{"id":10705,"date":"2024-07-19T15:07:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T19:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/?p=10705"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:23:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:23:02","slug":"24-high-school-students-attend-rural-medicine-summer-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/24-high-school-students-attend-rural-medicine-summer-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"24 High School Students Attend &#8220;Rural Medicine Summer Academy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"xxxmsonormal0\" style=\"margin: 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #212121\">The program, which was hosted by UNC&#8217;s Department of Emergency Medicine and Office of Rural Initiatives, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #212121\">introduces rising high school seniors to different careers in medicine and pathways to get there, via professional panels, hands-on skills sessions, simulations, and lectures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal0\" style=\"margin: 0in;text-align: start\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #212121\"><br \/>\nExamples of topics covered included:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"xxxmsonormal0\" style=\"text-align: start\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #212121\">Healthcare in rural North Carolina<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xxxmsonormal0\" style=\"text-align: start\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #212121\">Careers in medicine and education pathways to achieve them<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xxxmsonormal0\" style=\"text-align: start\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #212121\">Basic medical history and physical exam skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xxxmsonormal0\" style=\"text-align: start\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #212121\">Introduction to cardiovascular health<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #212121\">The educational sessions were taught by faculty and residents from the Department of Emergency Medicine, members of the Office of Rural Initiatives, and numerous other medical experts from different physician specialties and healthcare professions at UNC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s program was led by Dr. Maglin Halsey-Nichols, Assistant Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and Felicia Crawford, M.A., Program Coordinator for the Office from the UNC Office of Rural Initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #212121\">This was the 7th year for the program, which was originally developed by Drs. Kyle Melvin and Catherine Coe out of the Department of Family Medicine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #212121\">Interest was particularly high this year, with more than 100 students applying to participate in the program.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #212121;font-size: 11pt\"> \u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/649\/2024\/07\/2424924rtfr-1024x589.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"906\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/649\/2024\/07\/2424924rtfr-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/649\/2024\/07\/2424924rtfr-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/649\/2024\/07\/2424924rtfr-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/649\/2024\/07\/2424924rtfr-600x345.png 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