The Office of Diversity Affairs at Georgia Health Sciences University presents HEAL, Health Equity and Access Leaders Program. HEAL aims to equip MCG students with the skills and educational background to work in medically underserved areas and become leaders in addressing the issues surrounding health equity among their peers and in their careers as physicians.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Journal Entry #3
Today's class focused on discussing our experiences in the programming board process and our experiences in Near Peer. What do you think about our discussions? Were they helpful? Please share your thoughts.
I'm glad we discussed some of the resources available to our mentoring students. It was interesting to hear how different each student was, and other mentors' experiences within their groups as well. It seems like many people think that high school is too early to have a set career goal in mind, but I don't think we should discredit those people who do have very specific goals. Of course, as someone mentioned, it is probably a good idea to talk to students about why they have those goals to assure that they have strong reasoning behind their aspirations. Putting students into "tracks" as a high schoolers may seem limiting, but I believe the state of Georgia still requires certain coursework for graduation from a Georgia high school, and that those courses range across many disciplines. From the programming board side, I think the idea the group had sounds really interesting. Hopefully we can all work together to promote the event and ensure a great turnout. It seems like there are interest groups and activities going on all the time, so hopefully we can work on making this event really stand out!
The discussions of today's class were great. It was very interesting to hear of what the programming board is doing and how the plans for future programs are coming together. The plans for the Hispanic month celebration, lunch and learn seem to be coming together and as a student I would definitely be interested in attending. I was also interested to hear how the mentoring is going at the other high school. At AR Johnson we experienced a few problems and it was nice to hear that the other high school process went more smoothly. Our mentoring group had a positive experience overall. I appreciated the time to hear more feedback from my fellow mentors at AR Johnson. New things to try to discuss, and new ways to approach the topics are always helpful. We talked about making sure that the students goals are realistic, providing materials about financial aid and scholarships, and working towards goals that are less specific. Certain students were focused on a very specific goal while others were more open. From how things are going I believe that we are going to be successful in both our programming and mentoring components.
I think this meeting served as a great opportunity to see our thoughts/goals of HEAL come into action. Since I am a part of the programming board, it was nice to hear how successful the mentoring has been overall. It seemed useful for the mentors to discuss with one another what was helpful and other resources that are available to better serve our high school students. Also, I think by discussing those things, we are learning how to make the future sessions even more successful. With the programming, it seemed that our group received our programming idea favorably. It was nice to get some feedback outside of our committee before bringing it to campus as a program. As a result, we were able to incorporate other thoughts into our planning. It seems with both sides of HEAL that we will be successful in meeting our objectives for the semester!
I enjoyed our group discussion on the progress of the two HEAL components. HEAL is continuing to develop, and all of our planning and hard work is becoming a reality. The two mentoring groups had a successful first week and are excited about the upcoming meetings with their students. The programming committee planned a great event for National Hispanic-Latino Heritage month (which was wildly successful). Witnessing HEAL's impact on both the members of our group and our colleagues at MCG feels quite rewarding and makes me appreciate being a part of this program.
I'm glad we discussed some of the resources available to our mentoring students. It was interesting to hear how different each student was, and other mentors' experiences within their groups as well. It seems like many people think that high school is too early to have a set career goal in mind, but I don't think we should discredit those people who do have very specific goals. Of course, as someone mentioned, it is probably a good idea to talk to students about why they have those goals to assure that they have strong reasoning behind their aspirations. Putting students into "tracks" as a high schoolers may seem limiting, but I believe the state of Georgia still requires certain coursework for graduation from a Georgia high school, and that those courses range across many disciplines. From the programming board side, I think the idea the group had sounds really interesting. Hopefully we can all work together to promote the event and ensure a great turnout. It seems like there are interest groups and activities going on all the time, so hopefully we can work on making this event really stand out!
ReplyDeleteThe discussions of today's class were great. It was very interesting to hear of what the programming board is doing and how the plans for future programs are coming together. The plans for the Hispanic month celebration, lunch and learn seem to be coming together and as a student I would definitely be interested in attending. I was also interested to hear how the mentoring is going at the other high school. At AR Johnson we experienced a few problems and it was nice to hear that the other high school process went more smoothly. Our mentoring group had a positive experience overall. I appreciated the time to hear more feedback from my fellow mentors at AR Johnson. New things to try to discuss, and new ways to approach the topics are always helpful. We talked about making sure that the students goals are realistic, providing materials about financial aid and scholarships, and working towards goals that are less specific. Certain students were focused on a very specific goal while others were more open. From how things are going I believe that we are going to be successful in both our programming and mentoring components.
ReplyDeleteI think this meeting served as a great opportunity to see our thoughts/goals of HEAL come into action. Since I am a part of the programming board, it was nice to hear how successful the mentoring has been overall. It seemed useful for the mentors to discuss with one another what was helpful and other resources that are available to better serve our high school students. Also, I think by discussing those things, we are learning how to make the future sessions even more successful. With the programming, it seemed that our group received our programming idea favorably. It was nice to get some feedback outside of our committee before bringing it to campus as a program. As a result, we were able to incorporate other thoughts into our planning. It seems with both sides of HEAL that we will be successful in meeting our objectives for the semester!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed our group discussion on the progress of the two HEAL components. HEAL is continuing to develop, and all of our planning and hard work is becoming a reality. The two mentoring groups had a successful first week and are excited about the upcoming meetings with their students. The programming committee planned a great event for National Hispanic-Latino Heritage month (which was wildly successful). Witnessing HEAL's impact on both the members of our group and our colleagues at MCG feels quite rewarding and makes me appreciate being a part of this program.
ReplyDelete