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UAMS hosted an event for high school students.
UAMS to Host Virtual Health Career Event for High School Students
| LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will host a virtual R.E.A.C.H. (Raising Exposure and Awareness of Careers in Health) event on Saturday, Nov. 13, for high school students who are interested in getting into health careers once they graduate.
The R.E.A.C.H. event is an annual project initiated by the Edith Irby Jones Student National Medical Association chapter at UAMS.
In the past, UAMS students would visit different high schools in the Delta region, but due to COVID-19, this year’s event will be held on Zoom from 8 a.m. to noon on Nov. 13.
Although they won’t get to interact with students in person this year, event organizers say the virtual event will allow them to reach more students from multiple high schools at one time.
The event will feature speakers from the colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Public Health and Health Professions. High school students will be able to join breakout sessions, ask questions related to their career preferences, participate in Kahoot pop-quizzes and win gift cards.
To register for the virtual event and be sent a Zoom link, click here.
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 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 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.###