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Hi. My name is Jake Denesia.

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I'm a second year medical student,
and I was a learning

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community lead for the SHPEP program
for the summer of 2022.

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Hi everyone.

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My name is Nate Singh
and I'm a second year

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medical student at the University
of Nebraska Medical Center.

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Hi, I'm Dorothy.

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I'm a recent UNO Sociology
and Nonprofit Management graduate.

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Hello.

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My name is Sydney Keckler,
and I was a learning

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community lead for SHPEP 2022.

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This past summer, I had the opportunity
of working as a learning community

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lead for the 2022
summer of the SHPEP program at UNMC.

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My very favorite part of this summer
was being able to have one on one sessions

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and small group sessions with my group
to answer all of their questions

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and to give them all the advice that I had
wish I had gotten

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when I was in their position.

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It was really fulfilling to hear
like everything that they had to say

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as far as like what their experience was
and how they felt they had grown as people

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and moving forward and how they thought
that they were going to be able

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to really make sure
that they were going to get

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into the programs
that they wanted to get into.

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My experiences working in SHPEP
strengthened my ability to inspire

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enthusiasm in others, construct
engaging activities and build community.

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I think that's one of the things
that I enjoyed most about this program

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was getting to work closely
with my classmates

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and learning more about them,
as well as learning about the students.

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This is a phenomenal opportunity
to not only work

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on your interprofessional
and interpersonal skills,

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but a great opportunity to form long term
relationships and act as a mentor,

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something that can be indescribably
not only beautiful

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but beneficial for yourself
and for these future health professions.

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It is so inspiring

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to the SHPEP students to see someone

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that they see themselves
as in a few years.

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And I felt like I could
really make an impact just with my story

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and telling them about my failures
and my triumphs.

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And they really felt
that professional school

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was something
they could accomplish after this summer.

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And so I guess to answer the question
of why

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I think somebody should apply to work
as a learning community

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lead for SHPEP 2023 and going forward,
it really is just the students.

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Having that kind of growth
both for yourself and seeing it in

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the students
is just the most fulfilling thing

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I could have done this summer,
and it really just set me on the path

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I think I needed to be on.