Empowering High School Students in Health Careers Program
Engage high school students from underrepresented communities in hands-on workshops, career counseling, and site visits at UCI Medical Center and UCI School of Medicine. Empower them to identify community health needs and pursue diverse health-related career pathways. Join the Health Career Collaborative for mentorship and exposure to the healthcare field.
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Health Career Collaborative in partnership with UCI Medical Center and Doctors 4 Diversity at UCI school of medicine PROGRAM DESCRIPTION & PROPOSAL
Program description Program staffed by volunteer medical students and medical professionals to provides an opportunity for disadvantaged high school students to learn about career opportunities that exist in health care if they stay in school. Curriculum provided by a non-profit organization that supports 13 programs nationwide In California, two programs are currently running: Stanford Medicine with East Palo Alto academy USC Keck School of Medicine with Orthopaedic Medical Magnet High School
Program content at USC site Attend medical professionals lecture about health topics and talk about their careers in medicine. Experience anatomy labs and surgical simulations with a team of cardiothoracic surgical residents Participate in suturing stations learning about basic, vascular, and bowel sutures Prepare presentations on health topics of their choosing and presented these at the medical school.
Proposal by Doctors 4 Diversity team @ UCI School of Medicine Longitudinal program starting with current 10thgrade students, to be continued through 11thand 12thgrade Current 11thand 12thgrade students will be welcomed to participate Monthly classroom sessions (~2 hours) consisting of interactive discussions, hands-on workshops, career counseling Site visits, hands-on participation @ UCI Medical Center (Orange) and UCI School of Medicine campus (Irvine)
MISSION The Mission of the Health Career Collaborative is to provide mentorship, engaging health curriculum, and exposure to health careers to high school students from low- income, underrepresented minority communities. GOALS: 1. engage students in project-based learning with a focus on science and health care related issues 2. encourage students to graduate from high school (current graduation rates at partner high schools 50-60%) 3. model a diverse range of health-related career pathways 4. empower students to identify the most pressing health needs in their community and engage students in community-based health promotion activities
Point of Contact: UCI Medical Center: Tania Saba, Education Manager tsaba@hs.uci.edu Doctors 4 Diversity: Christina Y. Cantwell, MS2 cyangc@hs.uci.edu Shijun Sung, MS2 shijuns1@hs.uci.edu
