Rise, Serve, Lead! Student Name Elizabeth Blackwell’s Legacy: Date Women Leading in Medicine Class Period Physician Poster Assignment This assignment is for you to research and to present a poster about a woman physician from Rise, Serve, Lead! Your poster presents your physician and highlights: 1. Her expertise (career/specialties) and contributions 2. Information on her medical specialty 3. Outline of how one becomes a physician in the specialty area 4. Information about a health topic that your physician worked on and addressed For your research, select a physician from Rise, Serve, Lead!, and gather reliable and accurate health information to include in your poster. Below are websites from the US National Library of Medicine and the Department of Labor where you can gather information for your poster: a. Rise, Serve, Lead!: Exhibition Collection. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/riseservelead/collection.html b. “Health Occupations.” MedlinePlus: Health Topics. https://medlineplus.gov/healthoccupations.html c. “Types of health care providers.” MedlinePlus: Medical Encyclopedia. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001933.htm d. “Physicians and Surgeons.” Occupational Outlook Handbook: Healthcare. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and­ surgeons.htm e. MedlinePlus: Health Topics. https://medlineplus.gov/healthtopics.html [note: Review “Evaluating Health Information” one MedlinePlus site at https://medlineplus.gov/evaluatinghealthinformation.html.] https://www.nlm.nih.gov/riseservelead 1 Rise, Serve, Lead! Student Name Elizabeth Blackwell’s Legacy: Date Women Leading in Medicine Class Period Physician Poster Assignment Research Notes Images and Key Words for Poster Name of your physician How the physician aligns with your interest 1. Physician’s career/specialty and contributions [use website “a” and be sure to click on “Read more…” for a full biography 2. Information on her medical specialty [use websites “b” and “c”] 3. Education and training today for the medical specialty [use websites “d” and “e”] 4. Health information related to her medical work or contribution [use website “e” or search MedlinePlus] https://www.nlm.nih.gov/riseservelead 2 .