Mentorship Program

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Mentorship Program
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Who we are

• The Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) is
  a network of students, alumni, and health
  professionals whose mission is to promote the
  development of Latino students through
  educational, volunteer, professional and
  networking opportunities to foster diversity,
  higher education, and the improvement of the
  Latino community.

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Mission

• To recruit and support individuals in the
  healthcare professions who will strive to improve
  the access and delivery of healthcare to Latinos
  and medically underserved populations.

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Addressing Diversity in Medicine
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Fixing the Pipeline

• The of URM CA med school applicants has dropped
  by 35.8.
• In 2002, an estimated 5,000 URM students enter
  college as pre-meds (in California).
• 1,900 total CA students enter any US medical
  school each year.
• Admissions of under-represented minority (URM)
  students to US and CA medical schools have fallen
  significantly in recent years.
• Since 1994, URM CA admissions have fallen 24.6
  to only 254 in 2002.

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Retention

• 90 (4,500 of 5,000 URM) drop out of the pre-med
  track 3 years later.
• Only about 500 will take MCAT by end of junior
  year.
• Only about 450 will apply to med school.
• Ultimately, about 250 get in.
• If we maintain just 10 (450) of the 4,500 URM
  pre-meds that drop out of the pre-med track
• We would double the number of applicants.
• This would double the number of matriculating
  URMs to 500 per year.

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Who will serve the underserved?

• 7 million CA taxpayers live in medically
  underserved areas (MUAs).
• Over 70 are Latinos, Blacks, Native Americans.
• URM health professionals are more likely to
  practice in shortage areas.
• Most URM providers have cultural and linguistic
  skills leading to more culturally competent care.

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The importance of diversity

• Studies over the past 25 years document that
  50-80 of URM health professionals practice in
  minority shortage areas (MSA)
• AAMC medical school graduate surveys for the last
  30 years show that URM graduates are 4-7 times
  more likely to express interest in shortage area
  practice

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So what does this all mean?
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What our program has to offer

• Counseling/Mentoring programs that pairs
  pre-medical students with medical students.
• As a mentee, you will become part of a dynamic
  group of Latino students that are familiar with
  the challenges of enrollment in college and/or
  medical school.
• Access to programs and services to assist you
  including the intricacies of medical school
  application process, curriculum planning,
  interviews, and MCAT preparation.
• Community service opportunities Health fairs and
  outreach programs.
• Notification of scholarship programs, chapter
  meetings, annual conferences addressing issues
  specific to pre-meds and the Latino community at
  large.

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Guidance

• Pre-medical coursework
• the AMCAS application process
• Summer enrichment programs
• Research
• Community outreach

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Calendar Sensitive Topics

• Course Selection and Sequencing to Maximize Your
  GPA
• Preparing for and Successful Admissions Committee
  Interviews- Mock Interviews with LMSA members
• Information on Summer Enrichment and Other
  Programs for Pre-Health Students
• Preparing for the MCAT
• AMCAS application Personal Statement Schools
  to Apply To
• Post-baccalaureate Programs in California and
  Elsewhere

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Mentorship Programming

• Course Selection and Sequencing to Maximize Your
  GPA
• Preparing for and Successful Admissions Committee
  Interviews- Mock Interviews with LMSA members
• Summer Enrichment and Other Programs for
  Pre-Health Students
• Preparing for the MCAT
• AMCAS application Personal Statement Schools
  to Apply To
• Post-baccalaureate Programs in California and
  Elsewhere

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Expectations

• Each month Communicate with your mentee in
  person, via phone or e-mail fill out the simple
  progress note found at www.lmsa.net
• Put on 1 Workshop per year (1-2 per quarter will
  be provided).

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Progress Notes

• It will be a requirement of all LMSA mentors
  mentees.
• These progress notes will be crucial when
  applying for funding sources to demonstrate the
  efficacy of our programs in the recruitment of
  Latino students.
• Progress Notes found on www.lmsa.net

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Evaluation

• Mentor/Mentee of the Year Award
  
• Sponsored mixer for the mentors and mentees that
  are active have fulfilled all contract
  requirements

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• We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and
  forget about progress and prosperity for our
  community... Our ambitions must be broad enough
  to include the aspirations and needs of others,
  for their sakes and for our own. Cesar Chavez