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Staying Connected as a DA Alumni and Creating a LinkedIn Profile

Doctors Academy Senior Lecture Series

UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research

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Objectives

  • What is LinkedIn?
  • How to use LinkedIn
  • Staying Connected as Alumni
    • Why?
    • How?
      • Instagram/Facebook
      • Website
      • Volunteerism
      • Mi Mentor

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Are you familiar with LinkedIn?���Does anyone have a LinkedIn profile?����

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Is LinkedIn relevant to me as a graduating high school student?

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YES, it is relevant! A well-done profile can help you:

  • Stand out from your peers
  • Set yourself up for success
  • Control your story
  • Start your network

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Building a Great Student Profile

  • Write an informative tagline
  • Appropriate photo
  • Education
  • Professional summary
  • Skills & Expertise keywords

Appropriate place to showcase and brag a little

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  • Show Connections
  • Recommendations
  • Share your work
  • Update often

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Building a Great Student Profile

  • Write an informative tagline
  • Appropriate photo
  • Education
  • Professional summary
  • Skills & Expertise keywords

Appropriate place to showcase and brag a little

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  • Show Connections
  • Recommendations
  • Share your work
  • Update often

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Professional Summary

  • Make your first sentence pop.
  • Use industry-specific keywords.
  • Write in a first-person perspective.
  • Explain what you do now in the simplest way possible.
  • Break it up into paragraphs.
  • Include information about your non-work life.
  • Don’t use the word “unemployed.
  • Add media.

Source: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/best-linkedin-summary-examples-for-students.html

Your time to shine

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Building a Great Student Profile

  • Write an informative tagline
  • Appropriate photo
  • Education
  • Professional summary
  • Skills & Expertise keywords

Appropriate place to showcase and brag a little

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  • Show Connections
  • Recommendations
  • Share your work
  • Update often

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Dos and Don’ts for LinkedIn

  • Follow-up with a LinkedIn request after meeting someone in person
  • List all of your achievements big and small
  • Share about yourself

DO:

Presentation Title and/or Sub Brand Name Here

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2013/08/20/linkedin-high-school-tips/2677111/

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Dos and Don’ts for LinkedIn

  • Spam people you don’t know
  • Lie on your profile
  • Overshare – Especially personal

DON’T:

Presentation Title and/or Sub Brand Name Here

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2013/08/20/linkedin-high-school-tips/2677111/

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ALUMNI

Staying Connected

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Reasons to Stay Connected

  • Learn of beneficial resources
  • Networking
  • Inspire those coming up
  • Outcomes to support funding

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How to Stay Connected

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Alumni Support

Reshale Thomas, PsyD - Mental Health

Cynthia Vuittonet, MD - Addiction Medicine

Devan Higginbotham, MD - Orthopedic Surgeon

Monica Kem - Occupational Therapy

Punam Patel, DDS - Dentistry

Anuvir Singh - Med Student

Stephanie Vasquez - Medical Equipment

Erick Rangel, MPH - Public Health

Julio Romero, MPH - Public Health

Hargit Gill, DDS - Dentistry

Ariana Corrales, BSN - ICU Nursing

Guest Speaking

Alumni Panels:

UCLA

UC Santa Barbara

UC Merced

UC Irvine

UC Davis

UC San Diego

UC Berkeley

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Upcoming - Volunteer Opportunity

  • June 12 - 21st Century Skills - HIGH NEED
  • Assistance with small group collaboration & Simulations
  • Teen Mental Health First Aid
  • Book Collaboration
  • Hands-on activities

DA Summer Experience

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Join Mi Mentor

Great support and networking opportunities throughout California!

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Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP)

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Other Volunteer Opportunities

  • Community Regional Medical Center
  • Veterans Hospital
  • Valley Children’s
  • Trinity Health - Hospice
  • Adventist Health - School Specific Agreements

This will be volunteering as an individual, but mention your experience in the Doctors Academy

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Now what?

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Senior Exit Survey

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Purpose of the Senior Exit Survey

  • Update contact information
  • Opportunity to provide feedback on experience
  • Data for stakeholders

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Next Steps and Stay Tuned

  • Complete Senior Exit Survey
    • Personal email address
  • Follow Us on Instagram
  • Stay Tuned for Alumni Events
  • Connect to your campus resources

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Contact Information

Angela Allison

angela.allison@ucsf.edu

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Evaluation

Link:https://tiny.ucsf.edu/DASpeaker2324

Aspiring Scholar Workshop (ASW)

Title: Senior Seminar: DA Alumni & LinkedIn

Presenter: Angela Allison

Date:

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