Summer Pre-Clinical Internship At Rush Hospital
An 8 weeks, one credit hour summer course where students observe assigned health clinicians/researchers at Rush Medical School, attend presentations or seminars on site and participate in healthcare/research team activities as needed.This internship is suspended for the 2020 summer due to the safety policy adopted by Rush Medical Center to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
This is an 8 week summer program where selected MXC students participate in shadowing Rush clinicians at Rush Medical Center. Students spend one day per week and rotate through different clinical sites at Rush medical center throughout the summer.
Upon completion of this course the student are expected to:
- Describe the role played and tasks performed by healthcare professionals or researchers being observed;
- Report the pathophysiology of selected patients or the scope of biomedical investigation being observed;
- Explain the mechanisms on which the treatment modality is employed by the healthcare professional or the working model that the researcher formulates for designing his/her study.
- Reflect on how personal belief, attitude, behaviors and skills affect one’s decision-making process in pursuing health sciences related careers.
- Analyze those factors that impact an individual’s effectiveness as a member of healthcare providing/research team.
To
apply, please submit transcripts from CCC or any prior
academic institutions, a recommendation form (attached in the application
packet) and a personal statement to Dr. Chijju Huang
(chuang16@ccc.edu). Please download the application packet (click
here) and follow the instructions. The deadline is April 24th, 2019.
To learn more about the details and dates of this program, please check
out the tentative course schedule and contact
Dr. Huang at chuang16@ccc.edu
We have successfully run this collaborative
program between Rush Medical Center and MXC since the summer of 2014. Each
summer, roughly 5 Malcolm X College (MXC) students were selected to
participate in this independent study course offered through a joint effort by
Rush University (Dr. Laura Vasquez) and MXC department of Life Sciences
(Dr. Huang). This course is designed to help
students explore various biomedical careers including Respiratory care,
X-Ray/CT/MRI, Clinical Nutrition, Ultrasound, Physician assistant and Research
in Anatomy. These students come from diverse backgrounds that are traditionally
under-served or under-represented in the healthcare professions. Throughout
the summer, Dr. Laura Vasquez works closely with clinical
directors and Dr. Williams at Anatomy Lab at Rush Medical Center to provide an
up-close, intensive learning experience. In addition to shadowing clinicians or
participating in Anatomy lab, these students are engaged in
weekly online forum to report and comment on one another’s experiences.
In each report, students describe the roles and tasks performed by
healthcare professionals or researchers and provide a brief overview of
the pathophysiology in observed patients. Further, students reflect
on how personal belief, attitude, and
aptitude affect their decision-making process in pursuing health
sciences related careers and affect their effectiveness as a
member of healthcare providing/research team.
Through this unique program,
participating MXC GenEd students have discovered exciting healthcare
professions and opportunities. Thus, this program helps every student make
the decision in what and how to pursue his or her career
paths. Furthermore, these MXC students are able to connect with
some Rush clinicians who continue to serve
as their mentors.
Faculty and Staff
piloted this
MXC. Five Malcolm X College (MXC)
Biology students were selected to participate in an independent study course offered through a joint
effort by Rush University and MXC (Dr. Chiju Huang). This course was designed to
help students to explore various biomedical careers including Respiratory care,
X-Ray/CT/MRI, Clinical Nutrition, Ultrasound, Physician assistant and Research
in Anatomy. These students came from diverse backgrounds that are traditionally
under-served or under-represented in the healthcare professions. Throughout the
summer Ms. Laura Vasquez worked closely with clinical directors And Dr.
Williams at Anatomy Lab at Rush Medical Center to provide an up-close,
intensive learning opportunity. In addition to
shadowing clinicians or participating in Anatomy lab, these students joined
online discussions weekly to report and comment on one another’s
experiences. In each report, students were able to describe the roles and
tasks performed by healthcare professionals or researchers, provide a brief
overview of the pathophysiology in observed patients, reflect on how personal
belief, attitude, behaviors and skills affect one’s decision-making process in
pursuing health sciences related careers and analyze those factors that impact
an individual’s effectiveness as a member of healthcare providing/research
team.
