Originally Published: Friday, July 22, 2016 6:13 PM (https://www.communitymedical.org/about-us/News/Medical-Careers-in-the-Making)
It’s not often high school seniors get a real peek at what it’s like to be a healthcare professional. But for 63 students who seized the opportunity at a six-week summer research and mentorship program as part of the UCSF Doctors Academy, their experience was “career-inspiring.”
Dr. Katherine Flores, director of UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research (LaCMER), started the program a decade ago to help encourage more students to become doctors in a region that has chronic shortages of physicians. And last night, Dr. Flores hosted the 2016 Doctors Academy Senior Research Symposium at the UCSF Fresno Medical Education and Research Center, recognizing the newest group of students and their mentors.
This event recognized 63 high school seniors and their 80 mentors participating in the Doctors Academy. The event also featured a symposium where students presented the product of their research and mentorship to friends, families, and other healthcare professionals.
Of the all students in this Doctors Academy cohort, 24 were mentored by healthcare professionals from three of Community Medical Centers’ facilities.
