. Message From Director, David Verrier, Ph.D.
2. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Programs
3. Top Three Pre-Law Questions of the Week
4. Upcoming Pre-Health Meetings and Programs
5. Projected Enrollment Increase in US Medical Schools
6. Health Professions Feature: Veterinary Medicine
7. Announcements
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Vol. 1, No. 5
Monday, February 26, 2007 - Friday, March 2, 2007
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1. Message From Director, David Verrier, Ph.D.
2. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Programs
3. Upcoming Pre-Health Meetings and Programs
4. Pre-Law Practice Area Focus: Health Law & Public Health Law
5. Pre-Law Fieldwork/Internship Opportunity
6. Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
7. Summer Medical and Dental Education Program
8. Keeping an Eye on the Journals
9. Announcements
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Vol. 1, No. 4
Monday, February 19, 2007 - Friday, February 23, 2007
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1. Message From Director, David Verrier, Ph.D.
2. Message From Assistant Director, Ana L. Droscoski, J.D.
3. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Programs
4. Pre-Law Students: Environmental Law, Practice Area Focus & Fieldwork/Internship Opportunity
5. Upcoming Pre-Health Meetings and Programs
6. Pre-Health Students: Guidelines on Repeating Courses
7. International Students and Entry to U.S. Medical School
8. Announcements
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Vol. 1, No. 3
Monday, February 12, 2007 - Friday, February 16, 2007
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1. Message From The Director
2. Upcoming Pre-Health Meetings and Programs
3. Financing the Medical School Application Process
4. Interested in an Internship This Summer?
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Vol. 1, No. 2
Monday, February 5, 2007 - Friday, February 9, 2007
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1. Message From The Director
2. Upcoming Pre-Health Meetings
3. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings
4. What is an Enrichment Post-Baccalaureate Program?
5. Humanism and Medicine: A Selected Bibliography
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Vol. 1, No. 1
Monday, January 29, 2007 - Friday, February 2, 2007
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1. Message From The Directors
2. Upcoming Meetings Pre-Health
3. Upcoming Meetings Pre-Law
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