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Columbia University

New York, NY

Implementation Style: Hybrid Model (Two Weeks Virtual Followed By Four Weeks In-Person). Accepting Freshmen & Sophomores.

Overview

SHPEP at Columbia University Irving Medical Center provides students interested in pursuing a career within the health professions with a well-defined, integrated approach to learning, focusing on the core science curriculum needed to apply to health professions schools for medicine, dentistry, nursing, and physical therapy. Students will engage in intense coursework, labs, learning skills, and career development courses during the six weeks of the program while participating in wellness sessions and seminars. The program strives to help students enhance and improve their chances of becoming successful applicants and students at the health professions school of their choice.

COVID-19 INSTITUTION POLICIES:

Clinical Experience: Clinical experiences will be incorporated into the curriculum through in-person experiences in the students’ respective tracks during the in-person weeks, depending on availability. There will also be offerings for simulation-based learning. Body Interact, a virtual patient simulator, supports the effective practice of clinical reasoning and decision-making skills through realistic virtual patient scenarios. Students will be exposed to lifelike situations and will be able to observe changes in visible signs and symptoms or lab tests that will help them to treat a patient. The patient reacts to everything students do. The virtual patient simulator allows scholars to train their mind to think and prepare for the real world, in a safe environment. Please note this component is limited to five percent of the program experience.

Health Profession Tracks Offered:

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nursing

Finances

Meals: A meal subsidy will be provided, along with 3 meals a week during in-person programming. Additional meals provided during special ceremonies, such as the White Coat Ceremony and Closing Ceremony.

Stipend: A $1000.00 stipend per scholar will be distributed in two installments (week 3 and week 6).

Travel: Travel reimbursement provided.

Living

Social Activities: Scholars will be able to foster a sense of community through various group activities (e.g. Zoom/in person hangouts, museum tours, cooking classes, talent shows, escape room activities, etc.). Social activities will be planned and led by PIs, administrators, and Teaching Assistants.

Living: CUIMC campus housing at 50 Haven Ave will be provided for the 4 in-person weeks from June 21st to July 18th

Columbia University Program Alumni

  • Ariana Duckett

    Ms. Duckett is a rising senior at Spelman College majoring in Psychology on the pre-medical track. She will complete her undergraduate program in May 2023. She participated in the SHPEP virtual program at Columbia University in 2020.

  • Asha Morrow, MD

    Dr. Asha Morrow attended SMDEP in 2007 at Columbia University. She graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 2013, and now lives in Houston, Texas, where she is a pediatric emergency physician.

  • Robert Trevino, MD, PhD

    Dr. Trevino is a third-year pediatrics resident at the Medical College of Wisconsin & Children’s Wisconsin with a clinical passion for pediatric emergency medicine. He participated in SMDEP at Columbia University in 2005.

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