Over 550 students and 200 parents attended Saturday's conference, Rx For Success: Dare to be a Doctor, and 46 participants joined in online through the live Webcast. Of these 46, one community center and one school participated. The focus of this special conference was to introduce minority and disadvantaged students in middle and high school to the medical field and to motivate them to pursue a career in medicine.
Highlights of the conference and other information on mentoring will be published here shortly.
Experts agree that in order to improve the health of Black and Hispanic residents and to reduce health care disparities, our efforts should be focused on getting more minority physicians and other health providers. We all know the road to becoming a doctor or working in the medical profession is not easy. And, it can be even harder for minority and disadvantaged students.
Nationally-renowned Drs. Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt and George Jenkins, who are known as "The Three Doctors," were the the keynote speakers. These men left the city streets to follow their dreams of making a difference by working in the medial field. Other minority doctors shared their passions for healing and offered advice to help students reach their goals.
The conference is part of a countywide mentoring initiative recommended last year by the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Health Care Disparities. It was be made possible through the generous donations of our sponsors:
We thank these sponsors wholeheartedly for their support and for helping Westchester County inspire hundred of African-American and Hispanic children to consider a career in medicine and reduce health care disparities. Without their donations, this conference wouldn't have been the success it was.
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