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Health Care
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Location, Dates, & Application Deadline |
Web Site
www.pitt.edu/~pgshc Location
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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The world of health care has evolved well beyond the traditional image of physicians, nurses, and hospitals. The issues of how health care is managed, where it takes place, and who delivers it are contributing to an explosion of information and career opportunities. Increasingly, the field demands highly skilled, knowledgeable practitioners who can work collaboratively on multidisciplinary teams, who are well versed in the economic, cultural, and personal implications for patients, and who understand the needs of rural, urban, and undeserved regions. The Pennsylvania Governor's School for Health Care introduces students to the health care field, emphasizing delivery systems, primary care, prevention, public health, healthy communities, and career options.
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Academically talented high school students who are current juniors at the time of the application deadline may apply to the Governor's School for Health Care. Applicants are asked to demonstrate academic achievement, especially in the sciences, an interest or potential in health care and a record of leadership and service activities.
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provides tuition, room, board, instructional materials and curricular activities for all participants. Families are responsible for transportation to and from the program, pocket money, a residential life deposit that is refunded if all conditions are met, and for damages not covered by the deposit. Students must remain in residence for the full 35-day program, including weekends. They are expected to arrive promptly for all classes and activities. There is some unscheduled time nearly every day for personal use, but the Governor's School cannot provide special facilities or alter schedules for formal athletic training, intensive music study or other commitments unrelated to the program.
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The applications are reviewed by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center faculty and staff, state health and education officials, representatives of health care industries, and the program's administrators. Applications are sorted into Intermediate Unit region groups (geographic). Applications are only compared to others in the same group and not to the entire pool. If a region does not have applications that meet basic or competitive criteria, no one from that region will be taken (however, that is a rare occurrence). A strong performance in the essays is critical to selection; a strong transcript and/or high test scores will not off-set sloppy, indifferent writing.
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Essays in General
Basic Criteria: Are completely written; are fully developed; avoid clichés; demonstrate an interest in and understanding of health care as a human service.
Competitive Criteria: Demonstrate excellent, mature writing skills; the presence of a voice and personal writing style; critical thinking; ownership of the ideas presented; self-awareness; genuine interest in and connection to health care.
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| Weekdays | 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast | 8:30 a.m. | Core Courses, concentration courses, discussion groups | Noon | Lunch | 1:00 p.m. | Core Courses, concentration courses, and Public Health Improvement Project | 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Dinner, Unscheduled Time | 6:00-8:30 p.m. | Guest speakers, Presentations | 8:30 - 10:30 p.m. | Residential life activities, study or research time | 10:30 p.m. | Residence Curfew | | Saturdays | | Core courses, team training, field trips, study time, and/or social programs | | Sundays | Morning | open time | Afternoon | Study or research, presenters or computer lab; evening, residential life meetings. |  |
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Curriculum, Faculty, & Facilities |
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The Program of Learning CORE COURSES Caring for Health: A course designed to expose students to primary health care issues through the Healthy People 2010 objectives, presentations, case studies, communication exercises and hands-on activities. Thinking about Thinking: A series of sessions examining paradigms, creativity, constructive criticism, reflective learning, and writing, designed to orient the student to the type of intellectual work they are expected to perform at PGSHC.
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