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mEdiCal rECord FEaturE
The BCMS Pat Sharma
President's Scholarship
Year 8
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n 2014 the Berks County Medical Society began offering a
paid six-week summer internship program to a local college
student planning a career in medicine, public health, or other
healthcare-related field. After seeing the results of this program in
its early years, BCMS member and leader Dr. Pat Sharma became so
convinced of its value that he made a very generous donation to our
Educational Trust with the aim of securing future funding for the
program. In 2020 Dr. Ray Truex had such a rewarding experience
acting as a mentor for one of our students that he funded a second
internship stipend for 2021.
The primary activity of our interns is to research and write about
a healthcare topic of their choice, with a focus on how it affects our
community. Local experts and community leaders are recruited to
act as mentors, providing invaluable guidance and teaching. This
year intern Jasmine Slusser chose to examine the effects of pandemic
conditions on child abuse and child abuse reporting, under the
guidance of Renee Riddle, MD, of the Reading Hospital Children's
Health Center. Intern Layla Abousaab took a deep dive into
adolescent substance abuse and access to prevention and treatment
programs during the pandemic, with expert mentoring from Jaclyn
Steed (Prevention Program Manager with the Berks Council on
Chemical Abuse). We are indebted to all the experts and community
leaders who volunteered their help, and we are proud to publish
Jasmine's and Layla's research reports in this edition of the Medical
Record.
Layla and Jasmine also benefited tremendously from the chance
to spend time with practicing physicians in their offices and-along
with several medical students-during discussions over Zoom. Both
students described these experiences as " life-changing. "
Anyone who would like to support the Pat Sharma President's
Scholarship program, either by acting as a mentor or by making a
donation to the Educational Trust, can set the wheels in motion by
calling or emailing our Executive Director, TJ Huckleberry.
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