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UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program: The Fresno Pipeline 12.11.06  A UCSF medical student demonstrates how to suture a banana Photo: Sarah Paris The high school freshmen visiting the UCSF Parnassus campus last week soon discovered that good grades and quick minds are not all that is expected of a prospective medical students. "Wow, you have to dress up that nice!" some exclaimed as they passed a group of undergrads on campus for their admission interviews, all slickly coiffed and sporting conservative suits and ties. The encounter was one of several eye-opening moments for the kids from the Doctor's Academy, one of several educational pipeline programs created by UCSF Fresno in collaboration with schools in Fresno County. The aim is to recruit, mentor and tutor educationally disadvantaged students at all levels, and the programs include a Junior Doctors Academy, the Sunnyside High School Doctors Academy, and the Health Careers Opportunity Program at Cal State Fresno. The programs are geared toward students interested in careers in the health professions. They prepare middle- and high-school students to become competitive applicants to four-year universities by providing them with a rigorous academic curriculum that includes experiences in research and clinical settings, service learning, and exposure to universities and colleges. The ultimate goal is to develop health care professionals who will return to the San Joaquin Valley and provide culturally competent health care services to the medically underserved. The theory is that young people who grew up in the Valley would be more likely to return to the region to practice their profession. The Fresno pipeline programs were created and are managed by the Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, a unit of the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program. See also: UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program: Helping Disadvantaged Students Achieve Their Potential (UCSF Today) |
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