A premedical summer program for disadvantaged students

In this paper five years of summer program experience with minority and disadvantaged students are examined and an attempt is made to provide an overview of the impact of summer programming on medical school admission and academic performance in the first year of medical training. A well-organized correlated academic curriculum of anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology, coupled with an intensive counseling program, has proved to be the basis of a sound reinforcement program for minority and disadvantaged students who are preparing for medical school.