Minority and Community Outreach Programs

Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) exposes students to science-related activities while introducing them to careers in the health professions at PCOM. This program stimulates academic and scientific interest in high school students from the Philadelphia and surrounding area.

Students receive:

• Exposure to the healthcare field
• Mentorship
• Inspiration and leadership promotion
• Confidence building and motivation for positive change
• Confidence to combat minority science stigma
• Facilitated workshops that provide both hard and soft skills
• Team building and academic support

Students are exposed to various medical clinics and workshops. They also gain knowledge on academic preparation and learn pertinent information about higher education. Participants in this program get hands-on experience while enhancing their leadership and communication skills.

The goals for the program are to:

• Promote higher education
• Create leaders
• Motivate change agents
• Inspire future health professionals
• Improve communication (verbal and written) skills
• Build confidence

PCOM's Middle School Science Enrichment Program (PMSEP) is offered to middle school students from Philadelphia and the surrounding area. This program is designed to influence young people in the Philadelphia region to choose a career in the health professions through early exposure.

Scholars are intellectually engaged in clinical experiences through project based learning. This program allows students to expand their learning of science by exposing them to various subjects in a medical school curriculum. Participants receive hands-on experiences, whilst enhancing their leadership and communication skills. Each participant is mentored by a medical student and is supervised by a PCOM faculty/staff member.

Offered by PCOM Georgia, the Future Healthcare Scholars Program is designed for students in 9th and 10th grade who have an interest in healthcare professions. The program builds on their curiosity through interactive learning experiences, workshops, campus visits, college readiness preparation and mentorship opportunities that will encourage students to pursue a career in healthcare.

The program educates students from area communities on osteopathic medicine and other healthcare opportunities. It fosters the mission of PCOM in hopes that these students will pursue their professional degree and serve their communities.

Offered by PCOM South Georgia, the Health Careers Collaborative program (HCC) is designed for high school students beginning in 10th grade who have an interest in healthcare professions. Students will come into the program as a cohort until their high school graduation. The HCC students will build on their curiosity through interactive learning experiences, workshops, campus visits, college readiness preparation and mentorship opportunities that will encourage students to pursue a career in healthcare.

The program allows PCOM South Georgia the opportunity to educate students from low-income and/or underrepresented minority communities on osteopathic medicine and other healthcare opportunities. It fosters the mission of PCOM in hopes that these students will pursue their professional degree and serve their communities.

Twice a year, PCOM South Georgia opens its doors to area high schools giving them the opportunity to meet students, participate in workshops and learn about healthcare professions.

The goal of the program is to introduce students to osteopathic medicine and foster confidence in students of underserved communities to choose a career in healthcare. This program promotes leadership in South Georgia and improves college and career readiness knowledge.

By providing hands on experience to students, PCOM South Georgia hopes to inspire change and action in the medically underserved communities as well as the communities surrounding our campus. PCOM South Georgia hopes to provide a SPARK to help ignite participant’s flame of knowledge!

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