HAMSA came out and supported Gainesville’s yearly Downtown Latino Festival. We set up a station to check blood pressure, gave out information sheets with basic information about hypertension, and informed the community about the free healthcare clinic Equal Access. It was a lot of fun and we hope to be…
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) collaborated with the Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and the Physician Assistant Student Association (PASA) to bring together an inter-professional panel of primary care providers that talked about how they interact with each other’s professions on a daily basis to…
Dr. Mark Gold, Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at UF College of Medicine and prominent addiction researcher, spoke to a crowd of medical students on October 7th highlighting his landmark career in addiction medicine as well as the importance of finding a good mentor during one’s career. His enthusiastic…
Peds IG had their first Bench to Bedside meeting, sponsored by the Pediatrics Department. Kenny Caldwell (MS3) did a case presentation on a patient with transposition of the great arteries and Dr. Chandran, a Cardiologist, spoke about this illness and other congenital heart conditions.
On Monday, September 30, the Holistic Medicine Interest Group (HMIG) partnered with the Office of Student Counseling and Development to sponsor a lunch talk focused on Mindfulness in Medicine. Dr. Ritz spoke about the principles behind mindfulness and gave us some great examples of research that support the practice of…
The Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN) held its first interest group meeting on 09/17/2013. Dr. Glen Finney, the Division Chief of Behavioral Neurology, gave students a peek into various career paths in Neurology and how to get there. He also talked about the national interest group organization, SIGN, and…
On Wednesday, September 25th, UF’s Medical Students for Choice Chapter hosted Dr. Nicole Farnajian, an abortion provider from Planned Parenthood in the Tampa area, for a lunch talk about abortion. Since medical and surgical abortion are often not discussed in our curriculum, she shared with about 35 medical students basic…
Dr. Brian Gelfand, Dr. Mark Rice, and Dr. Sylvain Doré introduced the residency program here at UF and talked about research opportunities with the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Sean Kiley, the AIG faculty adviser, also discussed shadowing opportunities.
Representatives from Haven Hospice came in on September 24th to educate students about hospice and it’s role in patient care. They dispelled common myths about hospice care, talked about how hospice works logistically, and discussed how they care for patients at the end of their life. The talk was hosted…
As part of Sickle Cell Awareness month, the physician assistant student association brought in three guest speakers who have lived with sickle cell disease their entire lives. They spoke about the social and career challenges that face those afflicted with the disease, addressed common myths about sickle cell disease and…
