Student Activities

= Volunteer Opportunity

Career Night

UCSD Medical Alumni Association presents an opportunity to share your medical career experiences and insights with 1st and 2nd year medical students. As you recall, most medical students have questions about different medical career options and will benefit from your first-hand knowledge. Medical Alumni Relations organizes this very popular evening event each year when you can make a difference to aspiring, eager medical students. A casual dinner is provided, followed by informal short presentations and roundtable discussions. Click here to download a registration form.

Mini Career Nights

Another opportunity to share your career experiences with medical students in a more informal setting is a series called Mini Career Nights.  These sessions consist of a small group of students that gather for dinner in the home of a local alumnus or faculty member in a certain specialty, where they can learn more about a career and lifestyle associated with that field.  The number of students is limited to twelve per mentor, as the event is intended to be an intimate and personal interaction. If you are interested in hosting a Mini Career Night in your home, please contact the Medical Alumni Relations office at 858.822.1210.

Preceptorship

In April of each year student’s benefit greatly from this afternoon of “shadowing” you in your medical practice. The UCSD Preceptorship Program matches first and second year students with alumni who volunteer for one or more afternoons on an “observation only” basis. The program is offered over a three week period in the spring. In 2006, sixty-five Faculty/Alums volunteered. Click here to download more information and an alumni registration form. Contact Susan Porter at (858) 822-3523 or email sbporter@ucsd.edu if you have any questions. 

Free Clinic

The UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic Project, in partnership with the community, provides accessible, quality healthcare for the underserved in a respectful environment in which students, health professionals, patients, and community members learn from one another. For further information visit the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic Project's website.

Host

Join other UCSD Medical Alumni in the excitement of “Match”. Hosting a 4th year medical student who is interviewing for their residencies in your area is a wonderful way to connect with UCSD and help a medical student reach their residency goals! Click here to get more information about the hosting program.