Prevalence of health professional students at a Midwestern College of Health  Professions who attended a high school biomedical program

dc.contributor.author	Dennill, Kameshni
dc.date.accessioned	2008-10-22T15:01:25Z
dc.date.available	2008-10-22T15:01:25Z
dc.date.copyright	2008
dc.date.issued	2008-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1597
dc.description	A project presented to the Department of Physician Assistant of Wichita State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Physician Assistant.	en
dc.description.abstract	To address the shortage of healthcare professionals nationwide, high schools across the nation have introduced biomedical programs into their curriculum to draw students into the health career track; in particular minority and underrepresented students who represent a large untapped resource of potentially eligible healthcare students. In order to determine the magnitude of such programs in Kansas, 1,358 individuals were surveyed who were either current or past healthcare students in a Midwestern college of health professions. Methodology: A 16 question survey, collected respondents’ demographic information, whether they participated in a high school biomedical program, and their perceptions of the program (if a participant). If appropriate the respondents were also asked to rate their biomedical program in terms of curriculum, healthcare insight gained, clinical experience, and student counseling. Results: The survey response rate was 17.7% (n=241). Only 7% (n=18) of the respondents participated in a high school biomedical program. Of those students who participated in a biomedical program, 94% went on to major in healthcare during college. Demographically, the majority (89.2%) of respondents were White and (86.3%) were female with little representation of minority and underrepresented students. Conclusion: Overall it appears that only a small percent of the preprofessional and professional healthcare students at a Midwestern college of health professions attended a biomedical program in high school; however, those who did found the programs to be beneficial in preparing them for a career in healthcare.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This project was funded in part by the Workforce Diversity Initiative Grant, funded by US/DHHS, grant number D57HP05123, 2005-2008, Richard Muma, PI.	en
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Wichita State University. Graduate School	en
dc.subject	Physician assistants	en
dc.subject	Medical education	en
dc.subject	Health occupations schools	en
dc.subject	Healthcare professionals	en
dc.subject	Biomedical programs	en
dc.subject	Career development	en
dc.subject	Vocational guidance	en
dc.title	Prevalence of health professional students at a Midwestern College of Health Professions who attended a high school biomedical program	en
dc.type	Research project	en
dc.DoNotUse.field	Muma, Richard D.