Meharry Medical College
The Cal Turner Family Center
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Nashville, TN 37208
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The program will focus on developing students academically for entry into medical and graduate school for health professions. We have invited presidents, faculty and staff from HBCU institutions and others to participate in this three-day meeting June 26 – 28, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee on the Meharry Medical College campus.
There will be general sessions and workshops for attendees and a half-day special session for HBCU presidents during which time data on the decline of HBCU graduates applying and enrolling in health and science programs will be presented and discussed. Other topics will include a discussion surrounding paths of HBCU graduates in health and science careers and an examination of partnerships to solicit additional funding to support the capacity needs.
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The program is subject to change.
Monday, June 26, 2017
12:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Registration Open |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Simulation Lab Tour & Demonstration |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | College Readiness Workshop Mentoring: Early Exposure and Maximizing Impact — Changing the Racial Imbalance with Role Models |
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
Track I Creating and Improving Your Office of Health Professions |
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Track II Innovative Curricula and Learning Environments that Lead to Success and Mastery of Competencies for Future Health Professionals |
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Track III Approaches for Successfully Mastering Entrance Exams |
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5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Reception |
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Welcome & General Session I The Importance of Increasing a Sustained and Competitive Applicant Pool |
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast |
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Registration Open |
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Special Session (CLOSED) Multidisciplinary Approaches to Health Careers: A Panel Discussion |
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM | General Session II Reports from Empower 1 Working Groups |
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
Track IV Addressing Barriers of Advising Millennials for Health Professions |
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Track V Innovative Curricula and Learning Environments that Lead to Success and Mastery of Competencies for Future Health Professionals |
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Track VI Approaches for Successfully Mastering Entrance Exams |
10:15 AM – 12:30 PM | President's Session (INVITATION ONLY) |
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | General Session III & Lunch Current Status and Trends of Minority Enrollments in US Health Professions Schools |
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
Track VII Creating and Improving Your Office of Health Professions |
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Track VIII Curricular Needs to Prepare and Retain 21st Century Students Interested in the Health Professions |
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Track IX Evidence-Based Approaches to Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Undergraduate Curriculum |
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3:15 PM – 4:30 PM | Working Groups Session Greatest Challenges & Best Practices |
4:45 PM – 6:00 PM | General Session IV Special Role of HBCUs: Policy & Funding |
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Reception |
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast |
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | NRMN Programming National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Programming for Undergraduate Students |
7:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Registration Open |
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM | General Session V Working Groups Reporting: Challenges & Best Practices |
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | General Session VI & Closing President's Overview and Recommendations for the Way |