Nearly 50 minority undergraduates from throughout the state, including several residents of Tucson, participated in a nationally recognized summer premed program at The University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. The 6-week program was held through July 12. MMEP activities focus on academics, admission orientation and clinical observation. The program offers guidance in selecting medical schools and the application process, as well as mock interviews and recruitment visits from medical school representatives.
Participants live on campus during the program.
First offered at the UA College of Medicine in 1994, the program is part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Minority Medical Education Program, created nationally in 1989 to increase the number of minority physicians in the United States. The UA program is part of the Western Consortium MMEP, which includes the University of Washington School of Medicine.