WHAT:
Doctors Academy students at Caruthers and Selma high schools will tour the University of California, Merced, meet with medical residents and medical students at UCSF Fresno and tour Community Regional Medical Center during a daylong look at professional careers in health and medicine and the educational path to getting there.
WHEN:
Monday, March 24
7:30 am - Bus departs Caruthers High School 8:30 am - Bus departs Selma High School
10am - Tour of UC Merced
11am - Admissions presentation and meeting with current UC Merced students Noon – Lunch at UC Merced
12:45 pm – Depart UC Merced
2:00 pm – Arrive UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research
2:15 pm – 4:30 pm – Presentations on critical skills for medical students and discussion with current medical residents and medical students training at UCSF Fresno
5:15 pm – Tour of Community Regional Medical Center
WHERE:
UC Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced
UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research, 155 N. Fresno Street, Fresno Community Regional Medical Center, 2823 Fresno Street, Fresno
For more information, please contact Diana Cantu, academic program coordinator, UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, at (559) 241-7676, [email protected] or Kasan Jones, program manager, UCSF Fresno Undergraduate Medical Education, at (559) 499- 6516, [email protected]
BACKGROUND:
The UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, in partnership with Fresno Unified School District and Fresno County Office of Education, started the Sunnyside High School Doctors Academy in 1999 as a pilot program to encourage educationally disadvantaged students to focus on careers in health and medicine. A Junior Doctors Academy Program was established in 2000 to encourage and support students earlier in their academic career as middle school students. Since then, the Doctors Academy program has grown in popularity and scope. In 2007, Doctors Academy programs were established at Caruthers and Selma high schools.
One hundred percent of Doctors Academy graduates continue their education at a college or university.
