Volunteering at Keck is a great experience. Although I have only been working there for 4 weeks or so, I still have learned a lot and met a lot of people. I am in the anesthesiology ward on the 4th floor and I mostly restock the carts and supply bins there. It gets kind of tedious at times but if you make conversation with the others and ask them questions, they are more than willing to help you and show you how to do something. I usually ask people if there was anything I could help them with, and one time, an anesthesiologist brought me into the OR to show me the machines and taught me how they worked. It was a pretty cool experience! Everyone on the 4th floor, including the volunteers, wear scrubs – we rent them out each time and change into them, and return them when we leave. We also get a meal voucher for each volunteer visit, which we can use during our breaks. Overall, it has been an enjoyable experience, but hopefully I get to watch a surgery one day!
Keck Hospital – 4/5
I am a second semester THV student and I currently volunteer at the Keck Medical Center. After working at Keck for two semesters, I still think that it is the most convenient location, since you can take the USC shuttle to the HSC campus. The shuttle itself is very convenient and easy to use. At Keck Medical Center I volunteer at one of the nursing units there. In the nursing care unit, the patients vary by age and sickness. If you are interested in seeing a variety of different patients, then a nursing care unit would be the most general place to see all of these different patients. Because I myself am more interested in administration and management, I mostly do clerical duties that the nurses need help with. The type of work I do there refilling isolation gowns, stocking the patient’s rooms with gowns, gloves, masks, etc. and finally refilling the patient’s charts with appropriate paper work. The overall working goes by pretty quickly and there is not much action day to day. If you are interested in a low-key volunteer position at a prestigious hospital, Keck Medical Center is a great place for you.
Priyanka’s Office Hours 4/26
Hey THVers,
Priyanka is out sick today. If you still have to turn in your hours logs, they can be submitted in either Linda or Priyanka’s mailboxes on the first floor of the JEP house. All other submissions can be turned in via email or BB.
Linda’s Office Hours this Friday, 4/12
Hi guys,
Linda will not be in office from 11-12 this Friday. Please see Priyanka instead for any inquiries during her Office Hours at 11 AM.
Thanks! =)
Reflective Question #1
Hey THVers,
Just a reminder that RQ#1 is due tomorrow at 11:59pm! We highly recommend completing it prior to that so you can enjoy your Friday night!
Not Getting Our Emails?
Hey THVers
We’ve had some people who aren’t getting our emails. If you fall into this group, please let us know ASAP so we can keep you in the loop:
please email us at uscthv@gmail.com or get in touch with us via our contact form: http://uscthv.wordpress.com/contact/
~ This Week – THV Packet Pickups! ~
THV Packet pickups are NOW! Please be sure to have your TB test results ready when you come to get your packet – no TB, no packet! We will be sending out a survey for discussion #1, so please be sure to will that out before the end of the week!
Our office hours for the rest of the week:
Linda
Tuesday: 12:30 – 3p
Wednesday: 10a – 12p
Thursday: Out of Office
Friday: 8:30a – 12p
Priyanka
Tuesday: 9:30-10:50a
Wednesday: Out of Office
Thursday: 9:30-10:50a, 12:30 – 3:30p
Friday: 9a – 12:50p, 2-2:50p
