November 12, 2024
The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) has launched a new website to support the healthcare career aspirations of students from across the state.
The website (www.healthcarecareersMN.org) includes information about pathway programs and other resources that provide mentorship, training, exposure, and inspiration to students interested in healthcare careers in Minnesota. The website is geared toward elementary, middle school and high school students in the state as well as their families/guardians, school guidance counselors and STEM teachers.
“We want this website to become a trusted, dynamic, and go-to resource to support elementary, middle, and high school students interested in pursuing careers in healthcare,” says Verna Thornton, MD, co-chair of the MMA’s Barriers to Workforce Diversification in Physician Education, Training & Licensing Task Force, which was created in 2021 to develop recommendations to reduce or eliminate the policies, practices and structures in medical education, residency training and licensure that perpetuate racism and/or otherwise limit Minnesota physician workforce diversification.
“Students, parents, guardians, school guidance counselors, and teachers can all use this online resource to see what’s out there in terms of training, internships, mentorships for aspiring physicians, nurses and other healthcare fields,” says Kacey Justesen, MD, the other co-chair of the MMA’s Barriers to Workforce Diversification in Physician Education, Training & Licensing Task Force.
The website was developed and launched with partial funding from UCare.
About the Minnesota Medical Association
The Minnesota Medical Association is a non-profit professional association representing physicians, residents and medical students. With more than 10,000 members, the MMA is dedicated to being the indispensable and unified voice of physicians for advancing the practice of medicine, the profession and patient health in Minnesota.
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