This is a wonderful summer program which is open to FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES ONLY!!! Postbacc students are NOT eligible.  Applications are available now.

 

 

Dear Lolita,
I would be deeply grateful if you could bring to the attention of your premed students the opportunities that the new UVA Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (UVA SMDEP) offers. Please note that UVA SMDEP is open only to freshmen and sophomore premed students.

For a more detailed description of UVA SMDEP, please refer your freshmen and
sophomore premed students to our homepage on the web, which contains the application and other information. Our address is as follows: http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/academic-support

Our website also has a copy of the manual, "A Road MAAP to the Medical Promised Land: An Advising Manual." We believe your premed students can benefit greatly from the information in the manual.

Please encourage your students to go on-line and read all of the instructions carefully before completing the application. I strongly recommend that they apply as soon as possible since our admission is on a rolling basis. We have already started admitting students from December 2007.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me at 434-982-1867 or e-mail: [log in to unmask].  I deeply appreciate your help with this.

I am pleased to share with you the following information related to the success of our partnership in increasing the representation of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds in medicine: 

Ø       Datafrom our participant tracking system currently indicate that since 1984, 2,425 participants have been served; of whom 443 have already obtained their M.D. degrees;20 of the past participants are medical school facultyincluding a chairman of Ophthalmology, two assistant deans, an associate director for a residency program in medicine, andan assistant director for a residency program in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Ø       A recent article in the UVA Medical AlumNews entitled “Inspiring Success U.Va.’s Summer Medical and Dental Education Program” http://hoosonline.virginia.edu/site/c.ggLQI0OBKpF/b.2704377/k.3891/Medical_AlumNews_Magazine_Online.htm

Your partnership with us in this very important endeavor, over the years, is deeply appreciated.  Thank you for making a difference!

With warmest personal wishes.
Take care.


Sincerely,
Moses

Moses K.A. Woode, Ph.D., D.I.C., FAIC
Associate Dean for Student Academic Support and Strategic Programs
Professor of Medical Education
UVA SMDEP  Principal Investigator and Director

PH: (434) 982-1867
FAX: (434) 982-1917
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WEB PAGE: http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/academic-support/

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