During the week of January 10-14, five Hamilton students participated in a medical internship through the St. Elizabeth Health Experience Learning Program (HELP). Participants were seniors Melissa Nezamzadeh, Temiwumi Ojo, Andrew Portuguese, Margaret Schultz and George Taylor.
The students shadowed doctors at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Utica, N.Y. They were assigned to residents in different specialties in order to observe and learn about various aspects of clinical medicine including family practice medicine, ob/gyn, internal medicine, surgery and pediatrics. From 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. each day participants attended morning report in which residents and attending physicians presented information on a variety of current topics in medicine. The students were then able to observe the residents in both hospital and clinical settings.
St. Elizabeth Medical Center offers a Family Practice Residency Program for post-graduate learners and medical students.
