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.
Specialty Nights
Another opportunity to share your career experiences with medical students in a more informal setting is a program called "Specialty 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 to fifteen per mentor, as the event is intended to be an intimate and personal interaction. If you are interested in hosting a Specialty Night in your home or on campus, 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
The HOST program— Help Our Students Travel — is designed to connect UCSD fourth year medical students with alumni volunteers during the residency interview process.Click here to get more information about the hosting program.
UCSD SOM Connections Program
UCSD SOM Connections is a database of UCSD School of Medicine alumni who have volunteered to assist current students and fellow alumni with their career exploration process via email and telephone. It is a networking and mentoring tool to be used as a source of information about specialties, residency programs, and career paths.
