NW Noggin volunteers joined the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) at Portland State University this week to discuss clinical and research careers, make neuroscience-related art and hold and examine skulls and brains!
Thank you AMWA for inviting us back to speak with mentors and high school students exploring careers in medicine.
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Our Noggineers were NIH BUILD EXITO scholar McKenzie Figuración, Michael Deveney, Beth Woodward and Chloe Voshell from Portland State University, Abby Gligor from Legacy Research Institute, Aaron Eisen from the National University of Natural Medicine, and Angela Hendrix, Jeff Leake and Bill Griesar from NW Noggin.
Post below by Ally Yoshioka, Portland State University Chapter President, American Medical Women’s Association
The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) is a century old national organization serving “to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health…by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances…”
The PSU chapter of AMWA was started in 2017 and is active with many members interested in pursuing health care careers. We have a mentorship program with Portland Public Schools and currently mentor students from five high schools in the area: Benson, Franklin, Grant, Madison and Wilson. We strive to close the gaps that persist in medicine and medical education.
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Thank you so much for coming tonight!!
Our students have been so excited to meet you and they had a wonderful time learning more with NW Noggin!
AMWA PSU has an upcoming event on this Thursday, February 6 from 1PM-3PM for students to meet AMWA leadership.
We appreciate your wonderful program! Thank you for all that you do! -Ally
From outreach volunteer Abby Gligor of Legacy Research Institute: “The presentation for the AMWA high schoolers seemed difficult at first because it was initially hard to connect with the students. However, once the students were able to walk around the displays and choose what they wanted to do, everyone felt the excitement in the air. That’s when I learned that sometimes it’s better to connect with people through conversation and just talk to the students on their personal level. It’s also important to provide a hands-on approach to strike up conversation. When the students were able to come up and look at all the different displays, so many questions came up. I loved seeing all the wide eyes looking at the human skull. It was also great taking in all the excitement in the air as people rushed to make pipe cleaner neurons and ‘control someone’ using the spiker box. NW Noggin’s strategy to use hands on learning really captures peoples’ attention and makes them think of all sorts of questions, which altogether facilitates learning.”