West Virginia University will conduct
the summer preliminary education, facilitating entry, and retention programs
to prepare students for health professions schools. The primary goal of
this project is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, support,
and abilities to enter and graduate from post-secondary schools offering
careers in allied health, medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, then return
to practice in the central Appalachian region.
General Program
Eligibility:
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Students who wish to participate in
HCOP can apply for entry into any
of the components. HCOP alumni will be given preference for spaces in
other components.
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All applicants must:
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be a U.S. citizen;
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be a resident of West Virginia
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have an interest in a career as a physician, dentist, pharmacist,
dental hygienist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, medical
technologist or other allied health professions
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must be disadvantaged and/or be a member of an under- represented
group. Please call for additional information.
SELECTION OF
APPLICANTS:
Eligible applicants will be selected on the basis of academic achievement
and promise as shown by grades, ACT, SAT, MCAT, DAT, or PCAT, letters of evaluation from faculty, and potential to be successful
in a health careers profession. Students enrolled in PE, FE, and RE
will receive a stipend to cover all expected costs of
participating in this summer enrichment program; such as, housing,
supplies and food.
PRELIMINARY EDUCATION (PE)
PROGRAM (Incoming College Freshmen)
This component is designed to enhance the student's college-level basic
knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in health career goals and to
familiarize the student with the medical, dental, pharmacy, medical
technology, dental hygiene, physical therapy, occupational therapy
professions and exercise physiology.
Eligibility: High school senior (as
of Fall 2008) that has interest in dental hygiene only or an
incoming college freshman (Fall 2008) with an interest in
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical
therapy, occupational therapy, medical technology and exercise physiology.
Term: Summer residency for six weeks starting
June 14 – July 25, 2008
Location: On the campus of West Virginia University.
Application
PE Program Flier
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FACILITATING ENTRY (FE) PROGRAM
This component is designed to enhance the competitiveness of students as
they prepare to apply to schools or programs of medicine, dentistry,
pharmacy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, dental hygiene, and
medical technology. The Facilitating Entry program includes a review for
either the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), the Dental Admission
Test (DAT), or the Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT); preparation for the application
and interviewing process including mock interviews; shadowing in health
care clinics and/or research laboratories.
Eligibility: Currently enrolled in college
as a sophomore or junior;
Students interested in medicine
should have taken the appropriate course work in:
English - 6 hrs.
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Social or Behavioral
Science - 6 hrs
·
Biology or Zoology
with labs - 8 hrs.
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General Chemistry with
labs - 8 hrs.
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Organic Chemistry with
labs - 8 hrs.
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Physics with labs - 8
hrs
Term: Six week residency during summer prior to admission test to
professional school
May 18 - June 27, 2008
Location: West Virginia University campus
Application
FE Program Flier
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RETENTION (RE)
PROGRAM
This component is designed to benefit those who have been
accepted to one of the health professions schools. It is designed to
assist students in developing the skills needed to succeed in an
interdisciplinary curriculum, to identify any academic or social problems
early, and to provide assistance or referral for solving these problems.
Eligibility: Currently accepted or has
applied to schools of dentistry or medicine.
Term: Four-week program for summer prior to
enrollment in and throughout professional school years
Location: West Virginia University campus
There will not be a 2008 Summer
Retention Program
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