Targeted students who have at least one year of college participate in the one-week Motivational Workshop Program. Students also attend personal and social college survival workshops. During the five-week National Board Review Course students receive instruction for six of the seven exam sections. The review focuses on Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, and Behavioral Science. Retention services provided during the academic year include tutoring, counseling and personal support services, financial aid services, and academic advisement.
Recruitment focuses on five contiguous counties along or near the New Mexico border.
Student groups include college pre-matriculates, community college transfer students, and students making application to NMSU's health science degree program as referenced above. Students are placed with local public health agency as summer volunteers to assist with specific projects and to gain exposure to public health service delivery systems. Students participate in mini versions of core health science course that are designed to lay a foundation of public health understanding. Students begin a supervised community projects at a local health agency which provides them with opportunity for volunteer and practical experience in the processes of public health planning. This approach integrates seminar course led by MPH faculty and community health leader, with volunteer experience in a number of area public health agency projects.