Resources and Recommended Reading
As communities emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, pre-health students are encouraged to consider the following opportunities & resources:
Volunteer Opportunities
- COVID Response Volunteers: Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (greater Tacoma area)
- National Medical Reserves Corp (explore volunteer branches throughout the country)
- Volunteers in Medicine America (provide patient support and fulfill administrative/clerical roles while working alongside volunteer medical professionals)
- All for Good: (search for volunteer opportunities (of any kind) in a specific geographic area)
- Red Cross (donate blood and/or volunteer locally)
Educational Resources for Pre-Health Students
- Medical School Headquarters YouTube Channel
- "An Examination of Coronavirus-COVID-19": Free online course from St. George's University
- Free Bioethics MOOC from Georgetown University
Recommended Reading & Viewing
- Death Doulas Used to be Rare. The COVID-19 Pandemic Changed That (Time)
- How a Medical Student-Run Clinic is Navigating the Pandemic (American Medical Association)
- Vaccine Access, Vaccine Hesitancy: Challenges to Herd Immunity (The Hastings Center webinar)
- Peggy McIntosh: How to Recognize Your White Privilege & Use It to Fight Inequality (TEDTalk)
- The US Medical System is Still Haunted by Slavery (vox video)
- Inequality Doesn't Just Make Pandemics Worse--It Could Cause Them (The Guardian)
- 9 Ways to Help Others During the Coronavirus Pandemic (Idealist)
- Official Counts Underestimate the U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll (The New York Times)
- Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus is a Luxury (The New York Times)
- Keeping the Coronavirus From Infecting Healthcare Workers (The New Yorker)
- The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal (The Atlantic)
- On the Front Lines of a Pandemic, 'I Love You' Can Mean 'Goodbye' (The New York Times)
- The Covid Drug Wars that Pitted Doctor vs. Doctor (The New York Times)