a career in community medicine
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“The goal of the OU School of Community Medicine is to leverage our leadership, education, research and clinical service resources to improve the health of individual patients and entire communities” --Gerry Clancy, M.D., President and Dean, OU School of Community Medicine (OU SoCM) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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patients and entire communities”patients and entire communities”
--Gerry Clancy, M.D., President and Dean, OU School of Community Medicine (OU SoCM)
Tedra Williams, OU Wayman Tisdale Specialty Health Center
Presents: “In pursuit of a career in community medicine”
Exploring health career choices with students
in middle and high school
A Career in Community Medicine
Objectives:
• Inform you of the many community medicine and health care careers
• Encourage you to explore your options
• Provide links to various resources where you can obtain community medicine experiences: shadowing, internships, camps and organizations: The University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (SoCM), (Area Health Education Centers-AHEC), community health centers…
• Educate you about funding your dream of a career in community medicine
…and much more
Community medicine and health professions
• Primary Care Physicians– Family Medicine, Internal
Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecologists, Pediatrics
• Physician Assistants• Medical researchers• Dentists• Dental Hygienists• Dental Assistants• Medical Laboratory
Technicians
• Nurses– Registered Nurses (RN) and– Licensed Practical Nurses
(LPN)
• Nurse Practitioners• Certified Nurse Midwives• Social Workers • Pharmacists• Pharmacy Technicians• Radiological science
professions• -X-Ray technicians…and that’s just a few!
Other professions needed in
community medicine and health care
Future CEO’s (Chief Executive Officers), COO’s (Chief Operations Officers), CFO’s (Chief
Financial Officers), Departmental DirectorsAlso,
Business and Accounting professions: Medical administration, customer service, medical
coding; Communications: Public Relations (PR) and Marketing; as well as Community Health
and Public Health Practitioners (Health Educators and Epidemiologists)
Why choose a career as a community medicine health professional?
• Provide health care to people where they need it—in the community
• Improve access to health care where people live—in the community
• Help improve the standard of care in medically underserved and underrepresented areas—in the community
Plus,
YOU CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE
What’s in it for you???
A lot, like…• Earning a good living at some thing
YOU like to do in your own COMMUNITY
• Making a difference in your life and the lives of others
• Having a job and career that is rewarding, stable and secure
• Contributing to your community by improving health outcomes
WhereWhere do you explore your options in community medicine?
• Here, at the University of Oklahoma, School of Community Medicine (OU SoCM)
• Community Physicians (Doctor’s offices)
• Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) and Tulsa Technology Center
• Community Health Centers
• Hospitals
HowHow do you explore your community medicine options?
• Shadowing (follow and watch a community medicine professional at work, usually 1 to 2 days)
• Volunteering • Internships (spend more time at a community
medicine or health care organization, usually 2 weeks to 3 months)
• Specialized programs: AHEC and Tulsa Technology Centers
• Entry level jobs
So, what do you need to do now?
• Work HARD and SMART to earn your high school diploma
• Work at keeping a good Grade Point Average GPA)
• Take courses that challenge you NOW– Algebra, Calculus, Biology, Statistics, English
literature, reading comprehension, writing
• Get involved in volunteer or paid community medicine and health care experiences
What courses are important to your success?
English, especially grammar and writing
Reading, especially comprehension
Math, especially higher levels: algebra, geometry, calculus, and statistics
Science-any of the “-ologies”, like biologyzoology, microbiology, physiology, anatomy…
And it won’t hurt to learn a foreign language
Do you have what it takes?If you answer YES to any of the
following statements:• I have a good attitude• I want to keep people healthy• I want to make a difference• I am not afraid of a lot of hard
work or even rejection• I want to be apart of changing
things for the better• I am dedicated and committed
to making a difference in my community!!!!
Then…YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES!!!!!
How do you fund your community medicine and health professions training?
• Scholarships: local and national, Like Oklahoma’s Promise: OHLAP, and Tulsa Achieves; there are some scholarships for areas in health care where there is a under representation in gender (men into nursing)
• State and federal grants (PELL, OTAG, SEOG)
• Financial aid programs for underrepresented individuals in health care: Asian-Americans, Latina/o-Americans, African Americans,
• Internships bring in $$$$$(experience and networking): many organizations, even the state and federal government offer loan repayment for working in certain geographical areas that have shortages of health professionals
…and this is just the short list
Questions
• Shadowing, interning at OU:– Karen Mulkey: [email protected]
• Camps and specialized programs: AHEC, contact Northeast Area Health Education Center (Tulsa Community College-Northeast Campus) 918-595-8404 – Ebony Skillens: [email protected] or – Pat Turner [email protected]
Funding information
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE)
www.okhighered.org/student-center/jrhigh-highscl
Free Application for Students Financial Aid (FASFA)
www.fasfa.ed.gov
College Boardhttp://www.collegeboard.com
Finally,
Start securing
your future
TODAY!
To work here in the future….
The University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (OU SoCM)
“The goal of the OU School of Community Medicine is to leverage our leadership, education, research and clinical service resources to improve the health of individual patients and entire communities”
--Gerry Clancy, M.D., President and Dean, OU School of Community Medicine (OU SoCM)
For more information on exploring health career choices with students in middle and high school
Please contact:
Tedra Williams, RN, BS Manager
Clinical Program Development & Student Recruiter for Underrepresented PopulationsOU Wayman Tisdale Specialty Health Center
OU School of Community Medicine4502 E. 41st St; Room [email protected]
918-619-4460