Medical student service learning program teaches secondary students about career opportunities in health and medical fields

Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 315-319

  Karpa, Kelly ^a   Vakharia, Kavita ^a   Caruso, Catherine A ^a   Vechery, Colin ^a   Sipple, Lanette ^a   Wang, Adrian ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career shadowing; Case based learning; Community education; Mentoring; Pipeline program; Problem based learning; Service learning; Underrepresented minority

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MENTORS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957863200     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00124.2015     Document Type: Article

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