Champlain Valley AHEC is continually seeking ways to improve our services and programs. We are eager to hear your comments and questions. You can email us at cvahec@cvahec.org and we will get back to you promptly.
Champlain Valley AHEC is continually seeking ways to improve our services and programs. We are eager to hear your comments and questions. You can email us at cvahec@cvahec.org and we will get back to you promptly.
MEDQUEST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION (SUMMER)
MedQuest is a one-week residential program for high school students entering eleventh and twelfth grades. CVAHEC offers two MedQuest programs during the summer. CVAHEC is looking for several MedQuest Assistants to help staff the program.
What does a MedQuest Assistant do:
- Help plan pieces of the MedQuest Program, like workshops and/or presentations
- Stay with the participants 24/7
- Make sure the participants are on time and prepared for all activities
- Answer questions participants may have about health careers and education
- Make sure the participants are learning from this experience
- Actively participate in the programs
- Help transport students to their job shadows
- Run the evening programs
- Act as "counselors" and disciplinarians, if needed
- Communicate with the MedQuest Coordinator throughout the week
- Put together the End-of-Program Celebration slide show or other presentation
- Complete an evaluation of the program
- Have fun!
To apply for the MedQuest Assistant position, fill out the application and submit it to Southern Vermont AHEC (email to mhammond@southernvermontahec.org) by the deadline. Make sure to specify which AHEC MedQuest program you would like to do. AHEC representatives will review your application and get back to you as soon as possible.
FREEMAN SCHOLAR SUMMER INQUIRY PROJECTS
In this program, medical students spend the summer between their first and second year identifying, developing and implementing a health care project in a local community in the Champlain Valley.
Dr. Alan Rubin, UVM College of Medicine faculty advisor, mentors the project and the Champlain Valley AHEC supports the students through stipends and resource support.
All of the student’s projects are shown as poster presentations at the annual Freeman Scholar Recognition Reception at the UVM College of Medicine held in September.
SUMMER DOCS
In this program, first year UVM College of Medicine students spend their summer developing a program of service, learning and inquiry around a specific health care topic of their choice.
The project begins with the learning component in which CVAHEC organizes a symposium of area health & human service providers and medical students who participate in an informal discussion on health issues in the Champlain Valley and in rural Vermont in general.
Following the symposium, the students spend time shadowing health care professionals in a variety of fields and specialties, and learning about community social service and health care organizations.
It is the hope of the Summer Docs Program that students living in and working with Vermont communities will benefit both students (by improving their knowledge of public health and the practice of rural medicine as well as the skills needed for interdisciplinary teamwork and leadership) and the community (from the project that is implemented and in the hopes that these students will be drawn to return during clerkship, electives, and after residency, to practice in Vermont’s rural and underserved communities).
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Anne Dougherty
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The views expressed in the Student Project Reports are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Champlain Valley Area Health Education Center.
