Submission ID 78267
| Code | OE-2-5 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Student |
| Title | Giving Youth the Tools to Pursue Medicine with Mini Med School |
| Background/Purpose | Physicians who represent their diverse patient populations provide more comprehensive and quality healthcare to these patients. As such, medical schools play a role in social accountability through graduating physicians from historically-underrepresented populations. Mini Med Schools (MMS) are a strategy to motivate youth from these demographics to pursue medicine. We investigated the extent to which one MMS informs students from underrepresented groups about the steps required to train as a physician. |
| Methods | Asclepius is an annual week-long summer camp that introduces high school students to medicine through learning sessions and hands-on activities. Students completed a 10-question orally-administered test pre- and post-camp of their knowledge about the required training to become a physician. During the week, participants learned about pursuing a career in medicine through a formal lecture, two student panels, and informal opportunities to chat with medical students. A pairwise t-test was run to compare the group's objective scores before vs after camp. |
| Results | There was a significant difference in test scores pre-camp (M = 7.12, SD = 2.39) and post-camp (M = 9.31, SD = 1.13); t(42) = 5.08, p< .05. |
| Discussion | Our results suggest that Asclepius, as an example MMS, serves as a strategy to inform youth about careers in medicine through increasing their knowledge about the steps to becoming a physician. For youth facing barriers to accessing medical education, medical schools may utilize the MMS strategy to provide such youth with a toolkit to pursue this career. Further data are being collected about the impact of Asclepius. |
| Keyword 1 | diversity |
| Keyword 2 | undergraduate medical education |
| Keyword 3 | admissions |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion |
| Authors | Kimberly Papp Amanda Krysler Sicheng Lee Shelley Ross |
