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Student Ambassador Program

Student Ambassador Program. History. Carol Elam, Ed.D ., and then first year medical student Joe Thomas created the program in 2009. The goal was to inspire/mentor rural high school students and encourage them to pursue medicine as a career. Counties & Ambassadors .

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Student Ambassador Program

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  1. Student Ambassador Program

  2. History • Carol Elam, Ed.D., and then first year medical student Joe Thomas created the program in 2009. • The goal was to inspire/mentor rural high school students and encourage them to pursue medicine as a career.

  3. Counties & Ambassadors • 20 counties and 23 ambassadors were involved in the first year of the program

  4. Goals • Encourage middle and high school students to attend college and consider a career in medicine. • Educate students about opportunities to practice in rural areas and improve rural health. • Promote the University of Kentucky health colleges, specifically the College of Medicine.

  5. Teleconferences Meet the Dean Series: College of Medicine Courtesy of Jim Ballard

  6. Dinner with Students & Parents South Central AHEC at T.J. Samson Hospital Courtesy of Lucy Juett

  7. Health Careers Camp North Central AHEC Gateway to Health Careers Camp Courtesy of Laura Pears

  8. Dinner with Students Purchase AHEC Dinner Presentation and Q&A Courtesy of Melody Nall

  9. Health Careers Expo Northeast AHEC Health Careers Expo Courtesy of Julia Flannery

  10. Other Activities • Reaching Out In the Classroom • Panel Discussions with Summer Camps • Rural Lecture Series

  11. On the Web https://www.ukhc.uky.edu/ambassadors/default.aspx

  12. A Word from Medical Students

  13. Goals for the Year • Utilize new teaching tools (knee, clinical activities, etc.) • Collaborate with alumni in rural areas to encourage students to pursue a career in medicine or other health field • Develop interdisciplinary teleconferences with other health colleges (e.g., Public Health, Health Sciences) to explain more health career options to students. • Collaborate with KSRHA to host a lecture series relevant to healthcare professional students

  14. Future Directions • Evaluation of the program– Follow students to see if/when they apply to medical school or another health college • Develop funding/support model to advance the program • Work with AHECs to develop workshops where ambassadors can talk with guidance counselors and teachers about the program, medical school, and reaching students who could succeed in medical school

  15. Connections & Collaboration • KY Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) • UK Medical Alumni • UKCOM Student Affairs • UK Colleges: Dentistry, Nursing, Health Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health • UK Chapter of Kentucky Student Rural Health Association (KSRHA)

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