UAMS Program Accepting Applicants

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest Regional Campus is now accepting applications from junior high and high school students who are interested in exploring careers in health care.

Students who will be entering the 11th or 12th grade are eligible for a two-week, intensive Medical Applications of Science for Health (MASH) program. There is no cost for students accepted to the programs and the deadline to apply for MASH is March 13.

The MASH program is June 15-26 on the UAMS Fayetteville campus and June 8-19 at Mercy Medical Center in Rogers. Applications for the MASH program may be picked up in a senior high school counselor’s office or online at https://regionalprograms.uams.edu/regional- campuses/uams-northwest/recruitment/ mash/.

Students who will be entering eighth, ninth or 10th grade are eligible for a one-week intensive Community Health Applied in Medical Public Service program. This program will be June 8-12 at the UAMS Fayetteville campus. Deadline to apply is May 15. Applications for this program may be picked up in a junior or senior high school counselor’s office or online at https://regional programs.uams.edu/regionalcampuses/uams-northwest/ recruitment/c-h-a-m-p-s/.

During the programs, students will participate in hands-on activities, including dissection, casting/suturing, CPR training and much more. MASH participants can also earn CPR certification. All students will visit with health professionals in family and internal medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, pediatrics, physical/occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, radiology, radiation therapy, and ophthalmology to learn more about these professions.

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