MEDCH 327/ PCEUT 327 – The Science of Drugs

Time and Location: MWF, SPRING 2020, 11:30-12:20, WFS 201

Format: In-class lectures if campus opens + Zoom live and recording, online quizzes and exams

Course Description: An undergraduate elective course that will introduce students to medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences. Geared towards sophomore, junior and senior students majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, bioengineering, chemical engineering, public health and other health sciences, and related fields. Science elective for chemistry, biochemistry, and related majors.

Students completing this course will be able to do the following:

§ Briefly summarize the history of medicine and

some of the drugs that changed the world

§ Apply Organic chemistry concepts to drug

development process

§ Explain the drug discovery to drug approval

processes

§ Describe various drug classes, and routes of drug

interactions and toxicity

§ Understand how the body affects drug absorption and

routes of metabolism

§ Describe what factors define the exposure to drugs and

the duration of drug action

§ Describe how genetic factors change individual response

to drugs

UW Medicine is committed to continuing to provide outstanding healthcare during this challenging and rapidly changing environment. We know that the strain on our healthcare system will only increase from here – and by offering care to clinicians’ children during school and childcare closures, you can play a key role in ensuring that we can continue to provide excellent care to all who need it. These closures may otherwise threaten to compromise our healthcare workforce, but with your help, we can provide the support needed to keep our community healthy.   

Whether for a half day, a whole week or even more, every bit of help makes a difference to our ability to provide essential care to those impacted by COVID-19 and their loved ones. We care about your health and the health of our community. If you are currently healthy and not regularly interacting with vulnerable populations (elderly, immunocompromised, pregnant women), we invite you to consider helping. If you can provide childcare in the coming weeks to support our healthcare workers and their families, please fill out an interest form which will allow a family or families in your area to contact you with their child care needs and how you can help them. 

While you may opt to volunteer your time if you are able, we have established guidelines around recommended pay rates based on the number of children you will be caring for during the day that you can discuss with the families you will support. 

Please take this opportunity to support our UW Medicine healthcare team members – and by extension, your friends, neighbors, and broader community affected by COVID-19 by joining our UW-wide response. We are all in this together and we will make it through by taking care of one another. 

With deep gratitude for the incredible UW community we are all a part of shaping,

Anne Browning, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean for Well-Being, UW School of Medicine

Founding Director, UW Resilience Lab

Affiliate Assistant Professor, UW College of Education

Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Global Brain Health Institute, UCSF

Heath Science Building D-207, Box 356522, Phone: 206.543.9215

anneb7@uw.edu / http://resilience.washington.edu

To read full article: Premera Blue Cross teams with the UW to establish rural nursing program

Premera Blue Cross, a leading health plan in the Pacific Northwest, today announced a $4.7 million grant to the University of Washington to establish the Rural Nursing Health Initiative to place current students in rural practices in Washington state.

“Premera is proud to support the University of Washington School of Nursing in their efforts to deliver health care to remote and medically underserved communities,” said Jeff Roe, president and CEO of Premera Blue Cross. “We know that students who learn in rural settings are much more likely to return to that community when they graduate. With the growing disparity between urban and rural health care access, it is critical we invest in sustainable solutions that close that gap.”

The UW School of Nursing will spearhead the effort and will build the Rural Nursing Health Initiative over a four-year period, supporting 20 students each year. The program will create enhanced clinical placements for advanced practice registered nurse students, or APRNs, in rural areas throughout Washington, as well as build a pipeline for student placements and provider support, especially critical for rural communities without robust networks.

2020 Pre-Health Conference

The 18th annual Pre-Health Conference will take place on the weekend of October 16th.

Our Pre-Health Conference provides community college, university, and post-bac students, as well as pre-health advisors with the information and skills necessary to succeed in the health-professions school admission process. It provides a unique opportunity for direct contact with deans of admission, admission officers, financial aid officers, faculty, and staff from a wide variety of health professional programs and other organizations.

This year’s conference will host over 3,000 attendees with varying health career interests, majors, and backgrounds from across the state of California. The conference hosts keynote speakers, deans panels, pre-health fair, and hands-on workshops covering a variety of topics from admissions to suturing. Attendees have the opportunity to explore a variety of health professions, including allopathic, osteopathic, podiatric, naturopathic medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, optometry, physical and occupational therapy, physicians assistant, and more.

We are excited to unveil a new Friday Night Conference Kick-Off! Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in this dynamic event, which will take place on the evening of October 16, 2020. Join us for a fun, interactive evening with Dr. Ryan Gray, author and influencer. Join admissions directors and other organizations exhibiting as well. 

Registration is now open!

Synapse at the University of Washington is a student-led traumatic brain injury support group. We host peer support groups for individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), in addition to social events and social skills workshops. Our student members are an integral part of the organization, mostly participating through the Buddy Program which pairs them to an individual with a TBI. Buddy pairings are meant to foster a close friendship that helps reduce the barriers of social isolation often faced long-term post-injury for people with TBIs, and gives students interested in careers in healthcare an opportunity to work closely with this under-served community and invaluable experience interacting with this vulnerable population outside of a clinical setting. Buddy pairs commit to personal meetups ideally around twice a month, getting to know each other through casual social activities in addition to Synapse-organized events.

