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NEWSMedTrack Externships Provide Amazing Opportunities MedTrack students are given the opportunity to observe a healthcare professional for 40 hours the summer prior to their junior year, known within the program as an “Externship.” Te students select professionals as varied as research scientist, emergency medicine physician, or certifed registered nurse anesthetist. Tis year’s Externship program went global, as Xiaoxin (Katherine) Wang ’19 pursued a dual experience in China and at the Cleveland Clinic to compare the eastern and western methods of physical therapy. MedTrack Externship Winners 2017 During their externships, MedTrack students interact with healthcare professionals in a real world healthcare setting following their sophomore year. But they are not only observing professionals in a chosen feld, they are also competing for prizes based on their various assignments! Here are this year’s winners:Top Tree Speeches: Ava Barone ’19, Erica Tein ’19, and Nicole Zimmerli ’19 Speech Finalists: Mary Claire Casper ’19, Katie Sutton ’19, and Kayleigh Wallenhorst ’19 Best Research Paper: Kacey Pagano ’19Best Refection Paper: Snehi Shah ’19Best Poster: Samantha Mason ’19Judges’ Award for Franciscan Connection: Julia DePenti ’19We congratulate all MedTrack juniors for their hard work in completing these transformative externship experiences in the following felds: acute general surgery, allergy & immunology, biomedical engi-neering, colorectal surgery, emergency medicine, genetics research, neonatology, neurosurgery, nurse anesthetist, nursing, orthodontics, orthopedic surgery, pediatric anesthesiology, pediatrics, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assisting, radiation oncology, special needs therapy, sports medicine, surgical pathology, thoracic surgery, transplant medicine, vascular surgery, and veterinary medicine.26