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Internship Location: Laurens County Health Care Center
Health Care Shadowing Intern
What he expected: I expected to get an insight into the overall aspect of medicine in the hospital setting.
What he did: My internship was very general in nature, where I made rounds in almost every field present at the hospital.
What he learned: It was not until this internship that I grasped how broad the field of medicine actually is. There really are jobs out there for every type of personality. This internship encouraged me to pursue two other internship programs as well as a medical missions trip. I can't emphasize how beneficial it is to experience your job field before you decide to pursue it.
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From classrooms and laboratories to oceans and deserts, Presbyterian College biology majors see the world in a new way.
That vision is not limited when it comes to careers. You may be planning to enter directly into your biological field, further your education through graduate school, or pursue a medical career. Alternately, you may decide to embark on a teaching career. Whatever your career plans, you'll be prepared.
The department offers pre-medical and pre-dental preparation, as well as preparation for medical technology and other allied health sciences. Also offered is an affiliate five-year program with the Duke University School of Forestry and Environmental Science through which students earn a B.S. degree from PC and an M.A. in forestry or environmental science from Duke.
The department also boasts affiliate programs in marine biology with the Gulf Coast Marine Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Miss., and with the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, N.C. Students also have numerous opportunities to conduct independent research and special projects.
A recent survey showed that 34 percent of 110 PC biology graduates entered medical, dental, veterinary, or nursing / allied health schools, while another 16 percent went on to graduate schools. Others went directly into careers ranging from marine science to business, from education to health programs.
The PC biology department occupies the entire second floor of Richardson Science Hall and is distinct among colleges and small universities in maintaining a dedicated electron microscope facility.PC is one of the only small colleges with three electron microscopes, as well as a multi-port microscope which allows as many as five students to view the same object simultaneously. The department's three electron microscopes include a JEOL (scanning electron microscope), a newly acquired Zeiss Transmitting Electron Microscope with 300,000-times magnification, and a newly acquired ETEC scanning microscope, which allows for 360-degree rotation of larger specimens. Many students find themselves involved in student research, utilizing equipment and techniques which will help them in a variety of careers. These include cell culture, toxicity testing, protein and nucleic acid electrophoresis, gene cloning and sequencing, video microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, electrophysiology involving studies of ion transport across epithelial tissue, smooth muscle studies utilizing a physiograph, and a variety of field studies.
Beyond in-house research under the guidance of our biology faculty, PC student’s research is often conducted at the nearby Greenwood Genetics Center during the academic year, or in summer at such facilities as the Mount Desert Island Biology Lab in Maine, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the Medial College of Georgia. Additionally, an on-going series of field studies monitors the quality of local water sheds and tributaries, investigates aquatic toxicity of wildlife, survey local flora and fauna, analyzes the medicinal properties of plants, studies of stages of embryonic development in marine invertebrates and fishes, and collects and documents the fossil composition of coastal areas and the Piedmont region of South Carolina. Through such projects, several PC biology majors have received prestigious awards as “best student presenters” or “best student research” at various scientific conference throughout the Southeast.
But the PC biology faculty is quick to point out that a good education is not limited to the classroom. Educational journeys may be as simple as a short afternoon trip to a nearby pond or a weekend jaunt to the mountains. However, during the optional three-week May period, all study goes off-campus. You may scuba dive in the Caribbean or along the Great Barrier Reef to observe sea life, investigate the ecology of the desert Southwest, the Australian Outback, or even the Great Plains of Africa, or collect mammal and dinosaur fossils in the Badlands of South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and the Colorado Plateau.
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