Health Career Opportunity Programs are members of the Admissions Committee. Students also serve on the Admissions Committee and act as hosts for medical school applicants. Health Career Opportunity Programs and the Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs. A time management and test-taking skills course is available to all incoming students. In addition, tutorial services and board examination review courses are available.
Support is available for research externships and fellowships at other institutions.
Health Career Opportunity Programs, the School of Medicine operates an extensive recruitment and outreach program to ensure a diverse applicant pool. Visits to area colleges and historically Black colleges and universities, representation at recruitment programs throughout the country attended by potential applicants from diverse groups, use of community resources, direct contact via letters and summer enrichment programs are some of the methods used to interest qualified applicants in our program. Our own students are actively encouraged to participate in the recruitment programs. The Department of Health Career Opportunity Programs' mission is to create a supportive environment that is conducive to encouraging underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students to pursue careers in the medical, dental, biomedical sciences, nursing, pharmacy and allied health fields by providing the opportunity to participate in a broad spectrum of educational programs, field trips, workshops, and mentoring programs. It is our belief that early exposure to the various fields in the biomedical sciences will ultimately increase the number of minority and disadvantaged students who pursue career paths in the above mentioned fields.