After Sophomore Year
Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota

• Preparring for the MCAT
• Meeting with students, residents, and physicians of the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Med School
• Shadowing doctors
• Volunteering at Mayo's hospitals and clinic
• Hanging out at the world class Kaylor hotel

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Summer III, Summer 2010

May 25 to June 4 - Developing AMCAS (Med School Application)

June 7 to June 11 - Mock Med School Interviews

June 14 to July 2 - MCAT Development

  
After Junior Year
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus



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Where is the Program Located?

Minnesota’s Future Doctors main office is located at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus on the East Bank in the Mayo Building.

Minnesota’s Future Doctors will spend three summers with the program. Each summer program is six weeks in length.

Summer I
Summer one will be held on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus.

Students will participate in coursework, case studies, and medical shadowing opportunities at the Fairview University Medical Center, many community clinics, and clinics/hospital settings throughout the metro area.

Summer II
Summer two will be held at the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota. Future Docs will be housed in apartment complexes near the Mayo Clinic and take part in clinical rotations at this world class facility.

Classes and events will be held throughout the Mayo Clinic.

Summer III
Summer three will be held at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Future Docs will be housed at the dorms of the East Bank of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

Students will participate in MCAT study, take their MCAT examination, develop their medical school application, and participate in countless med school interviewing strategy sessions and mock interviews.

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Why is the Minnesota's Future Doctors Program Important?

Amazing Diversity Demands Diverse Doctors
Minnesota is amazingly culturally diverse. American Indians, African Americans, Latinos, Asian and African immigrants provide vibrant energy.

Unfortunately, current doctors do not reflect the minority and rural core of Minnesota. Our state simply needs more doctors who reflect the diversity of Minnesota.

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Why: A Little History Lesson

A plan to recruit and prepare highly talented, committed, and hardworking minority, immigrant, rural, and disadvantaged students for careers within the Minnesota medical community was conceived in 2005 by two medical students at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Gareth Forde and Matthew Fitzpatrick.

They looked around their classroom and realized their classmates did not reflect the diversity of Minnesota.

They proposed the program that has become Minnesota's Future Doctors.

The Director, Jo Peterson, started in November 2006. The first group of Future Docs completed their program in the summer of 2007.

To apply, you must use the official web site. The official web site for the Minnesota's Future Doctors program is found at:

/http://www.meded.umn.edu/futuredocs

SUMMER I

In the summer of 2008, we will spend six weeks together at the U of M, Twin Cities Campus.  Housing is at Centennial Hall on the East Bank.

Dates:  June 8 to July 18, 2008

Here's a snapshot of what the students did last summer (2007):

• Shadowed minority physicians and got to meet real live patients
• Volunteered with families and people in need of our help
• Toured the Mayo Med School, the U of M Twin Cities Med School, and the U of M Duluth Med School
• Met with world-class physicians to discuss research projects
• Met with patients and their families to discuss illness
• Learned about health disparities and how they impact minority communities
• Prepped for the MCAT with biology and chemistry - review or skill building courses
• Met with med studnets, physicians, and other professionals to talk about how "they made it"
• Played on campus and throughout the Twin Cities
• Made meals together on campus in our kitchen
• Learned about each other's families and culuture
• Developed our electronic portfolios

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SUMMER II

Summer 2009 will bring us to the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Med School.

Here's what we'll be doing in Summer 2009:

• Shadowing physicians from the Mayo Clinic - every single day!
• Preparring for the MCAT
• Meeting with students, residents, and physicians of the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Med School
• Volunteering at Mayo's hospitals and clinic
• Hanging out at the world class Kaylor hotel

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SUMMER III