Our Services

The Office of Educational Outreach and Partnerships in the School of Medicine sponsors a wide array of support services and academic enrichment programs designed to meet the needs of those groups of students who are underrepresented in the health professions as well as non-traditional and/or disadvantaged students. The services and programs are offered at the pre-admission, pre-matriculation and matriculation stages of the educational processes for each of the five health science schools.

  • Implementation of Pre-College and College Summer Student Educational Enrichment Program (SEEP) – programs targeting underrepresented, non-traditional, and/or disadvantaged students interested in the health professions

  • Implementation of Summer Prematriculation Program for students accepted into Medicine, Dentistry, and Graduate Studies

  • Provide information on the Stoney Diversity Scholarship.

  • Supplemental Instruction Program – an academic support program for students enrolled in MCG’s five Schools

  • Recruitment Team Involvement (visits to colleges and groups visiting MCG) for School of Medicine Admissions Office and EOP Summer Program

  • Lead organizers for recruitment visits to selected colleges, with emphasis on colleges with a large enrollment of underrepresented students

  • Academic advisement to prospective medical students

  • School of Medicine Admissions Committee Service

  • Faculty advisement and organizational support to the Student National Medical Association and the Junior Medical League

  • Follow-up and tracking of previous summer program participants

  • Involvement in University Committees (School of Medicine Student Affairs, Scholarship Committee, Deans Diversity Task Force, and others)

  • Membership in National and Regional Organizations that target Medical School and Health Career Advisement Issues
  • Preparation and submission of grants to support EOP programs

  • Participation in MCG Pre-Health Advisor Conference (held every other year)

Revised November 3, 2009 .   Please send comments, suggestions or questions about this page to Wilma A. Sykes-Brown, wsykes@mcg.edu .