The University of KansasPre-Medical Society

Thursday, April 17, 2014

1001 Malott

The Big Event Summary

Primary Care Workshop• Deadline May 15 for the May 28 workshop at the

University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita• http://

www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/education/premedical-programs/primary-care-workshop.html

• “Breakout sessions to learn sterile techniques, the fundamentals of taking a medical history, and professionalism and patient confidentiality”

• Helpful when shadowing doctors, writing patient case summaries, etc.

• 25 applicants accepted

KU Med Open Houses• KU Med offers several open houses over the

summer at a variety of locations• Kansas City TBA• Salina Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Tuesday, August 12, 2014• Wichita Friday, June 20, 2014• Register online or call 913-588-5280• Only 60 allowed

Hoops for Health• Jayhawk Health Initiative is having their annual

Hoops for Health basketball tournament to raise money for their Panama medical brigade

• Registration is $10 per team member, with 3-5 people per team; can be co-ed

• $300 cash prize for the winning team• Teams are allowed to register for the April 26, 11-3

p.m. tournament until April 25 at 5 p.m.• http://www.jayhawkhealthinitiative.org/hoops-for-healt

h-registration.html

Exploring Medical Missions Conference

• Hosted by the Institute for International Medicine• Dates

Friday and Saturday, May 30-31, 2014Thursday, May 29th, 2014 – Optional Pre-

Conference Day• Located at Graceway Church, 5460 Blue Ridge

Cutoff, Kansas City, MO 64133• Large variety of skill stations and discussion topics• $65 for students• http://www.inmed.us/events/exploring-medical-

missions-conference/

Officer Election Candidates• President

• Raeann Whitney

• Vice President• Brianna Leyden

• Secretary/Treasurer• Shweta Vadlamani

• Public Relations• Marley Fisher

• Hoping to get committees/events happening quickly at the start of next year

• Three committees:• Volunteering• Fundraising• Community Awareness + Publicity

• Applications due by the end of the day of April 24

• Attached to the last email • Will be announced at the May monthly

meeting

Committee Chair Applications

• May 1, 6 p.m., 1005 Haworth• Care packages will be handed out• Prizes• Announcements of committee chairs• Surveys to see what could be improved for

next year

May meeting

April Issue

MCAT 2015 (provided by Kaplan Test Prep)

Find us on:EMAIL premedsociety@ku.edu

KU Pre-Med Society

@KUPreMedSociety

WEBSITE kupremedsociety.wordpress.com

Thanks for coming!