Preparing for Medicine During COVID
Virtual Volunteering
Identify topics that you’re passionate about and explore what advocacy efforts are available: contacting your representatives about specific legislation, promoting awareness about an issue, raising money for the cause, etc.
Sighted volunteers are paired with blind and low-vision people for visual assistance via a free app
Scan or edit books to be added to a collection for people with reading disabilities
Connect with seniors in a senior living home via phone, video, and e-mail
Practice empathy and reflective listening for people in crisis by acting as a crisis counselor
Translate texts into different languages for NGOs and non-profits
In-Person Volunteering
Look for opportunities at local food banks that can offer safe social distancing practices
Volunteers are being mobilized to offer virtual support, deliver supplies and ensure elders have access to essential services they need during this time of isolation and quarantine
State Emergency Registry of Volunteers-Nevada (SERV-NV) is a secure, web-based system used to register, qualify and credential Nevada's healthcare professionals before a major public health or medical emergency. From this site registrants may elect to join local Medical Reserve Corps, Statewide Volunteer Pool, or Mental Health Crisis Counselors.
Telemedicine and Virtual Shadowing
Pre-Med Reading
Many books are available at the library or through Overdrive/Libby, apps for audiobooks and e-books through your local library.
Author: Atul Gawande
Written by Otis Webb Brawley with Paul Goldberg
Written by Tracy Kidder
Written by Mary Roach
Written by Eric Topol
Written by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Written by Sam Kean
Pre-Med Podcasts
Dave Etler and the students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
The Scope Health Sciences Radio from the University of Utah
Christian Essman from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Helpful Videos
Check out video recordings on a variety of topics including public health, sports medicine, and pain management via the Project Echo video library. Take notes and write your own reflections to the video.
Check out these videos that allow you to virtually shadow different specialties
Check out some of their videos that talk about telemedicine and other issues within today’s healthcare system.