PHYSICIAN SHADOWING PROGRAM AT NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER

The Physician Shadowing program brochure can be located on our website nmhs.net/careers/educationalopportunities/youthprograms/physician shadowing. The program is for students who are pre-med majors who have completed their sophomore year of college. Applicants will need to be available for the entire three weeks if accepted.

There are two sessions each summer for three weeks. The first session is scheduled for June 9 – June 27, 2014, and the second session is July 7 – July 25, 2014. We select 6 students per session. Applicants may request which session they would like however there is no guarantee. Those selected individuals are hired and will be paid minimum wage and provided a lab coat while in the program. Interested students may apply at nmhs.net/employment after March 10, 2014. When completing the application you will need to select NMHS(North Mississippi Health Services) as the facility. Then select “Physician Shadower” as the position you are applying for. Application deadline is April 20 or, if not applicable, then first business day thereafter (April 21, 2014). My mailing address is:

NMMC – Employment Services

Attn: Rosalyn Campbell

830 South Gloster St.

Tupelo MS 38801

To apply the following items must be submitted:

·  Completed employment application(see above)

·  Written statement expressing why you aspire to be a doctor, as well as how shadowing a physician would be beneficial to you. Also, what previous experience you have in health care such as volunteering, shadowing, internship, employment, etc.

·  2 letters of recommendation can be mailed to the address above or e-mailed to

·  Official college transcript which can be sent by Safe Script or through the mail

·  Personal interview

It is advisable to check with the staff at NMMC prior to the deadline of the program to insure your application is complete. If the application is not complete you will not be considered for the program. You may contact Rosalyn Campbell at (662)377-3245 or . Also, Dacy Lambert at (662)377-7877 or . Please let me know if any additional information is needed.

Below are the areas that each student will shadow during the three week rotation

Cancer Center

Center for Digestive Health (Gastroenterology)

Emergency Room

Family Medical Clinic

Family Medicine Residency Center

Heart Institute

Hospitalist

Inpatient and Outpatient Surgery

Internal Medicine

Pathology

Radiology

Women’s Hospital (Surgery, Labor & Delivery, NICU, Well Baby Nursery)

In addition to the rotation areas each student will be able to select 3 specialties of medicine to shadow from the list below:

Neurology

Psychiatry

Orthopedic

Dermatology

Pediatrics

Ear, Nose and Throat

Endocrinology

Plastic Surgery

Pulmonary

Urology

Opthamology

Physiatry(Rehabilitation Medicine)