Morgantown Happenings - January 12, 2021

MS4 Class of 2021

Scholarship Application: CFHI Virtual Global Health Elective

What is the Virtual Global Health Elective?

A newly designed Virtual Global Health Elective is now available for interprofessional final-year health professions trainees (resident physicians, last-year medical students, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, pharmacy, and allied health senior students).

  1. elective allows students to develop global health competencies including low resource clinical reasoning, health systems design, cross-cultural effectiveness & adaptability, Global Health ethics, critical reflection, and much more. It will be delivered in English. To learn more: https://www.cfhi.org/virtual-global-health-electives

When is the Elective Offered?

Electives will be offered for 4 weeks duration in February, March, April, and May 2021. The elective is designed to be a full-time commitment but components will be recorded for those who cannot attend in person.

Who is Eligible to Apply?

Students who enroll in the VSLO-CFHI virtual global health elective from low and middle-income countries, students who are displaced and others in financial need.

How Much is the Scholarship?

CFHI is offering scholarships to cover 100% of the costs of the electives

Application Deadline

Scholarship applications are accepted on a rolling basis. FINAL DATE applications accepted: January 15, 2021.

Scholarship Application

Application found here: https://forms.gle/91HRVYLzSa38XYjt7

Be sure you are registered for the Spring Semester! Check your DegreeWorks to ensure you’re on track for May graduation. Remember you need 100 hours of Community Service logged on SOLE!

We are excited for your residency interview season! Please reach out to Student Services if you have any questions or concerns about the process for you. We are here to help!

Please join us Thursday, September 14 at 5:00 PM for our 3rd session of the WVU 4th year Wallet Watch Series. John Bonasso https://www.johnbonasso.com/ from Luttner Financial Group has already provided a couple of opportunities to receive some financial information as you prepare for residency. I believe on Thursday, John will provide a session that most 4th year medical students will really want to hear and that is general information about student loans. How they work, repayment plans, strategy during & after residency, etc. will be included in this presentation. Please join us at the link below Thursday evening at 5:00. If you cannot make it, we are planning on recording these presentations and getting them into SOLE so that you can come back later to view them. But we do encourage you to join if you can make it because we will stick around for questions afterwards.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you Thursday evening!

Eric Meadows is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: WVU Wallet Watch session 3: General overview of student loans

Time: Jan 14, 2021 05:00 PM

Join Zoom Meeting

https://wvu.zoom.us/j/94556685351?pwd=b3BwSE1zNjVUTW5uV0owbHlKcVJDUT09

Meeting ID: 945 5668 5351

Passcode: 0s^C3M.T

MS3 Class of 2022

Please mark your calendars for the Getting to 4th Year meeting on Monday, February 1, 2021 at 4:30 via Zoom.

We will be going over all the steps to take to get ready for your 4th year to include, scheduling, VSAS/away rotations, required courses, electives, rural health and CPX. Please be on the watch for a message from Christina prior to the meeting with important documents and information as well as the Zoom meeting ID number. .

Dear Future Pediatricians in the Class of 2022:

The application for the Pediatrics Residency Rural Scholars Program is now open for all MS3's on all campuses. The attachment highlights the tremendous benefits for you if you are chosen to be one of Scholars.

Below is summary of three amazing benefits:

  1. You will receive a $10,000 stipend applied to your Year 4 tuition
  2. You will receive an IPad to enhance your studies and help with your Rural Scholars' project, which you design and lead to improve the lives of the children of WV and beyond
  3. You will earn a position in the WVU Pediatrics Residency Program, thereby avoiding the need to interview during fall of your senior year, saving you up to $12,000 in travel and accommodation costs, eliminating the stress involved in waiting for the Match in March of 2022, and freeing up more time for more electives!

Please contact the Co-Directors of the Program if you have any questions and if you would like an application. Deadline for applications are January 31, 2021.

Thank-you,

Co-Directors of the Pediatrics Residency Rural Scholars Program

Emily K Nease, MD (enease@hsc.wvu.edu)

Linda S Nield, MD (lnield@hsc.wvu.edu)

MS2 Class of 2023

Watch for an email from Amy this week summarizing last Friday’s meeting!

MS1 Class of 2024

Global Health Track Application due January 19th, 2021. Look here for track requirements. Email Jacque with any questions!