AUG. 13, 2003 | September through May at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is devoted, among its other missions, to educating young people who have made the decision to enter a health care field.

Summer is the time to plow the ground for future classes of students, and plant the idea of a medical career in the minds of grade school and junior high students.

That was the purpose behind the Health Sciences Career Outreach Summer Camp for 7^th and 8^th graders, a program that began in 1993 at UAMS. Seventy-six campers attended from 10 counties in Arkansas July 13-18. They got an up-close look at real life medicine and research, visiting operating and emergency rooms and other clinics, learning how to read blood pressure levels, and watching researchers at work.

“These young people are already thinking about career options,” said Edna Strong, director of outreach for the Office of Minority Affairs in the UAMS College of Medicine. “We want them to be aware of all that UAMS has to offer. Exposure to the many career fields and educational programs available here can help with academic and career goals and now is the time to begin.”

The UAMS Outreach Program also offers an academic enrichment program for 9^th and 10^th grade students called Bridging the Gap, and the Undergraduate Summer Science Enrichment Program for college students.

 
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