Apply to Synapse here: https://forms.gle/s417G7SfHoHJgffJ8

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at brainuw@uw.edu 

We are pleased to invite you to the 5th Annual Region VIII Asian and Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) conference: “Shaping Y(our) Future: Lights, Camera, Action!”. 

The members of APAMSA have witnessed many conferences and workshops that addressed the unique educational, leadership, healthcare, and cultural barriers that members of the APIA community face in their daily lives. This conference aims to understand what our impact might look like after just scratching the surface. With medicine becoming increasingly progressive with modern technology, it is important that APAMSA follow suit in our own unique way.

The theme should lead attendees to discover intersectionalities they are passionate about and to be inspired by their peers and mentors on the possible new advancements in the field. This regional conference rallies our energetic membership to refine and guide their ability to take positive actions in our community. While the past has countless stories, advice, and memories that can never be replaced — the future holds so much potential to reshape a better world than we were introduced to.

The 2020 Region VIII Conference will take place in Portland, Oregon at the OHSU Robertson Life Sciences Building on Saturday, April 18, 2020 with check-in starting at 8:30 AM. Lunch will be provided. This event is open to anyone in the community, including undergraduate, graduate and professional medical or non-medical students.

You can reach us at region8@apamsa.org for all inquiries about our event and organization.

Buy Your Tickets: https://apamsaregion8.eventbrite.com/ 

Facebook Event (we will slowly release information on speakers here): https://www.facebook.com/events/210064677031736/

Best Regards,

APAMSA Regional VIII Directors and Liaisons

Heng Chen, Derek Song, Diana Nguyen, Rachel David, and Joyce Kim

The Minority Association of Pre-Health Students (MAPS) are hosting their 19th Annual Pre-Health Conference on Saturday, April 11th, 2020. This conference is the largest pre-health conference at the University of Washington and is open to all high school and undergraduate students.

Students will have the opportunity to…

1. Network with other high school students, undergraduate students, healthcare students, and healthcare professionals.
   1. Healthcare fields include medicine, PA, nursing, dentistry, optometry, and pharmacy.
2. Connect with Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) at UW, graduate school admissions, community organizations in healthcare, and volunteer opportunities at our Resource Fair.
3. Attend workshops to broaden students’ perspectives on what “healthcare” means, and how to be a well-rounded healthcare professional. Examples include:
   • Global Health Panel
   • Homelessness Health Disparities
   • Nursing and How It Affects Healthcare
   • Queer Health
   • Social Determinants of Health
4. Participate in unforgettable hands-on interactive activities such as:
   • Dental workshop brought to you by students from UW School of Dentistry
   • Organs workshop brought to you by students from UW School of Medicine

Tickets can be purchased here.

For additional information about their Pre-Health Conference, please follow their website or Facebook Event.

They can also be reached at mapsuw@gmail.com.

Tuesday, March 10th from 7 – 9pm

Graduate Seattle, 4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105

Join SGU Admissions and local alumni for a presentation on the top 10 questions asked by prospective MD students.

RSVP 1(800)899-6337 ext 1280 or sgu.edu/infosession

Our office is currently looking to hire 2-3 peer mentors for the Spring ’20 quarter and 10-14 peer mentors for the 2020-2021 academic year!

We are looking for juniors, seniors, or recent graduates who are willing to work 10-15 hours a week. Much of this job entails meeting one-on-one with current NdN students in order to assist them in navigating college. Our peer mentors (Navigation Assistants) are a major component of our program, so we would highly appreciate you referring students to us! We provide a solid three full days of training, so applicants do not need to have any prior experience working with this population.

For more information: https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/autismspectrumnavigators/jobs-and-volunteering/

Job Posting on Handshake: https://app.joinhandshake.com/jobs/819111

Questions:

Jesse Gardner

Program Manager | Neurodiversity Navigators (formerly Autism Spectrum Navigators)

Bellevue College | 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue WA 98007 | Office: D125-E | Mailstop: D260 | Main: (425) 564-2764 | 

jesse.gardner@bellevuecollege.edu | www.bellevuecollege.edu/autismspectrumnavigators/

The Georgetown University School of Medicine Office of Admissions would like to invite students to participate in one of our virtual information sessions. . We’ll go over Georgetown’s mission, what we’re looking for in a competitive applicant, deadlines, and we will have plenty of time for a Q&A session at the end. 

Please register through the following link: https://georgetown.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3E3FRsYiOStzIfb

Our online General Information Session dates for the Spring 2020 semester are as follows:

March 24, 2020

April 21, 2020

May 26, 2020

Do you still need something fun to do this summer? Are you energetic, creative, and enthusiastic? Do you like working with youth and being a part of a FUN team? Are you looking to gain experience in the healthcare field or working with people with special health care needs?

 If YES, then Camp Promise-Rockies is looking for YOU!

We are currently recruiting volunteers who are mature and responsible individuals, who like working hard and who are willing to learn. 

