{"383451":{"#nid":"383451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Pre-Health Conference Prepares Students for Careers in Health Care","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlthough Georgia Tech is known predominantly as an engineering school, a significant portion of the student population plans to pursue careers outside of engineering. One of those fields is health care.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, more than 1,500 students have specified a pre-health interest, and this number continues to grow each year. Majoring in areas such as biochemistry, biology, biomedical engineering, and business, these students strive to be competitive candidates for medical school and master\u2019s programs in a variety of healthcare professions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech chapter of the American Medical Students Association (AMSA) is a student organization dedicated to preparing pre-health students for their healthcare careers. This week, AMSA will host its 9th annual pre-health conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe AMSA conference will feature Valerie Montgomery Rice, president of Morehouse School of Medicine, as keynote speaker. Georgia Tech professors Bill Todd, Jennifer Singh, and David Ku will also speak. This year, more than 65 professional schools from around the country will be in attendance, including all four Georgia medical schools. The schools represent a variety of professional programs such as medical, osteopathic, nursing, dental, physician assistant, pharmacy, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI attended the conference my freshman year and what I loved most about it was the opportunity to learn, engage, and speak with representatives and students who are currently in the field of healthcare,\u201d said Jane Puntkattalee, AMSA conference co-coordinator.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents have the opportunity to attend sessions and panel discussions featuring admissions representatives, current medical and dental students, and professors. In addition to the sessions, the conference will offer hands-on suture workshops and mock interviews hosted by admission reps.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI especially enjoyed the \u2018Life as a Health Student\u2019 and \u2018Women in Healthcare\u2019 workshops, as they motivated me to really learn more about the profession that I was planning on going in to,\u201d said Puntkattalee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event will be held in the Klaus Advanced Computing Building from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 7. The pre-health conference is open to all students in Georgia, but Georgia Tech students receive a discount. To register, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtamsa.org\/conference-registration.html\u0022\u003Ewww.gtamsa.org\/conference-registration.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Medical Students Association will host its 9th annual pre-health conference.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The American Medical Students Association will host 9th annual pre-health conference."}],"uid":"27507","created_gmt":"2015-03-03 16:36:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:55","author":"Rachel Isaac","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"383431":{"id":"383431","type":"image","title":"Suture Clinic","body":null,"created":"1449246246","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:24:06","changed":"1475894395","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:55","alt":"Suture Clinic","file":{"fid":"75336","name":"sutureclinic.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sutureclinic.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sutureclinic.png","mime":"image\/png","size":302545,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sutureclinic.png?itok=JC42lJ_H"}},"383421":{"id":"383421","type":"image","title":"Health Fair","body":null,"created":"1449246246","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:24:06","changed":"1475894393","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:53","alt":"Health Fair","file":{"fid":"75335","name":"health_fair.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/health_fair.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/health_fair.png","mime":"image\/png","size":308286,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/health_fair.png?itok=N4ed7qxw"}}},"media_ids":["383431","383421"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gtamsa.org\/","title":"AMSA at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtamsa.org\/conference-registration.html","title":"Register to Attend Conference"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"6207","name":"AMSA"},{"id":"5170","name":"pre-health"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022Mailto:mpuntkattalee3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJane Puntkattalee\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EAMSA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERachel Isaac\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}