Grow to Inspire!
We are investing in the next generation of healthcare professionals by partnering with local schools to help encourage, equip, and engage with students from diverse backgrounds. We aim to inspire these students to pursue a career in the medical field by providing mentorship and additional resources to enhance their academic experiences.
NSU MD is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion through a partnership with the community!
Journey into Medicine Mentorship Program
Blanche Ely High School Medical Magnet Program with Medical Science Coordinator, Miss Amy DeCelle, Center
This is offered through a collaboration with NSU MD and the Blanche Ely High School Medical Magnet Program. The program runs for one academic year. To be eligible to participate, students must be a high school Sophomore, Junior, or Senior, US citizen or permanent resident, and have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0. We encourage students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in medicine to participate in this program. Students are matched to Mentors who are clinical faculty at NSUMD. The overall goal of the program is to provide students from underrepresented in medicine backgrounds with an opportunity to develop skills that will increase their competitiveness for admission to schools of medicine. We hope to create a pipeline of interested students in the medical field. The yearlong program will:
- Expose students to different facets of the medical profession
- Provide strategies and skills to navigate the application process to medical school.
- Provide students with a portfolio review
Stranahan High School STEM Seminar Series
METAS: Medical Students Encouraging and Teaching Aspiring STEAM Students
The NSU MD Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) Chapter has partnered with the Immaculata-LaSalle High School STEAM program in Miami Florida to create the METAS (Medical Students Encouraging and Teaching Aspiring STEAM Students) program. Greater than ninety percent of the students enrolled in the STEAM program identify as Hispanic/Latinx. METAS is a is an NSU MD student-led mentoring and teaching program with the objectives to:
- Provide students with information related to the variety of careers in healthcare and medical specialties.
- Establish a mentorship collaboration, where high school students are mentored by medical students and faculty.
- Provide students with skills to be successful in college and beyond.
- Expose students to medical and clinical knowledge.
- Inform students of significant health disparities affecting persons of color.
To execute these goals, students participate in a variety of workshops, discussions, and active-learning activities. The hope is to expand this mentoring and teaching initiative to other high schools with a focus on working with students from historically underserved areas.