Compass is a leadership program for graduate and undergraduate health-professions students looking for opportunities to get involved in projects and events. You will take the lead on OHWI-supported activities and gain valuable experience in building community and practicing the skills vital to your career goals.
Spring Term Mentor Program
- Mentors are grad students of any health profession who offer leadership and guidance to mentees, who are undergrads pursuing their path into healthcare. These mentor-mentee groups will be interprofessional and elaborate on the need for openness and adaptability in pursuing careers.
- There is one mandatory virtual training video for mentors and one for mentees.
Structure of the Mentor Program
- Attend lectures: Mentor groups are encouraged to attend a monthly virtual 90-minute lecture or speaker panel. The lectures serve as an opportunity for mentor groups to think of discussion topics for your meetings, make professional connections, and hear advice and learn lessons about healthcare careers from practicing professionals in diverse fields.
- Advice on career materials: Mentees are encouraged to put together their resume, statement of intent (for a job or grad program), and a job shadow plan to elicit feedback from their mentor.
- Meet monthly as a mentor group: Mentors and Mentees must meet together every month, either in person or over zoom. Lectures and the career packet are meant to offer a purpose to get you together and ideas about common needs and topics of discussion. The true goal of the mentor program is connection and fellowship while on a long and difficult education and career path. As long as both of you are connecting, the discussion topics can be whatever you need most from your mentor and community!
Apply to be a mentor or a mentee for spring term! Applications close January 15th.
Compass Leadership Position: Health Professions Career Fair Committee (paid!)
- OHWI AHEC is creating a spring (April/May) fair of different healthcare profession graduate programs, alumni and practitioners, with panels on interprofessional collaboration topics.
- Applications are open for student committee members. These students will meet every other week to plan logistics of hosting a fair, create marketing materials, reach out to professionals and different grad programs to participate, plan topics for panels of professionals, choose food, gifts, and more!
- The committee will be compensated with a stipend of $300 for their time.
- Gain valuable experience in building community, networking and practicing the skills vital to your career goals!