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Program Curriculum
The DC HAPP Program consists of a four-week pre-college matriculation summer program that ensures scholar success in post-secondary health professional training. There will be 6 hours of class each day Monday through Friday. The program will engage scholars in an exploration of career opportunities. These activities will use a case-based model during which scholars are exposed to numerous facets of the health care industry, the various roles each professional undertakes and how the health care team interacts with one another and within the health care delivery system.
Mentoring will be actively promoted during the program and mechanisms will be developed to sustain these relationships throughout the scholar’s college career. Mentors are graduate health professional students in The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Each scholar will be partnered with an individual mentor who will be the scholar’s point of contact throughout the program and during the scholar’s matriculation through college. Mentors will be involved in the scholar’s college career including academic support and other matters related to scholar success.
Using a student-centered pedagogy, scholars in the DC HAPP Program will enjoy a diverse set of learning experiences which include general college study skills to specific skill based health modules. Some examples include:
• Active Learning Sessions
o First-Aid/Common Simple Emergencies
o Infectious Diseases
o Disaster Planning
o Toxicology
o Gross Anatomy
o Suturing
o Casting and Splinting
• Seminars
o Life-Long Learning skills
o Study Skills
o Time Management
o Self-Advocacy
o Public Speaking
o Community Service
o Leadership/Team Building
o Reflection
o Resume Workshops
o Financial Planning
o Writing
Each week, scholars will have case based sessions two days, a fieldtrip related to the case one day, and college study skill preparation the other two days. Cases will alternate weekly which mirrors Problem Oriented Case-based Learning (PCL) used in medical schools throughout the United States.