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Since SCOPE is a student-run internship, the program relies on the efforts of its membership to maintain operations. SCOPE’s infrastructure is organized with this purpose in mind. Each member is a part of a project team, which is lead by a Team Leader and is made up of five to seven members. Each member is responsible for working five hours a week on his or her project. Some sample projects and their descriptions are listed below: -----------------------SCOPE-BASED PROJECT TEAMS-------------------------------------------------- These teams are completely located in SCOPE, without members external to SCOPE in the group. Web Team The SCOPE web team is working to revamp SCOPE's website. Current activities include site map design and copy editing. This project team is a good fit for members and applicants who have expertise or an interest in gaining skill with editing or graphics. Completed work will be featured directly on the SCOPE website and represent the organization for future applicants, donors, and members. QuestBridge Medical Team QuestBridge, a nonprofit organization, is partnered with a number of the nation’s top colleges
and aids outstanding minority and low-income students apply to these colleges. We are
working to further increase the percentage of low-income high-scorers on the SATs that apply
to college. It was recently discovered that offering a junior year scholarship that targets a
specific demographic leads to an increase in senior year applications to college within that target
group. Case in point, College Prep campaigns have recently resulted in a dramatic expansion
of Native American recruitment into the QuestBridge College Match program from 34 college
applicants in 2008 to 540 in 2009 by simply creating a combined scholarship and QuestBridge
college application.
We seek to duplicate and expand this success by finding and creating national scholarship
magnets for bright, talented low-income high school juniors that have a trajectory for top
colleges by:
● communicating closely with key philanthropic individuals, corporations, and national
foundations.
● developing scholarships for students interested in medicine and health care.
This ground-breaking initiative will create better efficiency in matching America’s top talented
low-income youth to its top educational colleges and universities. Furthermore, it will serve as
an effective way to increase minority and low-income representation in the fields of medicine
and health care.
Hospital Coordinators Hospital Coordinators organize health clearance and training for new members, schedule shifts, and coordinate hospital appreciation duties. Also, the hospital coordinator is a liaison to contacts within his/her hospital. The hospital coordinator must have their own car to go to the hospital regularly. Premed Voices Team
One of Dr. McCullough’s founding visions for SCOPE was to enable premeds to make such an important career choice based on information and real-world experience, rather than speculation and un-scientific assessment of values. Premed Voices is our newest team in SCOPE, and it focuses directly on one of SCOPE’s central questions: “Should I become a doctor, and if so, why?” In keeping with this vision, the Premed Voices’ mission is to interview premeds, medical students, and physicians in order to shed light on this question that is often asked, but not always analyzed deeply.
Team responsibilities include compiling relevant and useful materials for our members and other premeds, such as information on medical school applications, literature on being ‘pre-med’, and on lifestyles in medicine. Team members also update the beagooddoctor website with this information. Premedical Career Pathway Research is a must-read for those seriously considering a future in medicine. An array of insightful topics help readers weigh the pros and cons of pursuing an M.D., understand lifestyles within each specialty, glimpse med school admission statistics, discover alternative careers in medicine and learn more about global health issues.
Connections Team Team responsibilities include the coordination of our fundraising efforts and the organization of our donor appreciation materials, such as thank-you cards and books. Additionally, team members conduct recruitment efforts by advertising to the larger community the jobs and opportunities in SCOPE.
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Happiness Science
KaeMe seeks to build loving families, one child at a time. We break down the information barriers that prevent orphaned or abandoned children from leaving institutions and entering family-based care through reunification, fostering or adoption. KaeMe is building a new information-age model to promote the best interest of each and every child by leveraging the power of internet and database technology. As part of this process, KaeMe volunteer teams work hand-in-hand with the Department of Social Welfare to survey orphanages across Ghana. These visits capture essential information about each child’s history, health, and welfare. Video-recorded interviews with each child ensure that they have the opportunity to tell their story, in their own voice. The Department of Social Welfare then uses the resultant multimedia profile database to reunite children with their families or to place them with prospective foster and adoptive families in Ghana and abroad. Please visit kaeme.beagooddoctor.org for more information. |