MedDOCS information session
August 28, 2021
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Medical Discovery of Careers (MedDOCS)
Sponsored by the VTC chapter of the Student National Medical Association and the VTC Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, MedDOCs is a student-run after school pipeline program for Roanoke area high school students from backgrounds under-represented in medicine with the goal of providing high-school students with mentorship and exciting them about pursuing education/careers in science and medicine.
The inaugural fall session will run from September 30th - November 18th on Thursday afternoons from 4:00-5:30pm. The topic of focus will be cardiology.
- Meet Carilion Clinic doctors
- Learn about heart anatomy and diseases
- Dissect an animal heart
- Tour cardiology research labs
- Participate in a heart attack rescue simulation
- Get to know VTC medical students
- Join the MedDOCs family!
Applications from High School students are due on September 10th.