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by
Tara
Beverly
A fun,
horizon-broadening educational event that will expose
disadvantaged young people to career opportunities in the
health and science fields takes place Saturday, Nov. 13. OU-COM’s Health Careers Opportunity Program will sponsor the event,
entitled “Health-Care Professions and the Cycle of Life.”
The fair is for middle-school students who are members of
the HCOP’s Science and Health Careers Club. The fair will be
held in Grover Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Science
and Health Careers Club is an academic year-long program for
seventh- and eighth-grade students interested in health-care
careers. The program currently has students from Vinton
County Junior High School, Meigs Middle School, Alexander
Junior High School and Trimble Middle School. This year 58
students were chosen to participate in the club. The members
of the club explore many areas relating to science and
health care. Members also learn about the importance of
developing cultural competency as health-care professionals,
job shadowing and preparation for college.
In the
morning students will be able to talk with professionals
from nursing, pediatrics, geriatrics, osteopathic medicine,
mental health, community health and other medical sciences
about developing careers.
Throughout
the day there will be hands-on labs, including fun activities
involving fitness, hearing and speech. OU-COM students from the
Pediatrics Club, Student Osteopathic Medical Association and
Geriatrics Club will be working with the middle-school students
during the fair. Staff from the Upward Bound college preparatory
program and the College of Health and Human Services will also
be involved in the day’s activities.
Elizabeth Minor,
director of HCOP, is very excited about the event.
“Our
2004 Science and Health Careers
Fair is an opportunity for
middle-school students in our region to learn about careers in
health-care professions. So often students have no idea of what
careers are out there, let alone what interests them. It is
important for them to begin to get exposure in their early
years, to help them develop career goals for the future,”
says
Minor.
For more
information about the fair or other programs focused on local
middle and high school students, please contact Denise Hughes-Tafen,
at (740) 593-0917.
OU-COM’s HCOP and
Center of Excellence programs support disadvantaged and
underrepresented minority students with career goals in the
health–care fields by providing academic year and summer
programs designed to improve student access and success. The COE
also provides a support structure for underrepresented minority
medical students, faculty and administrators at OU–COM.
Additionally, it promotes diversity and cultural competency
among medical students, faculty and staff, and within the
curricula and institutional research. HCOP also sponsors a
variety of programs including Summer Institute, Dayton
Consortium, Summer Enrichment, Program ExCEL and Summer
Scholars.
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