Career options for returning to Public Health
This is definitely a conundrum that isn't limited to the field I public health; as such many of the strategies apply to other fields too - see:
I would also add, try your old (or geographically nearest) schools of public health and their online job boards for research assistant or associate positions, even contract or project work to build up the experience while also brushing up on methods and skills.
Ultimately though this also depends on the subfield of public health where you want to work, as supplemental job strategies will differ a lot between them.
Finally, where did you volunteer overseas? If you can leverage language skills or even country or regional knowledge, highlight that and try to target some research or other jobs with funding there. In what city do you (or can you) live?
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Career options for returning to Public Health
Advice for how to stand in a pharmacy for up to 10 hours
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RN for MPH -Epi vs Enviro vs Global
I have read a number of posts and researched a decent amount on my own, but keep going in circles trying to decide which concentration to pursue!
I am applying for MPH or MSPH programs currently and am torn between Epi (or Global Epi), Environmental/Occ (with Global focus) or Global Health. Epidemiology sounds interesting to me. I love research and finding patterns so think it would be fun. Quantitative skills strong, not amazing, but probably sufficient.
I am also interested in environmental health (both toxicology and infectious disease) and global health. I would like to do field research and work with people in less developed countries implementing programs as an example. The research that seems most interesting to me involves the overlap of global health and the environment. For example, increase in Dengue Fever related to climate change, or animals as sentinels for lead poisoning/other toxins. Connecting the ecosystem to disease and health is fascinating to me!
So I am a bit confused as to if Epidemiology with a focus in Global/Environmental Health would be the best option, since it seems Epi is one of the foundations for everything, or if I would end up behind a desk. Would my RN background help prevent that? Or should I just focus on a topic that interests me like Global Environmental Health and be specific from the start?
In addition, MPHs seem like the practical degree, and already having an practical RN degree, would I be better focusing on and MS or MSPH in order to do more research? I don't want to just be an Occupation Health Nurse.
Thanks in advance!
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M.D and D.O Merger ?
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M.D and D.O Merger ?
I'm also interested to see how match will work once it's combined residencies. Hypothetically, just using random numbers, if you have 10,000 slots for MD residencies, 10,000 for DO residencies, once the merger happens, since they say that the DO residencies will decrease (so 10k --> 7k but now these 7k are "allopathic" residencies), the total residency slots become 17k. Now in theory, that jacks up the competition, yes. But I do think that the IMG's will get the worst of the deal. There's almost an undoubted hierarchy where MD>DO>IMG (carrib + other international). DO's will still get preference over IMG's, and at places where there were the PD is a DO or if the practice is a majority DO, I'm sure those residencies will gravitate more for DO's as well. If this is true, then majority of the residencies will go to MD's, DO's from US schools, with a fewer amount going to the IMG's which is why there is such a strong push nowadays (even moreso than it was 2-3 years ago) to NOT go to an IMG school.
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drop ochem or finish ochem with a low grade?
Like you, I failed (F) on the Organic Chemistry I midterm.
Unlike you, I did not look for help. In fact, I flunked the Final and got an F. That 3 credit F tanked my science and overall GPAs by 0.1 points.
Be honest with yourself. How much did you really learn pre-midterm? Are you confident you can master pre-midterm material while learning current material? It's difficult, but not impossible. That confidence, or lack thereof, should help you decide to continue or drop.
Your study habit is key. My Orgo professor (he taught for 40+ years) says, "Spend at least one hour everyday on learning Organic Chemistry."
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John Oliver on the Mental Health System
who said personality disorders don't count? I said antisocial personality disorder isn't a mental illness. it isn't. and it's not a personality disorder either. which I already said. Look at the criteria and you should see why the idea of this as a personality disorder let alone illness should raise some eyebrows:
(1) failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest
(2) deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure
(3) impulsivity or failure to plan ahead
(4) irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults
(5) reckless disregard for safety of self or others
(6) consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations
(7) lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another
the criteria including things like "failure to conform to social norms" and ending up being arrested or "assaults" essentially invalidates the criteria for looking at its association with criminality and violence because you are essentially building it into the criteria. also the whole category of personality disorders are contentious. they are supposed to be stable over time but the reliability and validity of personality disorder diagnoses is extremely low. You follow people up and they no longer meet criteria. yet these disorders are supposed be stable and enduring. It is clear they are not. Many personality disorder experts suggest we shift with thinking about personality functioning instead of personality disorder, which would look at a persons' level of personality functioning at a given time rather than making assumptions not borne out by the evidence that this is reflective of a more stable pattern.
btw I have a special interest in severe personality disorder and forensic psychotherapy, but at the current time antisocial personality disorder does not belong in the traditional mental health system unless there is co-existing major mental disorder. This could be a moving target, there is some evidence that mentalization based treatment may be helpful for people with antisocial personality disorder. but this cannot be delivered to these individuals within a standard mental health setting. We need more community forensic programs in this country. Psychiatrists have been advocating for the psychoanalytic treatment of criminals for a long time, Karl Menninger wrote The Crime of Punishment which was impassioned plea against punitive approaches to criminality and instead focusing on rehabilitation. For Menninger and his ilk, it was was psychoanalytic approach that would heal these unfortunate souls and society (I'm going to talk a little bit about this at the IPS meeting this week...), but it was an abject failure. Some countries, particularly the UK still pay for intensive psychoanalytic treatment of extremely violent or sexually violent criminals but there isn't great evidence to support this. Incidentally, in the UK there is also a subspecialty of forensic psychotherapy, which is focusses on the psychoanalytic treatment of these violent individuals with severe personality disorders.
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