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This post is part of a series featuring 麻豆原创’s community engagement and partnerships with the downtown Orlando and Parramore communities:<\/em><\/p>\n

Three years ago, Ashley Williams, a 2014 graduate of Orlando\u2019s Jones High School, couldn\u2019t imagine herself headed to college to become a nurse.<\/p>\n

But thanks to a 麻豆原创 College of Medicine effort to increase the community healthcare providers, she is doing just that \u2013 on a full scholarship. Williams is one of 12 inaugural students in 麻豆原创\u2019s Health Leaders pipeline program \u2013 100 percent of the participants \u2014 who attended college in the fall. And all are planning to study health-related fields, from microbiology to nursing.<\/p>\n

For the past three years, Health Leaders provided the Jones students with tutoring and skills development in areas like critical thinking and research. Students attended summer camps, where they learned about health careers, used microbiology to identify a criminal suspect, and saw how strokes damage the human brain. They came to the medical school for tours and learning enhancement. Perhaps most importantly, they were mentored by 麻豆原创 faculty and students to believe they could be successful in health careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I was really scared to go into school in a big field such as medicine,\u201d said Williams, who entered Rollins College< in Winter Park this past fall. \u00a0\u201cBeing in the Health Leaders program, I faced a fear and a challenge that I\u2019ve always had, and it really helped me overcome it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Lisa Barkley, the College of Medicine\u2019s assistant dean, and a family physician who specializes in adolescent and sports medicine, began Health Leaders when she came to the new medical school in 2010. Her goal: prepare students from medically underserved communities for health careers and bring the economic development promises of Orlando\u2019s emerging Medical City to all of its residents.<\/p>\n

In the past three years, the pipeline has grown from Jones High\u2019s Medical Magnet Program to high schools in Osceola County and to Orlando\u2019s Memorial Middle School. Fifteen students signed up to be in the first Jones cohort. Twelve participated for all three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you believe that you can do something yourself, then nobody can stop you,\u201d Dr. Barkley said. \u201cI hope they really internalize that they can be doctors, nurses, pharmacists; whatever they want to be, that they really have confidence in themselves and that they can achieve the goals they want to achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n

The adage that \u201cit takes a village to raise a child\u201d fit the Health Leaders program, as 麻豆原创 undergraduate, graduate and medical students and faculty from the colleges of medicine, education, the downtown Center for Emerging Media and community educators worked with the Health Leaders.<\/p>\n

Creating a varied health workforce is imperative, Dr. Barkley explains. \u201cMore healthcare workers must resemble the patients they treat,\u201d she said, adding that current healthcare disparities occur in part because patients may feel disengaged by the doctors, nurses and other professionals who should be the most sensitive to their needs. As part of the Health Leaders program, Williams led a research effort that showed 67 percent of Jones High students only received healthcare because they were involved in sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This post is part of a series featuring 麻豆原创’s community engagement and partnerships with the downtown Orlando and Parramore communities: Three years ago, Ashley Williams, a 2014 graduate of Orlando\u2019s Jones High School, couldn\u2019t imagine herself headed to college to become a nurse. 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