They might get jobs setting policy, running hospitals or working with HMOs, for example. Since the program began a year and a half ago, three students are currently participating, with a projected goal of one student entering the program every year. There are other programs that Mehne has launched with student colleagues, too, including a Women Mentoring Women program, which involves female students visiting housing projects in Camden, and a Continuity of Care elective that has a student become involved in the medical care of an entire family, during his or her two years at Camden. Mehne encourages students to study in other parts of the world, too. Three students studied high-altitude sicknesses from a base camp on Mt. Everest a few years ago, and several students each year spend time in Chinle, AZ providing healthcare to Native Americans there.
International rotations are popular as well.
He believes students and faculty learn from each other. If they make suggestions, we often try them. Nothing says that just because we always did it one way, we have to continue. That's what learning is all about. And Mehne should know.