Health Medical

Melissa M. Mondala

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Objective: Searching for a unique opportunity to expand my clinical work and to exemplify my skills

to benefit my employer and the community.

Highlights & Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity.

• High management skills along with defining project priorities and delegating tasks.

• An experienced team player, bringing enthusiasm and energy into group efforts.

• Can work efficiently and independently in highly stressful environments.

• Computer Skills: Experienced in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Type 45wpm.

• Fast learner and ambitious. Welcome new challenges.

• Poised, self-confident. Outgoing and gregarious.

Education & Honors:

Premedical Post baccalaureate Program - University of California Riverside (UCR)

June 2009

Division of Biomedical Sciences

B.S. - University of California Riverside (UCR)

June 2008

Major: Psychology – College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences, Graduated with

Honors, Cum Lade

Phi Betta Kappa: graduated within the top 3% with great academic achievements

June 2008

Relevant Coursework: Medical Terminology: Latin & Greek Roots, Health

Psychology, Health & Behavior Change, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Gender, Race &

Medicine, Medical Anthropology, Political Economy of Health

Clinical Experiences:

Volunteer Aide, Rehabilitation Center- Casa Colina, Pomona

2002 - 2004

Attended to physically challenged patients and assisted nurses.

Case worker, Student Run Health Clinic (SRHC) Sept. 2004 –

June 2009 Trained to take patients' social and medical history under HIPPA. Trained to take vital

signs. Worked with disadvantaged (homeless) population in downtown Riverside. Closely shadowed

medical students and physicians.

Publicity Manager, Student Run Health Clinic (SRHC) April. 2006

– April 2007

Creation and distribution of flyers, led general meetings, trained members as case

workers, voiced students’ needs and concerns, and planned annual

fundraising banquet.

Undergraduate President/ Coordinator: Record Keeper (SRHC)April 2007 – April

2008

Delegated responsibilities within the executive cabinet, coordinated speaker events with

volunteer physicians and medical students, and recorded minutes for officer

meetings.

Clinical responsibilities:

• Prepared and filled patient records/charts

• Prepared and distributed referrals

• Served as triage

Leadership Positions & Organizations:

Co-Director, Peer Health Educator, Golden ARCHES April

2006 – April 2007

Golden ARCHES is geared to advocating responsible choices through health education:

alcohol, drugs, sex, nutrition, body image, and mental health.

Organized and delegated tasks for health awareness campaigns,

speaker series, and attended health education national conferences.

Head Peer Mentor, Peer Educator, Learning Center Sept.

2007 – June 2008

Led and facilitated peer educator meetings, served as mentor to peer educators.

Co-President, Founder, Filipinos in Health Sciences. April

2007 – June 2008 FIHS strives to provide opportunities, and embrace philanthropy for

Filipinos locally (Filipino student population) and abroad (health clinics in the

Philippines). FIHS' vision is to educate Filipinos of issues that concern

health disparities and motivate students to become health

professionals, who will later address health disparities.

Employment History

Peer Educator, Learning Center, University of California, Riverside Sept.

2006- June 2008

Qualifications: To respect students of diverse racial, ethnic, political, religious, and

sexual views, and to be sensitive to the needs of students of a variety of academic,

economic, and social backgrounds and with learning disabilities.

Duties:

• To mentor and provided support for those in academic difficulty

• To teach study skills, to facilitate individual and group advising sessions and

workshops,

• To counsel students with personal growth issues

• To acquaint students with resources available on and off campus.

Peer Mentor, Medical Scholars Program, University of California, Riverside

Sept. 2006- June 2008

Responsibilities included: conducting individual mentor meetings, planning advising

events, and developing committee teams.

Research Assistant, Learning Center of University of California, Riverside

Summer 2006

Eight-week paid research internship, worked full-time in the Health Communication lab,

attended several seminars pertaining to the medical field, and my partner and I

presented our research project, "No Joke: The Role of Humor in the Doctor-Patient

Relationship", at a symposium to faculty and fellow students.

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