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\n<\/TABLE>For a fourth consecutive year, Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) students spent two months at UNMC to get their collective feet wet in medical and dental education. <\/p>\n

The students took rigorous coursework, created science projects, shadowed health care providers and learned strategies for admission into medical and dental schools. <\/p>\n

It all concluded during the SMDEP closing ceremony when the students gave presentations about research they conducted over the summer. <\/p>\n

“All the student groups did an outstanding job on their presentations,” said Carly Crim, SMDEP coordinator. “They were very excited to make their presentations.”<\/p>\n


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\nSMDEP is designed to assist underrepresented, disadvantaged and rural students. The program also is open to students with a genuine and sincere interest in serving underserved and rural communities, and who possess the essential skills to be successful in medical and dental school. <\/p>\n

SMDEP is funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and support from:
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    The program also receives support from many in-kind donations from individuals.
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    \n<\/TABLE>New this summer, SMDEP students participated in a bio-statistics course that helped them learn more about the types of quantitative problems health care professionals encounter in clinical practice. <\/p>\n

    Another new feature was an assignment for each student to research a public health issue and present their findings. <\/p>\n

    And for the first time, students interested in medicine were able to get hands-on experience in the using the Sorrell Center’s clinical skills lab. SMDEP students with dental interests have previously been able to garner such hands-on experience at the College of Dentistry in Lincoln. <\/p>\n

    At the closing ceremony, the students were presented with awards and certificates for their work and received an educational lecture from a keynote speaker, Walter Jones, Ph.D., professor of health administration and policy at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).<\/p>\n

    “UNMC should be commended for taking a lead in creating helpful educational opportunities,” Dr. Jones said. “They help address health disparities and give young professionals a world’s worth of opportunities to address those issues.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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