Allan Prochazka, M.D., an internist at the VAMC, assists students is learning how to critically read the medical literature. Watch for notices of these meetings. Students have a major role in planning and implementing clinic activities. Registration for this elective is quarterly so if you didn't get in for Fall Quarter, try for Winter, Spring or Summer. The Student Section of the American Geriatrics Society discusses geriatric cases and topics over lunch approximately once a month.
Students receive a small stipend and help with housing if they are in rural Colorado.
Look for information on this popular program in late January 1999. If you have questions before then, contact the Department of Medicine Student Affairs. Medical students and actors serve as AIDS peer educators in Denver area high schools. Primary Care Day has been celebrated at CU since 1994 as part of a national AMSA project. This year AMSA is no longer officially sponsoring this activity but CU students are interested in continuing this tradition.