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SHIP:
The eight week Summer High School Internship Program (SHIP) provides education, guidance and mentoring to students from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds who are interested in the area of health and health care disparities, science, and the health professions. The objective of this program is to help motivate, encourage, train and support these students - empowering them to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences or medicine. Students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents may apply for acceptance into this program. Factors considered in the admissions process include the cumulative GPA, belonging to a group that is racially/ethnically underrepresented in medicine, and coming from an economically or educationally disadvantaged background.
The SHIP offers high school students opportunities to work closely with USUHS staff on various research projects. The internship incorporates a wide variety of activities such as training on health disparities by USUCHD staff and guest speakers from other Universities, a film series, cultural competency training, trips to local community clinics and organizations, and visits to museums such as The National Indian Museum and the Holocaust Museum. In addition, this experience increases awareness of diseases and conditions that largely affect minority and disadvantaged communities. If the opportunity occurs, students are also exposed to conferences and meet local leaders who are committed to eliminating disparate healthcare.
All students prepare a research paper and poster presentation on a disease that affects disadvantaged populations in high numbers. On Research Day, the culmination of the undergraduate and high school program, their posters are judged, and the winner receives an award. A second project is a group project, the high school students work on together; the class of 2005 developed a kid-oriented, health disparities website. In addition, SHIP features regular workshops and seminars on academic career opportunities, presentation and research skills, and strategies for enhancing success in applying to college.
The high school students are mentored by the interns from the Undergraduate Summer Research Internship, and doctoral students from the Clinical Psychology Department in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
A multidisciplinary environment provides unique opportunities, and an enormous capacity to train students. Professional and social interactions with fellow students, college professors, and postdoctoral fellows are encouraged and cultivated by meetings, career seminars, and informal gatherings.
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