Stanford Summer Premedical Programs

The Stanford Summer Community College Premedical Program (SSCCPP) targets current community college students considered low-income and/or underrepresented in medicine providing exposure to medicine and health through topics in health disparities, leadership challenges in health provision and administration, science success strategies, professional development, clinical exposure, successful preparation for the medical school application process, postsecondary and graduate/professional school financing. 

For the first time ever, SSCCPP will be offered as a six-week residential program, allowing  talented and motivated community college students interested in medicine to immerse themselves in the Stanford School of Medicine network through a variety of personal and professional development experiences. 

This program is designed to impact the San Francisco Bay area and its contiguous counties, promoting growth and diversity of the health workforce in the region. 

Participants are REQUIRED to reside on campus for the duration of the program and will be immersed in topic areas including:

• Critical reading and research of medical literature
• Civic engagement, leadership, and political activism in medicine
• Science preparatory classes (previously anatomy, molecular cellular bio, chemistry)
• An introduction to the MCAT
• Academic success and test-taking strategies
• The medical school admissions  and financing process

Additional activities promote:

• Peer networking
• Medical student mentors
• Clinical shadowing and research opportunity education

Application cycle: December 15, 2016 through February 28, 2017

» Apply to the SSCCPP 2017

Selectees will be awarded a scholarship that covers all program expenses including housing, meals, participation fees and materials.

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