April 2019
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The Doctor for a Day event aims to provide mentorship, guidance, and support to premedical students at the high school and college level. This event has created a unique niche necessary in the community that fosters connections between aspiring youth and practicing clinicians as well as advocating the importance of diversity inclusion for the future of the medical field.
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The Doctor for a Day event hosted this year has been claimed as a widely evident success by all who attended.
Students from the greater Atlanta community joined together with esteemed physicians to solve cases, listen to motivational stories, interact with a medical panel, and network to establish mentorship with practicing physicians. Attendance profile: 75 high school and college level students >70% female >60% underrepresented minorities 40 medical students and doctors representing all GA medical schools. More than 85% reported attending the conference increased their confidence and motivation to become a doctor. The conference increased exposure to medical networking and mentorship among 95% of participants. D4AD conference received wonderful coverage by GSU news media. Doctor For a Day is sponsored by Ubeyond, GSU Center for Community Engagement and Georgia State University Center for the Advancement of Students and Alumni We appreciate Rimidi for donating our raffle items and supporting our work. If you are a physician and want to participate in future conferences, please see the Volunteer Physician page. |
If you are interested in hosting Doctor for a Day conference in your city, feel free to contact us and we will provide you our simple and sustainable model of hosting the conference.
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"Coming from a family of immigrants and refugees, I do not have a physician or someone of higher education in my family who I could gain guidance from, however, this conference definitely allowed me to connect with some amazing people that could help guide me through my journey towards a career in medicine." D4AD student
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"It was a great pleasure to be able to participate in the conference. I truly enjoyed the opportunity to connect with some of the students there and be of any help in answering their questions about the medical journey. It was especially significant for me because I had been in their shoes not too long ago and would have found it very helpful if I had such an opportunity. "
Dr. Marie Dufitumukiza Pediatric Resident Emory University 
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Organizing Committee 2019
Seema Mustafa (Chair) Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Julia Xia (Co-chair) Emory School of Medicine Neal S. Shukla (Co-chair) Morehouse School of Medicine Sana Malik Morehouse School of Medicine Chloe Elizabeth Mitchell Mercer University School of Medicine Noor Awad Medical College of Georgia John Morgan Borkovich Mercer University School of Medicine Parth Haresh Patel Mercer University School of Medicine Mary Helen O'Connor, PhD Georgia State University Omar Lattouf, MD, Phd Emory University Heval Mohamed Kelli, MD Emory University |
Pre-Med Student Committee 2019
Alan Amedi Georgia State University Zozan Tahir Anges Scott College Jose Meija Georgia State University Fariha Kazi Emory University |