The Glide Year:
The year between completing the program and entering medical school is known as the Glide Year. During this time, post-bac students submit applications to medical schools for admission. The Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program will also assist students in finding ways to use the glide year productively to enhance their preparation for medical school, whether it be through employment opportunities, additional courses, volunteer work, research, or graduate studies. Paid or volunteer positions may be available at Johns Hopkins Hospital , other local hospitals, the School of Public Health , service organizations, and research positions throughout the nation. Many students continue to work with the faculty sponsors of their medical tutorials through the glide year.
The following is a list of the activities and positions that a recent Post-Bac class conducted during the Glide Year:
- Medical Mission to Ecuador , and AML research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Nursing and Trauma Injury Research at the U. Maryland School of Medicine
- Research on NIH Project at George Washington U.
- Endocrinology research at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Stroke research in Neurology Dept. at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Medical assistant at the Feminist Women's Health Center in Atlanta , and AID volunteer for HIV testing and counseling
- Fulbright Fellowship in India to work on health education and related projects
- Psychiatric Research at Columbia University
- NSF funded research on Darwinian Neuroscience- Dept. of Anthropology, Emory U.
- Liver disease research at Emory University
- Orthopaedic research at Sinai Hospital , Baltimore
- Medical Mission to Ecuador , and Hearing loss research at Hopkins
- Summer Organic Chem. TA at Johns Hopkins, and AmeriCorps coordinator position with the National AIDS Fund in Indianapolis
- Research assistant with AIDS Link to Intravenous Experience (ALIVE) study, Hopkins School of Public Health
- DrUMM medical mission with Hopkins School of Medicine faculty, and working with the BiriBelle Foundation she established to support 2 schools in Accra Ghana
- HIV testing and counseling at Johns Hopkins
- Assistant Coach varsity soccer at Johns Hopkins, and Neuropsychology Research
- Neurology research at Children's National Hospital
- Patient Safety research at Johns Hopkins Hospital , completing a combined MPH/MBA degree, and teaching courses in Johns Hopkins Business of Medicine Certificate Program
- Trauma medicine research at Scripps Mercy Hospital , Ca.
- Research in Dept. of Hematology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Stem Cell research in Neuroscience Dept at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
