The Pre-Health Society is designed to serve community college, university, and gap year students pursuing a career in healthcare. The program provides students from Eastern Oregon with the resources needed to become successful applicants to competitive health professions programs by instilling confidence through guidance and mentorship.
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What is the NEOAHEC Pre-Health Society?
It is well documented that students from rural and frontier communities receive less access to high-quality preparation for health professions program admission throughout both high school and college. The NEOAHEC Pre-Health Society is designed to serve community college, university, and gap year students pursuing a career in healthcare. The program will provide our rural and disadvantaged students with the resources needed to become successful applicants to competitive graduate level healthcare programs by instilling confidence, and by providing guidance and mentorship.
Over the years many medical and other health professions schools have increased the number of spaces available for students from rural, frontier, and disadvantaged backgrounds. Unfortunately, despite many health professions schools aiming to identify potential candidates from rural communities as applicants, students from rural communities are not adequately prepared to be successful applicants. The NEOAHEC Pre-Health Society will challenge this gap in our region.The most critical component to the NEOAHEC Pre-Health Society is mentorship, and as a result of NEOAHEC's long history, we have mentors available for our students in all phases of their career. Mentors will include students who have been admitted to health professions programs, and who participated in NEOAHEC programs in the past or are from the eastern Oregon Region.
If you are interested in supporting the NEOAHEC Pre-Health Society, please reach out to the Program Director, Hailey Hulse at 541.910.9924 or hhulse@neoahec.org.
In the NEOAHEC Pre-Health Society, we offer other NEOAHEC Programs, like the Health Speaker Series.
What is the Health Speaker Series?
Organized by NEOAHEC and the Eastern Oregon University Pre-Professional Health Club, the Health Speaker Series (HSS) engages undergraduate students and community members with unique health career presentations each academic term. Health providers, graduate students, or representatives from health career programs are invited to relay their educational and career journeys, advice for students considering their career, and thoughts about why it is so valuable to practice in a rural area. The sessions are held in EOU’s Huber Auditorium in La Grande, with each featuring a different career theme, such as “Pharmacy Night,” “Physical Therapy Night,” and so on.
The HSS provides invaluable networking opportunities between students and current industry professionals. These are some of the topics guests should expect to hear about at our presentations:
- Why did the presenter choose their career path?
- Tests, licenses, education, and other preparation they had to complete
- Surprises and challenges along the way
- The most rewarding aspects of their work
- Tips for success
- And much more!
Upcoming Health Speaker Series Events
- February 15, 2023 – Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy Panel with AHEC Scholars
6:00 pm in Badgley Hall 148 – Virtual Option Available - March 2023 – Dental Panel with AHEC Scholars
More information coming soon - April 2023 – Pharmacy Panel with AHEC Scholars
More information coming soon - May 17, 2023 – Health Program Fair
Badgley Hall Eastern Oregon University