Bridge to the Future Science Mentoring Program

The program is:

• Student run.

  What is Mentoring? “The process of helping another learn and enhance their professional role.”

• Sponsored by the local chapters of the Student National Medical Association the Student National Dental Association and the Department of Health Career Opportunity Programs.
• Designed so that medical, dental, graduate, nursing and allied health students serve as mentors to college and high school students.
• For students who have expressed an interest in a career in the health professions.
• Geared so that the network is established which includes the middle school through professional school educational community.
• Set up so that it provides an opportunity for college and high school students to seek advice from mentors enrolled in professional health profession programs.
• Beneficial in helping mentees gain insight into successful preparation for an application to professional schools.
• Aimed at meeting the long-term objective of increasing underrepresented student representation in health professions programs.

The Roles and Functions of a Mentor

To be:
An advisor. A coach. A counselor. An experienced leader. An advocate. A patron. A role model. A guide. A sponsor. A support system. An objective critic.	A confidant. A source of inspiration to the mentee. The individual who shows the mentee the ropes. There for the mentee. Helpful so that the mentee gets used to the particular professional culture. The sounding board that the mentee needs to express ideas. The support person to the mentee in setting appropriate goals and methods of  assessing progress in relation to these goals.

Advantages of Participating in a Mentoring Program

Contact Information

Tori Countryman, M.Ed.
Community Based Education Specialist
Email: countryman@uchc.edu