The Netter Health Professions Club—led by students from the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine—serves as a bridge between aspiring high school students and the world of healthcare careers. Through interactive sessions, mentorship, and exposure to a variety of medical disciplines, the program empowers students to explore their interests while building a strong foundation for future success in the health professions.
Program Highlights
Career Exploration: Students learn about a range of healthcare paths including medicine, nursing, and physical therapy.
Mentorship Opportunities: Netter students share personal experiences, advice, and encouragement to support participants' goals.
Skill Building: Workshops help students develop communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills essential to healthcare settings.
This collaborative program—developed by Quinnipiac Netter School of Medicine’s Health Career Pathways and Office of Inclusive Excellence, Yale School of Medicine's DICE program, and the New Haven Monk Center—merges science, reading and art by providing opportunities to enrich the understanding of human anatomy and explore the illustrative talents of young students.
Program Highlights
Anatomy Lessons: Medical students teach the basics of the skeletal and circulatory systems.
Reading Enrichment: Students strengthen literacy skills with science-related materials.
Art Exploration: A local artist helps students illustrate bones and organs to reinforce their learning through creative expression.
The Perspectives on Education, Advocacy, Research and Learning Symposium (PEARLS) is a QU Netter School of Medicine initiative. PEARLS was envisioned by a group of medical students who shared the passion of advancing equity through education, unification, and active measures to combat access and outcome challenges within healthcare and beyond.
PEARLS is a student-centered, faculty-mentored symposium. The symposium has evolved into a three-part series hosted over the spring semester each year and was founded on three core principles: awareness, inspiration and action.
"Change Agents" where faculty who are leading inclusive excellence initiatives present their work to the QU Netter community
The "Perspectives" initiative, which provides students with a platform to share their unique perspectives, experiences and creative expressions
Student “Grand Round Pitches” where student-designed scholarly inclusive excellence initiatives receive competitive seed grants and receive mentorship to help support their project to completion.
This year, our mission was to create opportunities that foster innovation and creativity. We aimed to empower students by equipping them with the guidance and resources needed for successful submissions across various platforms, including grants, research posters, and creative art pieces. Our goal is to incite innovation within our community by creating awareness of barriers to access in healthcare or the medical education community; and engaging, activating and inspiring solutions that advance health outcomes. We’re here to foster a space where ideas can flourish, connections can be made, and solutions can take shape.
January 27, 2025
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