Be a Medical Student for a Day

Do you want to experience what is like to be a medical student? Do you want to sit in a real medical school class and experience the learning process? Can you imagine yourself there one day? Do you want to meet medical students from UC Davis? Then you must attend this all-day event at UC Davis School of Medicine where you will sit in classes with UC Davis medical students, hear lectures and small group discussions, and even hear a lecture on doctoring from their dean. This is a once-a-semester experience which should not be missed. In addition, Los Rios is closed this day and we don’t have any classes!

Cost: FREE for 2009-2010 AMSA ARC members and must be a AMSA ARC Member. Click here to join and you will receive the code to register via email.

Meeting at American River College Outside Tech Ed 325

INFORMATION

This is going to be an exciting day. This is more than just a one-hour tour of the medical school. You will experience being a medical student and get a picture of what medical school is like. We are going to spend the day at UC Davis Medical School. We will sit in classes with medical students, talk to them, be in their small group discussions, get a tour of the school, talk to their faculty, meet the Dean of Admission, and be paired with medical students for the day.

This is a great opportunity to see what medical school is like and talk to close to 200 medical students. Some of them were where you are today. IAs a matter of fact, we are being hosted by 3 former AMSA ARC Officers who are first-year students at UCDSOM.

POLICIES

We expect everyone to behave properly. You are being invited to medical students' classrooms, and into their daily lives, so we expect you to show them respect and gratitude for opening up their classrooms and lives to you. You will be sitting in classrooms with them. We expect you to be pay attention to the class, sit up straight, not sleep, not do homework; don't act bored, or draw attention. If you are unable to follow the above statements, we ask you not to come. You will ruin the chances of us ever going back.

We will also ask you to leave the premises if this occurs.

The policies above are NOT open for discussion.

We apologize for having to write this, but in the past, people have acted this way on our trips, and we have not been invited back.

TRAVEL

We will meet at American River College in Tech Ed 325 at 8:00 am and drive to UC Davis Medical School. You cannot meet us at the medical school, because we are going to a designated area before we start the day. Even if you live across the street from UC Davis Medical School, you have to come with us from ARC and join our group.

DRESS CODE

We expect you to dress appropriately and professionally. You don’t need to wear a suit, but we ask you to wear something appropriate and professional. No T-shirts, jeans, or clothes with holes in them. You are guests at the medical school, and the way you dress will show how much you appreciate the hospitality of students and faculty there.

Example:

Men: Slacks (no jeans), button up shirt, shoes (no sandals).
Women: Slacks or Skirt, shirt, blouse, and shoes (no sandals).

COST

Participation is FREE for 2009-2010 AMSA ARC Members. Please note that you do NOT have to be a ARC student to be a member. Membership is open to anyone that pays the $25 dues. We also do not have an attendance policy.

ELIGIBILITY

This opportunity is only open to ARC, SCC, CRC, FLC, Sierra, San Joaquin Delta, CSUS students, and any community college or CSU student. We kindly ask UC Davis students not to join us, but to contact pre-med AMSA at UC Davis instead for their opportunity.