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The University of KansasPre-Medical Society

Thursday, April 17, 2014

1001 Malott

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The Big Event Summary

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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

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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

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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

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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/

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Officer Election Candidates• President

• Raeann Whitney

• Vice President• Brianna Leyden

• Secretary/Treasurer• Shweta Vadlamani

• Public Relations• Marley Fisher

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• 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

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• 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

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April Issue

MCAT 2015 (provided by Kaplan Test Prep)

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Find us on:EMAIL [email protected]

KU Pre-Med Society

@KUPreMedSociety

WEBSITE kupremedsociety.wordpress.com

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Thanks for coming!