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James Morris, MS4 and Kade Lyman, MS4

UROP Co-Presidents

University of Utah School of Medicine

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• Initiated and operated by volunteer medical students at the UUSOM.

• Addresses the issue of low numbers of health care providers in rural Utah through the promotion of health care educational programs to rural high school students.

How does it work?

• Volunteer medical students travel to rural high schools and give presentations to educate high school students and teachers about careers in health care and the need for different health professions in rural communities.

• Provide hands-on dissection of a cow heart or eyes, allowing students to interact, ask questions and learn from current medical students.

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Who is UROP in 2015-2016?

• Volunteer medical students from UUSOM

• Co-Presidents: James Morris, Kade Lyman

• Vice Presidents: Rebecca Powell, Sara Dunham, Spencer Nielson, Sylvia Hu

• Faculty Coordinator: Bob Quinn

• Faculty Advisor: Stephen Alder, MD

• Utah Academy of Family Physicians (UAFP)

• University of Utah School of Medicine Office of Inclusion and Outreach (OIO)

• Utah Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)

Utah Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)

Utah AHEC’s mission is to improve access to health care through education. Its programs are developed under three main focal areas:

Recruit youth from Utah’s minority and disadvantaged populations into health-related careers.

Provide educational opportunities for students in health professions training programs in community-based clinical settings largely serving Utah’s medically underserved residents.

Retain health professionals practicing in Utah’s medically underserved communities through convenient professional development opportunities and health-related community advocacy and leadership

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Medical Students

• Bradley Meyer• Cooper Feild• Cathy Mangum• Cody Sanders• David Carroll• Haley Carlson• Jacob Mitchell• James Morris• Kade Lyman• Siera Debenham• Cody Sanders• Cooper Feilds

• Ketevan Amirkhanashvili• Marcus Chen• Natalie Channell• Rebecca Powell• Robert McRae• Sarah Dunham• Scott Potter• Spencer Nielson• Surabhi Kasera• Sylvia Hu• Zac Flinders

“I think the students really enjoy seeing and listening to the medicalstudents. Especially knowing many come from a small town, just like thestudents do.”

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“One student, after a past trip, became interested in cardiology and iscurrently working towards that goal. He is currently in undergraduate pre-med studies.”

History of UROP

• 2002 Started by U of U medical students. Ran strong for about 10 years.

• 2010-11 ran into financial trouble, decreased support by the Dean’s office, lack of student involvement. Program almost ended.

• 2012-13 was the most successful year, in the sense of participation and number of trips.

• 2015-16 increased regulations on student volunteer hours has again caused decrease in student involvement.

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UROP 2015-16 Highlights

• 12 Trips

• 34 schools visited

• 48 presentations

• 1153 high school students

• 23 medical student volunteers

• 345 medical student volunteer hours

• 2 physician office visits

“This activity was incredibly powerful in that I saw low achieving students step up and leadactivities in a powerful way. In 14 years, I have never seen this level of involvement.”

“We really love this experience with the U of U. Many of my students are exploring thepossibility of a career in medicine, when the medical students come, it inspires them tobelieve they really can do it.”

• Our Experiences with UROP

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UROP 2016-2017 Leadership

• Sara Dunham, MS3 President

• Rebecca Powell MS2, Vice President

• Bob Quinn, UROP Coordinator

• Stephen Alder, MD; Faculty Advisor

• Strengthen relationship with OIO

• Seek continued funding and support from OIO, UAFP.

• Improve number of community family physician visits

• Improve number of visits to Central and Northern Utah.

Future UROP objectives:

• 1911 Carbon County voted 532 to 29 to open a High School.

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Thank you

• UAFP• Maggie Mitchell

• Jennifer Daily

• OIO

• UROP Coordinator: Bob Quinn

• UROP Advisor: Dr. Stephen Alder

• AHEC Coordinators–• Carrie Torgersen (Southern)

• Mindy Bateman (Crossroads)

• Nathan Alexander (Northern)