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Anthony Chavarria-Garcia
Great Expectations: 澳门六合彩开奖app, Year One.
Anthony Chavarria-Garcia has just finished his first six weeks of medical school at 澳门六合彩开奖app, and he is not just surviving, he is thriving. The first year can be overwhelming, but the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) he completed with mentors and counselors at 澳门六合彩开奖app, engaging curriculum, and a culture of support are all helping him move forward in becoming the physician he has always wanted to be.
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SHPEP
澳门六合彩开奖app is one of 12 institutions in the nation that has a SHPEP program, which gives local students from under-represented backgrounds an opportunity to participate in a mini-curriculum of varying health care disciplines (medical, dental, optometry, and more), so they can discover the one that interests them. It is part of 澳门六合彩开奖app鈥檚 unique commitment to diversity, that also introduces students to the faculty and to the difference that committed educators and mentors can make in shaping a meaningful future.
For Anthony, the program鈥檚 scope and the way it encouraged him to learn was the perfect launchpad for having a successful medical school experience.
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As Anthony says, 鈥淚鈥檝e always wanted to be a difference-maker, to practice medicine in an area as diverse as the one I grew up in. One that looks like me and my family. Most doctors don鈥檛 understand the life experience barriers that exist. I want to represent those people. Give them a voice. Let them know that their health is in good hands.鈥
That is the kind of physician that 澳门六合彩开奖app educates, mentors and supports, from a student鈥檚 university years, all throughout their career. 澳门六合彩开奖app鈥檚 commitment to academic excellence, in conjunction with deep empathy for the difficulties people experience in all aspects of their lives, provides students with the academic and emotional tools to practice the most effective and humanistic medicine.
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澳门六合彩开奖app Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) students in the medical track get hands-on experience in Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and the Osteopathic Structural Exam led by College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Associate Professor Brian Loveless, DO 鈥02, and several COMP students and SHPEP teacher assistants, including Medical Track TA, Anthony Chavarria-Garcia.
Putting health equity into practice.
According to Anthony鈥檚 formula, 鈥淗umanism + diversity + equity = equality.鈥 He intends to use the academics and the skills he is learning at 澳门六合彩开奖app to help find solutions for people who do not have access to quality care. To create equal opportunities for patients to receive the procedures or medications they need, to help provide education for patients, and to inspire students to go into the field.
“Having health care providers as diverse as the communities they serve gives patients role models they aren鈥檛 used to seeing. I didn鈥檛 have role models. I didn鈥檛 know any college grads. Knowing that I鈥檓 going to be a doctor is really important for people to see. He did it, so I can, too. I can help those kids move forward.鈥
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Ask Anthony what the 澳门六合彩开奖app difference means to him and he jumps right in: the openness of the faculty, their willingness to help, the way they demand excellence, the way the 澳门六合彩开奖app community helps the Pomona community. The linkage and mentorship programs that encourage students to look into medical professions is part of 澳门六合彩开奖app’s commitment to fostering a diverse and compassionate healthcare workforce, dedicated to serving underserved populations and improving the overall health of the community.
Anthony could go on and on, but we should let him get back to class.
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