thank you so much to dr sabreen, dr neil, and their team.  we were so thrilled to visit the children's hospital.  many of our youth leaders want to become pediatricians, and being able to see up close and personal what a day in the life of a pediatric emergency physician is is such a gift.  we had a blast and left feeling inspired! 

comment from our students:
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"Really great and interesting! I actually felt like I wanted to become an emergency pediatric doctor, it's the kind of specialty I like. I really enjoyed the fact that the doctors showed a simulation on how some patients are treated and things that the doctor did on a daily."

"Learned some important things about being a doctor like u have to be patient and try to stay on task the whole time"

We had a great time at Doctor for a day.  Thank you to the Uw snma and all the volunteers from different areas of medicine who made this event possible.  Also thank you to africatown for hosting us and teaching us about our community's history.  dr danielson shared some amazing wisdom as the keynote speaker.  he reminded us that it is our job to carry with us what we *can* do.  this world is filled with plenty of negativity but it is not our job to concern ourselves with that.  we can know ourselves and our strengths and carry that into the world.  he closed with this inspiring quote from arundhati roy:

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

Check out some photos below, and more at this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FEoeyjew0s4neq5L2

In peace and health,
dr sophia

Mashallah what an amazing group of students we have this year! every year i am so grateful for the wealth of energy, intelligence and strength among our youth leaders.  this weekend we got off to a great start with our classic asset mapping exercise.  are you identifying both the assets and needs in your community? we can only amplify our strengths if we identy them first.

hoping you also had a peaceful and inspiring start to 2018.

in peace and health

Dr Sophia

UPDATE: APPLICATIONS closed due to high number of applicants this year. If you are still interested in our program please email us AT MHPYOUTH@GMAIL.COM and we will reach out when we are accepting applicants for next year.

Thanks so much to dr GANDara and everyone else at the uw dental academy for hosting us! We got to learn about dental health, careers, and we all got to take real xrays! what a fun way to end our year

alhamdulillah for another PHENOMENAL year.  This year we had 9 meetings on the following topics: asset mapping, power of the personal story, uw field trip, q&a panel with health professionals, cooking class at pcc, minority pre-health conference/ doctor for a day, health equity, seattle children's hospital field trip/ simulation lab, and the uw dental academy.  Here's what our healers had to say about this year on our end of year survey

Favorite activity
- this year, there was no single winner-- everything from our health equity discussions to the hands on activities and field trips were enjoyed.  one youth leader commented that they felt the seattle children's field trip was a lifetime experience because they want to be a pediatrician.  another student commented that they are considering becoming a dentist after our field trip to uw dental school.

things we could do different
- more of everything! more discussions, more meetings, more hands on experience, more students - okay, we will see if we are up to the challenge next year!

what is something you learned from this program
- "Made me think about what career in health i want to do because I got exposure to them"
- "i learned that we can all help people in different ways"
- "Being a doctor is really amazing!"
- "I learned how to give back to my community"
- "There are so many DIFFERENT types of jobs inside the hospital, you don't have to be a doctor or nurse"
- "medicine isn't about 'fixing' people
- "I learned that you can have a set idea of your future, but its important to do programs like these so you can see if there are any other fields youll enjoy"
- "Its amazing to see muslim individuals who have similar goals"

it was a a joy and privilege to get to know our youth leaders this year, and to learn from awesome mentors in the seattle area ranging from health navigators to chefs to world peace activists.  Thank you to everyone who committed their time and energy!  you make our community a better place just by being you.

in peace and health
Dr sophia

We had an amazing experience on March 4.  We toured Seattle Children's Hospital and spent time in the Simulation Lab with national experts, learning how to examine patients and respond in emergency situations.  Thank you to Dr Sabreen Akhter and the rest of her team at SCH -- we are so grateful for your time, enthusiasm, and mentorship! And for the amazing work you do every day taking care of kids who need it most.

- Dr Malik

Our website was down while being moved to a new web address, and we've had two meetings during that time.  In January, we were really excited to participate in the Annual Pre-health Conference for the Minority Association of Pre-Health Students UW.  We learned from role models and small groups and got to do some hands on activities.  Then in February we met to discuss health equity and how we may use an equity framework to improve the health of our own communities.

This was our second year taking a PCC Cooks class, and we learned so much!  Cooking can be intimidating, but learning basic skills can empower us to make our own food and eat healthy, nourishing meals on the regular.  

If you can't take a cooking class, try spending time with a friend or family member who knows how to cook.  Or, pick up a cook book at your local library.  Or you could always watch Master Chef :)

In Peace and Health,
Dr Malik