Selectives: Implementing self-directed collaborative selectives as part of a curriculum for pre-health care professional students
• There is increasing interest in promoting exposure to diverse concepts in healthcare prior to traditional health professions’ training, with little analysis of impact or outcomes. • Post-baccalaureate programs (PBPs) have emerged as a successful strategy to increase the number of underrepresented minority students attending medical and dental schools. • PBPs expose students to activities to enhance their competitiveness as applicants. • Because student learning is enhanced when it is self- directed, we designed a PBP curriculum that is purposefully multifaceted. • Selectives include activities such as additional MBS courses, med school courses, graduate school courses, practicums, additional EMT experience, global health community engaged research, and a unique partnership with the Duke Office of Clinical Research.
- 2017