The HCIE Workshop is a hands-on outreach program for disadvantaged students at the upper elementary, middle and high school levels (grades 5 - 12). Highly interactive, these two-hour workshops focus on small group and cooperative learning activities and are designed to increase the interest, motivation and number of disadvantaged students considering careers in the health professions.

HCIE Workshops, educational packages and related activities are age-appropriate, targeting grades 5 and 6, grades 7 and 8, and grades 9 through 12, and provide students with general information about health careers, health career enrichment activities, and health professions schools and educational programs. Tips and techniques for improving academic skills as well as information about opportunities for financial aid and scholarships for both undergraduate and professional school are also provided. Students participate in self-assessment through personal inventory exercises and engaging discussions about health issues affecting pre-teens and teens. Additionally, these workshops increase student and parental awareness of services and activities related to health careers that are offered by NC-HCAP.

Supplemental activities include small group and cooperative learning activities with extensive workshop presenter and student interaction, and may also feature guest presenters from a variety of health careers and health careers videotapes. The HCIE Workshop is sponsored by NC-HCAP, the University of North Carolina system and the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program and is conducted at no cost to pre-college educational institutions and organizations across the state. To schedule an HCIE Workshop at your school, fill out the online form or contact:

NC-HCAP
nchcap@email.unc.edu