Are you Made for Medicine?
Learn more about how Made for Medicine is supporting students with an interest in pursuing a career in the medical field with community outreach, educational programming, mentorship, and academic enrichment.
If it is to be, it’s up to me.
The mission of Made for Medicine is to increase the number of doctors and advance health equity by exposing and preparing youth to enter the medical field.
The Made for Medicine Program
According to Association of American Medical Colleges U.S. Physician Workforce Data, many groups remain underrepresented in medicine. Made for Medicine was founded as a programmatic solution to address that underrepresentation by supporting students with an interest in pursuing a career in the medical field.
Made for Medicine is an initiative to advance health equity by attracting more talent to the medical profession through sustaining their pathway to medicine, delivering a culturally responsive curriculum, and providing access to faculty role models. Students in grades 6-12 complete comprehensive and rigorous programming that supplies them with critical foundational knowledge and hands-on learning experiences prior to their undergraduate and medical school educations.
What We’re Building:
Core Programming
Made for Medicine is divided into phases: Introduction to Medicine (Grades 6-7), Deeper Dive (Grades 7-8), Freshman Experience (Grade 9), and Commitment to Medicine (Grades 10-12). The goal is for participants to leave the program with a solid foundation and a commitment to pursuing a future career in medicine.
Online Community
To reach beyond Central Ohio, Made for Medicine hosts monthly virtual sessions during the academic year featuring physicians from various specialties. They share their journey to the medical profession and describe what their careers in medicine entail. These sessions are open to the public and can be accessed via Circle, an online community platform.
Educational Outreach
Made for Medicine engages in community outreach programming for elementary school-aged students in central Ohio. During our outreach programming, we provide all students with hands-on enrichment activities that cover age-appropriate medical concepts and foundational learnings in medicine.