Camp Promise-Rockies is a one-week overnight camp that is provided free of charge for kids, teens, and adults with muscular dystrophy and select neuromuscular diseases. We believe all kids should get to experience the magic of camp, regardless of their medical needs or physical abilities and highly value our volunteers who help make this happen. Our schedule is jam packed with theme days, pranks, costumes, summer fun, and activities that are 100% wheelchair accessible. 

Available Positions include:

1. One-on-one counselors to provide personal care and assist with daily activities.
2. Program staff (photographers, camp newspaper, computers, science, sports, drama, music, etc.)
3. Medical staff (licensed nurses, doctors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, etc.)

This is an ideal opportunity for individuals who are dedicated to giving back to their community and/or who are interested in a career in the healthcare field and are looking for experience working one-on-one with individuals with special healthcare needs. Many (but not ALL!) of our volunteers are pre-health students (e.g., medicine, nursing, physician assistants, PT/OT) or interested in social work or counseling, or graduate students/professionals in these fields.

While helpful, experience is not required as we provide all necessary training at our orientation session prior to camper arrival.

Our volunteers are 18+, come from diverse backgrounds and from all over the country, so whatever your skills may be, if you are committed to making camp the best week of our campers’ year, we’d love to hear from you!

Camp Details:

• Dates: August 2-7, 2020 
• Location: Empire, CO
• Requirements: Be at least 18 years old, submit an application, complete an interview, and pass background and reference checks. Please visit the requirements page of our website for more information.
• Application deadline: May 18, 2020
• Website: www.camppromise.org

How to Apply:

Learn more about our application process and visit www.camppromise.org/apply to apply today.

Questions?

For more information, please contact Shannon Healey at shannon@camppromise.org or 405-459-PIGS (7447).

Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Northwest offers an outreach initiative called the DREAM Program to encourage underrepresented pre-med students to pursue a rewarding career in medicine, specifically as an osteopathic physician, to bridge the diversity gap, and to strengthen the patient-physician relationship in healthcare. 

DREAM stands for Diversity Recognized Emphasized & Assimilated into Medicine. This program is an immersive three-day experience that provides participants a sneak peek of what it’s like to be in medical school through informative workshops (application process, finance, residency, and personal branding) and hands-on activities (suturing, clinical procedures, ultrasound, and osteopathic manipulative techniques).

This program is free of charge except for transportation to and from the school. Here are a few links for more information about program requirements and the application process:

Dream Website

Dream Application 

Program Dates: Monday, August 3rd – Wednesday, August 5th, 2020

Application Deadline: Thursday, April 30th, 2020

To learn more about WesternU COMP-NW and osteopathy, please visit our school’s website, as well as the American Osteopathic Association website.

If you have any questions, email DreamProgram@westernu.edu 

UPREP is a collaborative project between the CEDI student affinity groups led by SNMA.  UPREP offers monthly workshops to underrepresented minority students and other aspiring future applicants who are interested in pursuing a career in medicine.  They offer workshops focusing on topics ranging from AMCAS application, financial aid, writing a personal statement, MCAT prep, interviews, and others. 

Their next session of the year is scheduled on

Time: Tuesday February 25th, 6-8pm 

Location: T-439 in the Health Sciences Building    

This session’s topic will be: Letters of Recommendation & Activities

The event itself will consist of a presentation, small group activity, and panelist Q&A. You will have an opportunity to meet and interact with current medical students who like you, have applied to medical schools in the past and want to help you be a successful applicant!

Please sign up here: https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/rycga

This is a unique opportunity to learn about the admissions process for medical school from medical students’ perspective and also a great networking event for you to possibly meet your future mentor! For any questions or concerns, please email uprepuwsom@gmail.com. 

MEDICATIONS AND HEALTH: IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT DRUGS

A science, health and wellness course designed to help you answer these and many other questions.

DO YOU EVER WONDER…

• How drugs and vaccines work?

• Are herbal remedies effective?

• About the best way to prevent and treat illnesses?

• What is going on with all those scary side effects listed in TV commercials for medications?

• The rewards and benefits of a career as a pharmacist or other health provider?

PHARM 301, SLN 18249

SPRING QUARTER 2020

MWF, 3:30-4:20 PM

BAGLEY HALL 131

Earn 3 NW or I&S credits!

The Seattle Children’s Reach Out and Read (ROAR) program is a reading program coordinated by college volunteers helping distribute books to children at the hospital. When doctors give books to families, it encourages reading and promotes early literacy.

As a Student Coordinator, you will be a part of managing inventory, coordinating purchasing new books, and working with doctors, staff, and several other volunteers to implement the ROAR program. Volunteers will also have the opportunity to shadow an attending, receive a letter of recommendation from the supervising doctor, and obtain help with the medical school application process when the time comes.

The application is open to current college freshmen. If you wish to apply, please email NDVROAR@seattlechildrens.org with your resume and a short (300 words maximum) blurb about yourself and why you are interested in this program.

Applications are due by Sunday, March 8th!

Follow the link below to learn more about Reach Out and Read.
http://www.reachoutandread.org/about-us/