Health Careers Program
Blood Drive
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Lower Manley Student Center
Hosted by the Health Careers Program
DID YOU KNOW?
Every two seconds, someone in the US receives a blood transfusion.
Each unit of blood can help up to 3 people.
The American Red Cross needs 25,000 people nationally to donate blood each day to serve patients in need.
African-Americans with rare blood types or those who must have frequent blood transfusions depend on other African-Americans to provide the blood they need.
Type O Red Blood Cells are needed for patients experiencing blood loss, such as accident victims, surgical patients, or illnesses.
An African-American patient with sickle cell anemia is less likely to have a physical reaction to blood donated from other African-American.
PLEASE JOIN US IN GIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE TO THOSE IN NEED
Appointments can be made online at www.givelife.org, using access code: Spel
If you have questions, please contact Dana Pride Jones at dpjones@spelman.edu
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"Women Making a Global Difference in Healthcare"
The Health Careers Program was initiated in 1971 to advance more and better-qualified young women into the professional areas of medicine: dentistry, osteopathy, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, chiropractic, physician assistant, physical therapy, public health, etc. The Health Careers Office serves as a repository of information for students interested in careers in the health professions.
Students should register each year with the Health Careers Program to ensure access to information about professional schools, admissions requirements, financial aid, summer enrichment programs, and career options. The office also coordinates visits by recruitment personnel from various health professional schools. The program objectives are to:
- Enhance the entry of prehealth professions students into health professional and allied health professional schools upon graduation through development of greater proficiency in standardized test taking, application development, summer program participation, and interview techniques to a degree that they will be competitive for admission.
- Distribute information to students in the prehealth track regarding financial aid available in various health professional
or allied health professional schools.
- Interact with professional school representatives and professional organizations to remain abreast of recent developments, and to serve as a resource of information for the professional schools seeking information concerning students in the Health Careers Program.
- Monitor each trainee's progress throughout her undergraduate career by providing a strong support system including class meetings, counseling sessions, tutoring, workshops, site visits, shadowing experiences, information and career seminars and peer support groups.
Establish an exit interview system for the purpose of tracking prehealth professions students i.e., matriculation through health/allied health professional schools, professional residencies, internships, professional specialties, and employment.
Previous Highlights:
Student Joins Fight to Combat HIV/AIDS in Africa
In an effort to address the AIDS epidemic in Africa, Acasia Barrett, C'08, a liaison with Spelman's Health Careers Program, and program coordinator Dana Pride Jones will travel to Maseru, Lesotho, to attend seminars, health fairs and leadership conferences aimed at improving HIV awareness.
Barrett and Jones were among 40 U.S. participants to go to Africa in December as part of the Lesotho Experience Through Service (L.E.T.S.) 2006 global outreach initiative. Barrett collected gently used clothing and school supplies to deliver to 500 men, women and children in Lesotho.
Barrett says traveling to Africa was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. "I fulfilled a lifelong dream of traveling abroad to serve as an agent of global change while bringing awareness to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa to my peers," she says. "Hopefully, this joint opportunity will help me build bridges and destroy apathetic attitudes surrounding AIDS in Africa."
Acasia Barrett Profile
Acasia Barrett is a third year student at Spelman where she is working on her achelor of Arts degree in English with a concentration in pre-medicine. She is the founder and president of Virtue College Ministry, a new campus organization devoted to promoting sexual abstinence and using educational resources and community discussions to help against the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Barrett is a member of Bridging the Gap, a program where she serves as a mentor to young women and a tutor for students in grades K-12. She is also a member of the Spelman College Health Careers Program.
The Ethell Waddell Githii Honors Scholar, is the recipient of three United Negro College Fund Scholarships (Macy’s, Amtrak and Time Warner), and the DeWitt Dean’s Academic Scholarship offered through Spelman. Barrett enjoys writing, volunteering within her community, and promoting the goals of her organization.
Upon graduation, she plans to pursue a career as a doctor of natural medicine and a public health official. She also anticipates having the opportunity to enter the fields of medical journalism nd non-profit entrepreneurship to share her organization, “Virtue,” on a national and international scale.
