UAMS Northwest Regional Campus Accepting Applications for CHAMPS Summer Health Careers Program

By Susan Van Dusen

| FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus is now accepting applications from students who will be entering the eighth-10th  grades and are interested in exploring careers in health care for its one-week, Community Health Applied in Medical Public Service (CHAMPS) programs.

The CHAMPS program at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville will be June 12-16.

During the CHAMPS program, students will participate in hands-on activities, including casting/suturing, pharmacy lab activities and earning certification in CPR. The students also will visit health care professionals at the UAMS Schmieding Developmental Center and UAMS Northwest Walker Clinical Education Center.

There is no cost for students accepted to the program. The deadline for applications is April 15.

Application requirements:

  • Must have be a rising eighth-10th grader
  • Have a 2.7 or higher grade point average
  • Provide one recommendation letter from a school health or science teacher or school counselor
  • Be able to attend the full week program, which meets from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday from June 12-16

Applications for the 2017 CHAMPS Program may be picked up in a junior high school counselor’s office or at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus, 1125 N. College Ave., in Fayetteville. Online applications and more information about the program are available here or at www.arkansashealthcareers.com.

For questions about the program, contact Ana Sanchez, UAMS Northwest Regional Campus’ pre-health professions recruiter, at (479) 684-5177 or apsanchez@uams.edu.

The CHAMPS program has been made possible thanks to support from a partnership that includes Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Arkansas Farm Bureau, the UAMS Rural Hospital Program and UAMS Regional Programs.

UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.

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