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Subject: Summer Medical Dental Education Program
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>> ****Please forward to your networks.
Thank you! ****
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>> January 22, 2007
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>> To: High School, College Students,
Teachers, Advisors, and Community
>> Advocates:
>>
>> Each summer, the UW School of Medicine Office of Multicultural Affairs
>> offers a unique opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors to
>> experience health professions and college freshman and sophomores
>> interested in medicine and dentistry.
>>
>> Since 1994, the U-DOC residential three-week summer enrichment program
>> seeks to foster, affirm, and encourage high school students’ interest
>> in health careers. Students will be exposed to community
services,
>> clinical, and academic activities. The program serves to introduce
>> students to college life and health careers. There is no cost to
attend
>> the program. As of 2003, there were 527 U-DOC participates in
which 263
>> are actively pursuing a college degree, 120 are in premed/health
>> professions, and 14 are currently in medical school around the
country.
>>
>> Running concurrently with U-DOC is the Summer Medical Dental Education
>> Program (SMDEP): a six-week enrichment program for talented
>> underrepresented college freshmen and sophomores interested in medicine
>> or dentistry. The program will offer each scholar intensive enrichment
>> in core science courses, clinical exposure, mentor shadowing and much
>> more. The UW simultaneously aims to provide its participants
with a
>> deeper understanding of the needs of underserved communities within a
>> supportive and diverse environment. The UW SMDEP has a 17 year
proven
>> record of success among our graduates. As of 2005, 705 of our
SMDEP
>> graduates have gone on to medical or dental school.
>>
>> I hope to enlist your personal help in identifying appropriate
>> candidates for the U-DOC and SMDEP program. It is intended for
students
>> who are from disadvantaged backgrounds (economic, geographic,
education)
>> and/or students who are underrepresented in medicine (racial and
ethnic
>> populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession
relative
>> to their numbers in the general population). We feel that students who
>> expect to encounter significant barriers in achieving their
educational
>> and professional goals will benefit from U-DOC and SMDEP.
>>
>> Please share this information with your community by posting enclosed
>> promotional materials. The U-DOC application is online at
>> http://depts.washington.edu
>> March 1, 2007. The UW SMDEP information is online at
>> www.depts.washington.edu/omca
>> online at www.smdep.org.
The SMDEP application deadline is March 1,
>> 2007.
>>
>> If you have any questions, feel free to contact the UDOC program
>> coordinator, Felicity Abeyta at 206-616-5522
or
>> fabeyta@u.washington.edu.
For the SMDEP coordinator, contact
>> Lorena Chavez at 206-543-9733 or loren9@u.washington.edu Thank you for
>> being a representative for the Office Multicultural Affairs.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Felicity Abeyta
>> Office of Multicultural Affairs
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>> Enclosures
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>> UW School of Medicine
>> Office of Multicultural Affairs
>> 1959 NE Pacific
>> HSB T-545,
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>>
>> 206-685-2489 Voice 206-543-9063 Fax
>> http://depts.washington.edu