Warren Consolidated students selected for Future Docs

Three students from Warren Consolidated Schools' Career Preparation Center were selected from among 200 applicants to participate in a program to explore careers in medical-related fields.

 

Future Docs provides students with opportunities to learn about and investigate careers in the multi-faceted medical field under the tutelage of current medical students.

 

Career Preparation Center students Raymond Abbo, Catherine Mitts and Nataly Salman were among 30 students from southeastern Michigan chosen for the program. The three students study health science at the center.

 

"We are very proud of our students, and we know they will gain insightful knowledge about the medical field," said Kaleen Jubenville, CPC health science teacher.

 

In the Future Docs program, students visit different facilities in eight Saturday sessions to observe the daily work performed by physicians and other medical professionals.

 

Each participant is assigned as a mentor, a current student from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. The students for the 2014 Future Docs program were selected by medical students who served as mentors last year.

 

Among the venues scheduled for 2014 are: the Macomb County Medical Examiner; Medstar Ambulance; McLaren Macomb and Henry Ford health systems; Lakeshore Ear, Nose and Throat; Fraser Eye Care; and St. John-Providence Hospital.

 

"With so many applicants for the program, we knew this would be a tough competition," said Mary Kaurich, also a health science teacher at Warren center. "… We encouraged our students to work hard on their applications … We are so glad that their hard work has paid off."

 

The Future Docs program begins with orientation Jan. 25 and concludes with a graduation ceremony in May.