​RICE PRE-MEDICAL SOCIETY
Individual and On-Campus Opportunities
Having a passion for working with and serving your community is an integral and fulfilling part of becoming involved in a medical profession. Rice is located next to the world-renowned Texas Medical Center, where there are numerous volunteering opportunities in its hospitals! Please see the General Hospital Volunteering Sheet for information on volunteering in these hospitals; please note that these hospital opportunities are intended for students who want to make a longer commitment to one outreach project.
Here, you can also find non-hospital volunteering opportunities and a sheet updated with on-campus volunteering opportunities for pre-medical students at Rice. For the 2022 spring semester, we are promoting remote activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic; these are also listed below. If you have any questions, please contact Ananya Srivastava at as245@rice.edu and Charles Lee at cgl5@rice.edu.
On-Campus Opportunities:
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Remote/Online Activities
Science Buddies Ask an Expert
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Answer questions from K-12 students looking for help regarding science experiments and science fair projects
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Volunteer recruiting runs from August to October
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RPMS will be promoting this opportunity throughout September​
Be My Eyes
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help blind and vision-impaired people through video calls
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Download app and register for free
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Responsibilities range from telling person what color something is to helping them read instruction labels
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RPMS will be promoting this opportunity throughout the semester
Operation Gratitude
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send letters to first responders, emergency workers during COVID-19
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Letter writing guide is on the website here
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RPMS will be promoting this opportunity in October
Family Eldercare Without Walls
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Host workshops, social events, spend time with elders through phone calls
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Flexible engagement
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RPMS will be promoting this opportunity in November
I Am Alive
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Crisis support network and suicide hotline
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Training costs $250 - must commit to at least 200 hours of volunteering for at least 12 months
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RPMS will be promoting this opportunity semester long
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Non-hospital Opportunities:
"Hospice services provide care and comfort to patients diagnosed with a terminal illness that has been certified by a physician. Hospice and palliative care is provided through a team-oriented approach to medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support. The care-plan is developed and tailored to the patient's needs while supporting the family's wishes. Hospice focuses on caring, not curing and in most cases; care is provided in the patient's home."
Houston Aphasia Recovery Center
Volunteer and communicate with patients who have aphasia.
This is a foundation that strives to help those with lung cancer. They need a volunteer to help them with event planning. If you are interested contact Beth Ida Stern, the VP, Community Engagement, at bstern@lungevity.org or 323.380.5394. Beth will discuss with you the process of planning a LUNGevity event.
Tour De Cure American Diabetes Association
Every year the ADA hosts the Tour De Cure and they solicit volunteers to help them with setting up the event.
This is a place where those grieving from the death of a loved one can come for emotional support.
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San José Clinic
Free clinic for those who struggle to access healthcare services.
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Casa El Buen Samaritano
Free clinic for those who are below the poverty line without insurance.
Hospital Opportunities:
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Locations for TB / Vaccines:
Walgreen's Pharmacy -- 6400 Fannin St Ste 102, Houston, TX 77030
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Rice Student Health Center