Building the next generation of health-care professionals
UH MÄÂnoa health program launches summer experience The University of Hawai‘i at MÄÂnoa Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) will kick off a 10-day summer residential experience on Sunday, June 21, for twenty-six public high school sophomores and juniors interested in becoming health professionals. The first program is an overnight experience on the USS Missouri, where students will meet with Congressman Neil Abercrombie and his aide Terry Visperas, a former HCOP participant. Throughout the 10-day program, students will participate in problem-based learning classes, similar to those that are taught at the UH MÄÂnoa John A. Burns School of Medicine. They will meet health professionals from various careers in medicine, nursing, bio-medical research, public health, and social work. Students will receive instruction on time management, financial literacy, college course planning and research skills. Between classes, they will also visit area health clinics, go hiking, and participate in a service learning project on The participants were recruited from underrepresented groups from the HCOP was first established in 2000 as a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Health SEED oversees programs that recruit, and provide support and retention services for underrepresented students in higher education. Its programs touch the lives of students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. The .jpg)
Careers Diversity. It became a UH Manoa program under Student Equity, Excellence & Diversity (SEED) in 2008, with funding from the Hawai‘i State Legislature.
