It's almost here - the 2015 Health Professions Conference at California State University San Bernardino is just over a week away! Alberto Vargas, the Health Occupations Student Organization (HOSA) President for the State of California will be the Master of Ceremonies . He is coming to us from Imperial Valley to attend this conference.  Our dynamic key note speakers will be Dr. Nephtali Gomez, Obed Martinez, and Dr. Pam Clute.

Nephtali Gomez, MD, Director, Surgery Clerkship, Endocrine Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Dr. Pam Clute, Special Assistant to the Chancellor, University of California, Riverside

Obed Martinez, Director, Multi-Cultural Marketing and Recruitment, Loma Linda University

Externships are now available. The San Bernardino County Department of Public Health is offering to host teachers (at least one in each department) for a 20-hour externship in the following areas:

• WIC and Nutrition Program - learn about nutrition and breastfeeding education, referrals to assistance programs and food vouchers for healthy, age-appropriate foods and associated professions.
• Environmental Health Services - learn about protecting the public from health threats associated with drinking water, food preparation/service, solid waste disposal and vector borne diseases.
• Accreditation - reviews all department programs, several of which partner with schools.
• Clinic Operations - learn about primary care and categorical health services in one of the eight clinics in SB County.

To apply, complete the attached application and return to carol@we-reachout.org by February 27th. There is a $500 stipend for completing this externship and the associated paperwork. Externship hours must be completed by June 30, 2015. We encourage teachers who have not previously particiapted in the Externship Program to apply - especially those forming new pathways that will include public health professions. 

Future Physician Leaders Program. This is a great program for your students this summer. There is a cohort here in the Riverside/SB area at the CSUSB campus and the program dates are as follows: June 22 - August 7 (7 weeks) with orientation being on the week before, June 18. The FLP program is a lifelong mentorship program for pre-medical high school students and undergraduate students specifically from the Coachella Valley, Riverside-San Bernardino and Temecula region. For seven weeks in the summer, students participate in leadership lecture series, community service projects, and physician shadowing. 

The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program

This program offers four-year post-doctoral research awards to support physicians and dentists from historically disadvantaged backgrounds. Applicants should be committed to developing careers in academic medicine and dentistry and to advancing the understanding and elimination of health disparities by serving as role models for students and faculty of similar background. For more information on how to apply, click here.