Future Medical Student

Spring 2009 Open House schedule in which we will visit more than 50 cities throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Learn about our exciting programs and the success our graduates have achieved worldwide. We will also highlight our UK Global Scholars Program that allows medical students to do one year of the SGU basic sciences program in Newcastle, UK at the University of Northumbria campus. We will have current students and graduates in attendance to answer any questions you may have.

If you would like to attend one of these events, kindly reply to this e-mail or call 1-800-899-6337 Ext. 280. Please include your:

* Name
* Which open house you plan on attending.
* Number of guests you would like to bring
* Program of interest (MD/VET)
* When you intend to apply
* Telephone number

If you prefer, you may also register online (complete the "Open House Registration Form"). To view the entire Spring 2009 Open House Schedule and to resister online, simply copy and paste the following link to your internet browser:

SGU Open House

Should you have any questions or concerns now, you may call one of the phone numbers listed below to speak with a current student, graduate, or counselor. We are here from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Thursday and 9:00am to 5:00 pm on Friday and Saturday. Feel free to check out St. George's University Website at www.sgu.edu for any additional information.

US/CAN 1-800-899-6337 X280
UK: +08001699061 X280
Others: +631-665-8500 X280

Columbia University's Post-baccalaureate, Pre-medical Program is the oldest and largest program of its kind in the United States. With an internationally recognized faculty, Columbia's commitment to post-baccalaureate pre-medical and pre-health students is proven by a placement rate of up to and above 90% of graduates in American medical schools.
Request a brochure from Columbia University's School of General Studies

For complete and up-to-date listing of MCAT Practices Tests, check out
MCAT Practice online

August 3, 2008
Walk for AIDS, Washington DC

One in 20 adults in DC has HIV. It's time to put your foot down. Join us this October 4th for the 22nd Annual AIDS Walk, benefiting and produced by Whitman-Walker Clinic.

Our goal in 2008 is to raise $1.5 million which will help to pay for medical and dental services, behavioral health care, social support services, HIV testing and counseling and HIV prevention efforts. Many, if not most, of our clients here at Whitman-Walker Clinic cannot afford treatment anywhere else. We are literally their last resort for care.

With your help, we can reach our goal and provide care to those in need. Sign up today as an individual walker or start a team. We're looking forward to helping you with your fundraising and team building efforts. You can register and find more great information about the event here.

*We're also very excited to announce that four-time Olympic gold medalist diver, Greg Louganis, will be joining us as this year's grand marshal.*

We hope you'll be with us again this year. The need is still great. And we still need your help to care for our neighbors.

We look forward to supporting you and working with you in the months
ahead. If you ever have any questions, please contact us at 202-332-WALK.

Your AIDS Walk Washington 2008 Staff

For more information, click the link below.

http://www.aidswalkwashington.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=257099

July 21, 2008
OldPreMeds Newsletter for July 2008
*2008 National Conference Review.

*Start of Clinical Rotations and Residencies.

*Useful Websites for Medical Students.

*2009 Application Cycle

*To read newsletter click on link here.

July 20, 2008
Unite For Sight 6th Annual Global Health & Development Conference
"Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation"
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

When: April 18-19, 2009
Where: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
What: Join 2,500 conference participants for a stimulating international conference
As Featured On CNN: The Unite For Sight Conference Is What CNN Calls "A Meeting Of Minds"

NOW OPEN: Registration and Abstract Submission http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference (First abstract deadline is August 15 (oral presentation deadline and early bird poster presentation deadline)

July 19, 2008
Future Medical Schools
For informations on institutions with Developing Medical Education Programs that have Applied for Preliminary Accreditation by the LCME(Updated 6-27-08)
Click here

July 17, 2008
Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg is hosting an Open House on November 8, 2008.

Contact Information
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
2265 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Phone: (540) 231-4000
Fax: (540) 231-5252
Website: http://www.vt.edu

Please forward widely. Currently accepting applications for 2008 and 2009.

Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On CNN International and Recently in The New York Times

Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring: http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU, UNITE FOR SIGHT RESTORED SIGHT TO 10,062 PATIENTS AND PROVIDED EYE CARE TO 300,000 IN 2006 AND 2007

How Do I Apply? The application as well as complete details about Unite For Sight's international opportunities are available at http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/

Who Is Eligible To Volunteer Abroad?: Volunteers are 18 years and older, and there is no upper age limit. Volunteers range from undergraduate/college students to medical and optometry students, public health students and professionals, business students, filmmakers and photographers, nurses and nursing students, social workers, physician's assistants, teachers and educators, opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists.

Unite For Sight welcomes volunteers who may not have previous health or eye care experience. Volunteers receive all necessary training from Unite For Sight so that they are able to assist eye doctors with community eye outreach programs. Unite For Sight also welcomes volunteers to participate as photographers and filmmakers.

What is Unite For Sight's Mission? Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.

Unite For Sight's work to prevent blindness and restore sight is featured weekly on CNN INTERNATIONAL from September 2007-August 2008.

What Do Volunteers Do?: Volunteers receive hands-on clinical experience while assisting doctors in remote, rural villages. Volunteers learn about international health and eye care, learn clinical skills while working with patients and doctors, and, in one program location, have an opportunity to practice cataract surgery on a goat's eye.

The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities. Unite For Sight’s volunteers (local and visiting) work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access. The eye clinic’s eye doctors and Unite For Sight volunteers jointly provide community-based screening programs in rural villages. The clinic’s eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in the field, and surgical patients are brought to the eye clinic for surgery. Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For Sight so that no patient remains blind due to lack of funds. Volunteers immediately see the joy on patients' faces when their sight is restored after years of blindness. These memories last a lifetime.

While helping the community, volunteers are in a position to witness and draw their own conclusions about the failures and inequities of global health systems. It broadens their view of what works, and what role they can have to insure a health system that works for everyone and that leaves no person blind in the future.

What Do Volunteers Say?:


"I can honestly say that everything I learned in 3 years of medical school paled in comparison to the 3 week experience I had in Accra (Ghana) in October 2007 as part of Unite For Sight. The program provides volunteers with a unique and hands-on involvement – being able to help out to the level of your training and comfort. My experience taught me that Ghanaian people are the friendliest people I have interacted with anywhere in the world, that ordinary people involved with Unite For Sight are making extraordinary differences, and that sitting in a classroom receiving a world-class education cannot match real life experiences while volunteering."--Varun Verma, UMDNJ Medical Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

"While in Ghana, I worked with an ophthalmologist (Dr. James Clarke), two eye nurses (Robert Dolo, Kartee Karloweah), an assistant (Bismark Boryor), and a coordinator (Seth). Working with the Unite for Sight team on these outreaches in service to these wonderful people of Ghana was the single most rewarding work I've done in my life. The people of Ghana are some of the friendliest and most thankful of anyone I have ever met. Overall, the experience has changed the way I view the world, my own country, and my role in the world forever. The only way to understand the way 4/5 of the world lives is to go yourself and get involved. The staff I worked with that are the heart and soul of Unite for Sight in Accra were some of the brightest and hard working individuals I have ever met. They are accomplishing feats few ever accomplish in their lives, and I am truly blessed to have had the opportunity to work with them and now call them my friends. I look forward to future work with Unite for Sight as an Ophthalmologist. The task at hand in Ghana, and I'm sure in all of Unite for Sight's locations throughout the world, is enormous. The more people that get involved, the more accessible services will be to these wonderful people. Plain and simple, the more we help, the more people can see the world they live in!”—Brian Fowler

Hundreds of volunteer narratives, volunteer diaries, as well as videos of alumni volunteers and partner eye doctors are available on the Unite For Sight website: http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer