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The following compilation features resources and opportunities offered nationwide for undergraduate students, and tab with opportunities specifically reaching out to URM students.
Please note that this is a continually evolving document and it is not necessarily comprehensive. Furthermore, the deadlines for specific programs may vary year-to-year. If you would like your program to be featured in the list, please contact Valerie Orellana and/or Sarah Berger. If you discover a resource or program that is not on this list, please let us know and we will add it!
Research, Internship and Fellowship Opportunities for URM Students
"Underrepresented in medicine means those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population." This lens currently includes students who identify as African Americans and/or Black, Hispanic/Latino, Native American (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians), Pacific Islander, and mainland Puerto Rican. The definition also refers to students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The pre-health advisors of the Health Professions Program are committed to supporting Dartmouth students of color and those from all backgrounds underrepresented in medicine. Our goal is to help ensure that all Dartmouth students have access to the support and tools they need to achieve their aspiration and that all pre-health students are part of Dartmouth's Pre-Health Community. Please meet with your Pre-Health Advisors from term one and beyond to discuss course selection, extra-curriculars, and the Medical School Application.
Along with our one on one advising and attending regular HPP and NSS events and workshops as part of the greater Pre-health community, we invite you to participate in our Pathways To Medicine program. In collaboration with students, we create opportunities for academic support and mentorship with upper class peers, Geisel students, and especially, Dartmouth alumni of color, at different stages of their medical career through Pathways to Medicine. Please sign up here TO BE ADDED TO THE LISTSERV or contact Sarah Berger for more information!
Here are also some other important resources for Dartmouth students who identify as URM, with text excerpts from their website descriptions.
There are also other great resources at Dartmouth including:
To encourage diversity in medical education and in the physician profession, there are a number of research programs and internships, which are eager to recruit URM students.
The list below includes a summary document which itself contains valuable links, a database of research/internship/fellowship resources and important links to other web sites, including the AAMC and the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NAAHP). If you know of anything else we should know about, please contact The Health Professions Program!