Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) is a FREE (full tuition, housing, and meals) six-week summer academic enrichment program that offers freshman and sophomore college students intensive and personalized medical and dental school preparation. http://www.smdep.org/
UCLA PREP is a seven-week program designed to provide premedical and predental students from disadvantaged backgrounds with a means of strengthening their ability and readiness to study medicine or dentistry. As a result of full participation in UCLA PREP, participants should have enhanced their chances of being accepted to medical or dental school and succeeding once there. http://www.medstudent.ucla.edu/prospective/premedical/default.cfm?pgID=181
Health Service Internship (HSI): Places intern in a local organization for one semester, around 8-10 hours per week. Past Organizations: Alameda Food Bank, Environmental Prevention in Communities, Cancer Resource Center, Project Open Hands...
Field Service Internship (FSI): Places intern with a doctor in the bay area for one semester to shadow.
Alternative Spring Break:
Alternative Spring Break is a great opportunity to explore, serve and interact with different communities, make great friends, become leaders who promote commitment to service, and have fun!!
Who runs the programs
Berkeley Hillel
Past 4 years, Berkeley Hillel has taken groups to Mississippi and Louisiana to aid with hurricane relief, working with The Inter-faith Disaster Task Force and National Relief Network.
Winter 2010-2011, join Berkeley students for a winter break service learning trip to Montevideo, Uruguay! A week of building houses, visiting the Jewish community in Montevideo, and great bonding! For more info, visit: http://pages.berkeleyhillel.org/programs/alternative-breaks/
Cal Corps Public Service Center
Spring Break student-led alternative breaks allow students to “work, eat, and live with the people who are directly impacted by racism, poverty, and other injustices addressed in pre-trip De Cal courses.” Each break is a memorable, fun, and rewarding experience and allows students to focus on either immigration, health and education, public health, or poverty.
The alternative breaks are held in LA, Central Valley, New Orleans, and other areas! For more info, go to: http://calcorps.berkeley.edu/volunteer/alternative-breaks and click on More Information!
Make sure to read about the required 2 unit spring DECal!
Other Global Health opportunities
Global Medical Brigades - Honduras + more
A non-profit student led initiative that provides health care at no cost throughout communities in Honduras. Go to http://gmbberkeley.blogspot.com/for more information about the brigade group at Berkeley and http://gmbberkeley.wordpress.com/ for future informational meetings/trips dates (tentative 7-day GMB brigade: January 5-11, 2011 and 10-day GMB/PHB brigade: January 5-14, 2011).
Global Water Brigades
Project RISHI - India
Project RISHI has started a new chapter at UC Berkeley!! A non-profit organization, project RISHI seeks to improve the quality of life in rural Indian villages. Projects include “medical initiatives, educational efforts, agricultural support and correction of social problems.” (Project RISHI, UCSD).
One Heart Source - Tanzania
One Heart Source runs 8 and 4-week programs to fight the cycle of HIV/AIDS and poverty in Tanzania. Volunteers work and stay in villages and become integral members of the community. Please visit http://www.oneheartsource.org/index.html to understand more about the program and volunteer opportunities.
