FSI Intern Applications for Fall 2008: due Wednesday, April 2nd (5 PM)
Intern Responsibilities
FSI Intern TA Apllications for Fall 2008: due Friday April 17th (5 PM)
TA Responsibilities
Applications are due outside of 309 Eshlemen. There will be envelopes for you to place your completed applications in.
Program Coordinator:
Tina Koh, FSIcoordinator@gmail.com
FSI is the only
undergraduate pre-medical program recognized by the Association of
American Medical Colleges.The Field
Study Internship is a 3-unit, semester long internship that gives Cal
students who are thinking about a possible career in medicine an opportunity
to experience the life of a physician first-hand. Interns are matched
up with prominent Bay Area physicians in their field of interest (eg.
pediatrics, urology, obstetrics, cardiology, plastic surgery, etc.),
and they observe and interact with these physicians as they deal with
patients, ethical issues, paperwork, and problems in their daily practices
6-8 hours a week. This opportunity not only provides interns with an
intimate view of the life of a doctor, but also with the election of
forming a relationship with that doctor.
Interns receive a unique opportunity to observe firsthand the day-to-day
workings of a physician's life. Interns who shadow physicians in hospitals
have an opportunity to observe their preceptor doing everything from
rounds to surgeries to meetings. Those who shadow physicians in a clinical
setting are able to see their preceptor run a business while performing
the duties of a doctor. In addition to shadowing, interns have an opportunity
to discuss, with 5-6 of their peers, current topics in health care
and bioscience. The small discussion sections led by two former Interns
provides an intimate setting which allows for a level of discussion
that is often lacking at a university as large as Cal. The program is fulfilling because each and every intern, whether they
subsequently decide to pursue a career in medicine or not, comes out
of the program more aware of their place in our health care system.
Shadowing a practicing physician is an experience that enables each
of our interns to make a better decision about their career goals as
well as their own health. Furthermore, Interns gain a broader understanding
through their discussion section of some of the ethical problems physicians
and our society as a whole face when it comes to health care.
Having
taken PH 116/IDS 130 is a prerequisite for applying for a Field Study
internship.
