Hi. My name is Jake Denesia.
I'm a second year medical student, and I was a learning
community lead for the SHPEP program for the summer of 2022.
Hi everyone.
My name is Nate Singh and I'm a second year
medical student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Hi, I'm Dorothy.
I'm a recent UNO Sociology and Nonprofit Management graduate.
Hello.
My name is Sydney Keckler, and I was a learning
community lead for SHPEP 2022.
This past summer, I had the opportunity of working as a learning community
lead for the 2022 summer of the SHPEP program at UNMC.
My very favorite part of this summer was being able to have one on one sessions
and small group sessions with my group to answer all of their questions
and to give them all the advice that I had wish I had gotten
when I was in their position.
It was really fulfilling to hear like everything that they had to say
as far as like what their experience was and how they felt they had grown as people
and moving forward and how they thought that they were going to be able
to really make sure that they were going to get
into the programs that they wanted to get into.
My experiences working in SHPEP strengthened my ability to inspire
enthusiasm in others, construct engaging activities and build community.
I think that's one of the things that I enjoyed most about this program
was getting to work closely with my classmates
and learning more about them, as well as learning about the students.
This is a phenomenal opportunity to not only work
on your interprofessional and interpersonal skills,
but a great opportunity to form long term relationships and act as a mentor,
something that can be indescribably not only beautiful
but beneficial for yourself and for these future health professions.
It is so inspiring
to the SHPEP students to see someone
that they see themselves as in a few years.
And I felt like I could really make an impact just with my story
and telling them about my failures and my triumphs.
And they really felt that professional school
was something they could accomplish after this summer.
And so I guess to answer the question of why
I think somebody should apply to work as a learning community
lead for SHPEP 2023 and going forward, it really is just the students.
Having that kind of growth both for yourself and seeing it in
the students is just the most fulfilling thing
I could have done this summer, and it really just set me on the path
I think I needed to be on.