For immediate release: July 6, 2007
Contact: Anne McMillin
Public Relations Specialist
775-682-9254
amcmillin@medicine.nevada.edu
School of Medicine offers program to encourage high school juniors to consider healthcare careers
RENO, Nev.— The University of Nevada School of Medicine will host the three-week High School Medical Scholars program, designed to help high school seniors determine if a career in the medical profession is right for them, July 8 through 27.
The residential program, which is offered at the school’s Reno campus, offers a variety of experiences, coupled with guidance and information, to help students formulate future plans in the medical field.
Students stay in University dormitories, participate in activities using medical school and University classrooms, group rooms and labs and interact with local health professionals. They will participate in career exploration including small group exercises, career shadowing, clinical studies and case writing. Program highlights include discussions with health professionals, scientists and medical and allied health students as well as tours of the medical school, local hospitals, clinics and research laboratories.
The program’s 20 participants will also receive an orientation to college campus life, participate in team-building activities, personal career planning guidance sessions and a wilderness medicine hike.
Students who will be the first in their families to attend college or who attend high schools where low number of students enter higher education are encouraged to participate.
For more information or a full schedule of High School Medical Scholars events, please contact Anne McMillin in the Health Science Communications Department at 775-682-9254 or amcmillin@medicine.nevada.edu.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been meeting statewide healthcare, educational, and clinical needs since 1969. The School of Medicine encompasses 16 clinical medical education departments, including Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as ten nationally-recognized departments within basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. As the largest multi-specialty healthcare focus within the state, the School of Medicine employs more than 185 doctors who both teach and practice medicine throughout Nevada. The school’s statewide faculty physician practice group has a combined 25 different medical specialties with seven physician practice offices located in the Reno-Sparks area and five physician offices located in Las Vegas.
The University of Nevada School of Medicine utilizes a best-practice approach to medicine and is committed to addressing the health needs of Nevada now and in the future. For more information, please visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.
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