{"id":114533,"date":"2024-09-04T09:54:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T14:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=114533"},"modified":"2024-10-29T19:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T00:05:56","slug":"alliance-out-in-force-for-white-coats-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/04\/alliance-out-in-force-for-white-coats-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Alliance out in force for White Coat ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>The alliance was out in force this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/alliance\/index.html\">The High School Alliance<\/a>, that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Aug. 20 UNMC College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony, seven incoming medical students were graduates of UNMC\u2019s pre-health science program, which offers high school juniors and seniors a chance to learn from experts and practice hands-on skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program, which is held during the school year, is an inside look at what it&#8217;s like to be a health care provider or researcher. Courses cover a range of health care topics, such as infectious diseases, anatomy and medical decision-making taught by UNMC faculty on the Omaha campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High School Alliance alums donning white coats at the college of medicine ceremony included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mohamad Hazim (Omaha Burke);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winnie Ladu (Omaha Benson);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alyssa Lawrence (Omaha Central);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grace MacLeod (Millard West);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grant Neuverth (Millard North);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ramya Rengarajan (Millard North);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roshan Sapkota (Westside); and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grace Sullivan (Gretna).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The seven students tied for the most-ever High School Alliance graduates entering UNMC medical school in the same year. It\u2019s enough to make program director Heidi Kaschke burst with pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve known these students since they were in high school,\u201d she said. \u201cI keep in touch with them. Now for them to finally reach their goal is full circle, and I am extremely excited for all of them and what they&#8217;re going to do with their medical degrees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking before the ceremony, Hazim reflected on his UNMC High School Alliance experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe High School Alliance was the first time that I&#8217;d stepped into the world of health care,\u201d he said. \u201cIt really opened my eyes to the different avenues that I could take. I took a gross anatomy course, and that&#8217;s when I realized my love for biomedical science and the human body. That course is what set me on the path to medicine. So, I credit the High School Alliance to putting me on this path.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is exactly the kind of \u201ceureka\u201d moment the program is designed to elicit, Kaschke said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor many students, the anatomy class does that for them,\u201d she said with a laugh. \u201cAll of the exams in the anatomy class are practicals; they have to know the structures on the cadaver. They have to memorize the vocabulary. How the content is presented in the anatomy class is unlike anything they&#8217;ve ever done before. It can be a transformative experience for a high school student.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other key class in the curriculum? Intro to Public Health, Kaschke said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor many students, that is the class that will really open their mind about \u2018what is public health?\u2019 and all of its different components &#8212; education, epidemiology, biostatistics. 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