MedMentor to launch in spring
Business in Medicine will be launching ¨MedMentor¨ in the spring.
Central Michigan University College of Medicine students Leonard Verhey and Nicholas Cozzi founded ¨MedMentor¨ after deciding a relationship needed to be built between local high schools and the college of medicine.
¨We will open up the medical school for high school students by bringing them onto campus to meet medical students with the development of a pipeline program with local high schools,¨ Cozzi said.
The program is being funded by AHEC and CMED and will allow high school students the opportunity to be mentored by current CMED students. The college will open its doors and provide learning and teamwork opportunities for high school students.
¨One of MedMentor’s goals is to (show) high school students a little bit and show them that they have potential, regardless of whether they go into medicine or another field,¨ Cozzi said. ¨Another important aspect is engaging the community and opening our doors to the community.¨
Cozzi and Verhey are currently working with three high schools in Mount Pleasant to implement the program in class setting as well. A Med Mentor will attend a biology class and assist in what the course is teach during that time. The mission of MedMentor is to help students find their purpose and turn them towards becoming great leaders Cozzi said.
¨We can't as a program solely make a kid successful but if we turn him or her in the right direction where they can find it within themselves to work towards success and be dependable even if its not in medicine, we will have succeeded.¨
