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Last modified: October 1, 2007

Message from the Health Professions Advisor:::

Dear Students,

I just wanted to clarify a few things about AED, the Pre-Medical Honor Society.
AED is the Health Pre-Professional Honor Society and it encourages similarly oriented students to meet and promotes their productive interactions.This  helps to facilitate communication and allows students to make better decisions about health care as a profession.

AED is many things to many people, but it is first and foremost a vehicle for communication. It is a National, recognized society that embraces students in pursuit of any health care profession. Membership is an honor bestowed upon students in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. Members are afforded the opportunity to participate in national meetings with students from other institutions, and to participate in service activities, both on campus and off.

Thus AED functions both as an honor society and a service organization and membership also affords the opportunity to give and receive as you become informed, develop initiative, and enhance your leadership skills while helping to educate others through your participation.

Membership and participation in AED is regarded as a commitment to better yourself for a future in health care. Health professions schools appreciate the motivation and achievement evidenced by involvement in organizations such as AED.

Vice Chancellor Williams, Dean McCarty, and I all strongly support the AED chapter at Vanderbilt.

 

Robert Baum, M.D.

Director, Health Professions Advisory Office (HPAO)

Membership Information:

There is a ONE TIME ONLY membership fee of $50 that goes directly to the National AED HQ. The Vanderbilt chapter does not see a penny of it and therefore has to have its own annual local dues of $20 for new members and $10 for returning members. 

There are two types of AED members, Charter and Affiliate. 

*Right now we are only collecting dues for Charter Members and in order to be an AED charter member you must:

  1. be a second semester sophomore.
  2. have a science and cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.   (Dr. Baum will confirm if you apply)
  3. want to participate in the shadowing and/or mentoring program.
  4. acquire at least 10 points by the end of the spring semester.

If you are a second semester sophomore and do not meet these requirements then you will be able to become a charter member when you do.  (Example, your GPA isn't high enough now, but at the end of this semester you have the 3.2 necessary then you can participate in the programs in the fall)

*Later we will collect dues for Affiliate members .  Affiliate members are meant for those who do not fall into the Charter member requirements. (Example, you are a freshman, have lower than a 3.2 for science and cumulative, etc)  Affiliate members cannot participate in the HIPPA training, shadowing or mentoring program, etc.  Besides the special programs you will be able to participate in the community service events, go to speaker sessions, etc.  Since you will not be charter members the dues will be less than $50.

Points are crucial to maintaining membership in AED.  You will be removed from AED if you do not meet the requirements, however there will be an ample number of opportunities to get points.

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