A Mentorship App for PAs
Mentorship is integral for just about every industry. However, if there is one sector that benefits from mentorship the most, it is healthcare. Given the rigors, responsibilities, and stress healthcare workers face, it is imperative students are well prepared for a career in medicine and PA Rodeline Joseph is on a mission to bridge the gap between students and professionals by helping students achieve their career goals and smoothly transition into healthcare.
Rodeline’s deep love of mentorship began 15 years ago during her junior year in high school when she started volunteering for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBS). She mentored elementary age girls through BBBS throughout high school, followed by doing an internship at a local BBBS office in her senior year of college, and back to mentoring a middle school “little sister” during her gap year of applying to PA school. Rodeline credits this role as the fuel that sparked her growing love of mentorship.
Upon graduation from physician assistant school in 2016, she started mentoring and advising students who reached out to her with various inquiries on healthcare careers, PA school, and their journey. Eager to help, Rodeline dedicated time to offer advice, review applications, and revise personal statements for entrance into PA school, medical school, and nursing programs.
During the pandemic, she partnered with physician Ryan Gray, MD, owner of Medical School Headquarters, to host virtual shadowing events for pre-PA students who were unable to get shadowing hours the traditional way. Through these shadowing sessions, she was able to truly gauge just how much students struggled with navigating the sector and how crucial it was to have a mentor. Eager to help as many students and streamline this process, she developed Medsembly, a marketplace that connects aspiring healthcare students to mentors/coaches in their field to offer guidance, advice, and clarity in their healthcare journey.
Rodeline’s dream to help students is unfolding as she prepares to launch Medsembly to iOS and Android stores this April. You can visit their website www.Medsembly.com to learn more about how they are working to facilitate mentorship, create opportunity, and build community in healthcare.
