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West Virginia University will conduct
the summer preliminary education, facilitating entry, and retention programs
to prepare students for health professions schools. The primary goal of
this project is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, support,
and abilities to enter and graduate from post-secondary schools offering
careers in allied health, medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, then return
to practice in the central Appalachian region.
General Program
Eligibility:
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Students who wish to participate in
HCOP can apply for entry into any
of the components. HCOP alumni will be given preference for spaces in
other components.
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All applicants must:
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be a U.S. citizen;
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be a resident of West Virginia
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have an interest in a career as a physician, dentist, pharmacist,
dental hygienist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, medical
technologist or other allied health professions
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must be disadvantaged and/or be a member of an under- represented
group. Please call for additional information.
SELECTION OF
APPLICANTS:
Eligible applicants will be selected on the basis of academic achievement
and promise as shown by grades, ACT, SAT, MCAT, DAT, or PCAT, letters of evaluation from faculty, and potential to be successful
in a health careers profession. Students enrolled in PE, FE, and RE will receive a stipend to cover all expected costs of
participating in this summer enrichment program; such as, housing,
supplies and food.
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PRELIMINARY EDUCATION (PE)
PROGRAM
This component is designed to enhance the student's college-level basic
knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in health career goals and to
familiarize the student with the medicine, dentistry and pharmacy.
Eligibility: Incoming college freshman (Fall 2012) with an interest in
medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy.
Term: Summer residency for six weeks starting
June 16 – July 27, 2012
Location: On the campus of West Virginia University
PE Application (Incoming
College Freshmen)
Application Deadline - April 21, 2012
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APPLICATIONS
You need two
Recommendations -
Recommendation
Form (Adobe
Acrobat/PDF)
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FACILITATING ENTRY (FE) PROGRAM
This component is designed to enhance the competitiveness of students as
they prepare to apply to schools or programs of medicine, dentistry,
and pharmacy. The Facilitating Entry program includes a review for
either the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), the Dental Admission
Test (DAT), the Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT); preparation for the application
and interviewing process including mock interviews; shadowing in health
care clinics and/or research laboratories.
*Eligibility: Currently enrolled in college; Students interested in medicine should have taken the appropriate course work in:
English - 6 hrs.
· Social or Behavioral
Science - 6 hrs
· Biology or Zoology
with labs - 8 hrs.
· General Chemistry with
labs - 8 hrs.
· Organic Chemistry with
labs - 8 hrs.
· Physics with labs - 8
hrs
Term: Seven week residency during summer prior to admission test to
professional school
Location: West Virginia University campus
FE Application (College Sophomores,
Juniors and Seniors)
Application Deadline - March 31, 2012
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You need two
Recommendations -
Recommendation Form (Adobe Acrobat/PDF)
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