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Opening Doorways: Connecting Petersburg Students To The World Of Health Science Professions, The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute At Virginia Commonwealth University, Carol Caudill, Brent Fagg, Victor Gonzalez Montoya, Amy Ladd, Kim Mcknight, Peyton Rowe, Paula Song
Opening Doorways: Connecting Petersburg Students To The World Of Health Science Professions, The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute At Virginia Commonwealth University, Carol Caudill, Brent Fagg, Victor Gonzalez Montoya, Amy Ladd, Kim Mcknight, Peyton Rowe, Paula Song
The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute Publications
This project creates a strategy to build a pipeline that begins in elementary school and is reinforced through middle and high school. This early exposure and understanding of health career opportunities is needed. Too many communities in Virginia experience critical health care inequities in services and information. To address those inequities, we need to open doorways to investigate health careers. By inspiring students from these communities to enter medical and health sciences professions, there is better representation and services to these underrepresented communities. VCU not only can provide exposure to various health careers, experiential learning and mentoring on how to …
Identifying Needs Of Potential Transfer Students Of Color To Enhance Equity And Inclusion In The College Of Health Professions, The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute At Virginia Commonwealth University, Hem Bhardwaj, Ashley Brewer, Christopher Garland, Rebecca Heise, Courtney Holmes, Hillary O'Boyle
Identifying Needs Of Potential Transfer Students Of Color To Enhance Equity And Inclusion In The College Of Health Professions, The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute At Virginia Commonwealth University, Hem Bhardwaj, Ashley Brewer, Christopher Garland, Rebecca Heise, Courtney Holmes, Hillary O'Boyle
The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute Publications
State Council of Higher Education of Virginia (SCHEV)1 data indicate disparities in recruitment and retention outcomes for transfer students of color and those of Hispanic ethnicity compared to non-Hispanic White peers. With the goal of enhancing equity and inclusion while diversifying the health professions, this project characterizes the needs of this population to inform the development of a new bachelor’s program within the College of Health Professions. The project provides recommendations based on data collected from both prospective and current VCU transfer students.