These activities are designed to strengthen the overall academic performance of the students in prerequisite courses, specifically mathematics, chemistry, and biology. In addition to the academic enrichment sessions, students attend communication enrichment sessions, learning skills workshops, professional school seminars, and go on field trips. The facilitate entry component includes an eight-week summer program designed to enhance the potential of the students who participated in the preliminary education activities. Summer program activities for undergraduate junior and seniors include review sessions in chemistry, math, microbiology, biology and human physiology, workshops, seminars, field trips to medical facilities and research project presentations. The retention component extends throughout the academic year for targeted students enrolled in the medical technology, physical therapy and therapeutic recreation programs.
Tutorial assistance is provided to seniors on an individual basis.
The overall objective of this project is to provide 40 minority and disadvantaged students per year with a comprehensive structured program of academic and enrichment support services to enable them to graduate from the University and enter a health professions program. The instructional technique will place special emphasis on laboratory and other hands-on experiences to demonstrate real life applications of the classroom subject matter taught. The summer workshop program schedules include biology, chemistry, physics, reading and writing, mathematics, computer literacy, study skills, and a variety of academic and enrichment activities. A customized automated database devoted to the project will be utilized to assist in carrying out the project evaluation.