The Medical Explorations Program
What is the Medical Explorations Program?
Dr. Mitchell Goldman, a physician in the Department of Surgery at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, began Medical Explorations in 1991 after being approached by a West High high school student who wished to learn more about the medical field.
Seventeen years and many students later, the program, still headed by Dr. Goldman, has been expanded to include not only local high school students but some interested college students as well.
The Fall program consists of once a month lectures that runs September through April.
The six week Summer program consists of one week rotations in various departments of the hospital. As the program has grown, so has the demand for instruction in other specialties.
The Physicians Medical Education and Research Foundation, Graduate School of Medicine under then Associate Dean Dr. I Reid Collmann, along with the University Health Systems funded a stipend for students who wanted to take part in the program but because of financial obligations couldn't afford to. Today, the stipends are continued through a generous grant from the Cole Foundation and other individual private donations. If you are interested in supporting the Medical Explorations Program through a donation, please contact us via email or phone.
Lecture Schedule
- Fall Lecture Series:
September 16, 2010*
October 2010 – No Meeting
November 11, 2010
December 9, 2010
January 13, 2011
February, 10, 2011
March 10, 2011
April 14, 2011
*This is a new date
If you are interested in participating in the Fall Program, please email Hope Wright at hwright@mc.utmck.edu or call (865) 305-9244.
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The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
The Medical Explorations Program
1924 Alcoa Highway, Box U-11
Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone:865-305-9244