Southwestern Ontario Medical Education Network (SWOMEN)

MedQUEST* Health Exploration Program

GENERAL INFORMATION

General Information
Overview
Our Goal
Impact
Contact Information
MedQUEST in the News

More MedQUEST Links
High School Students Info
Schulich Medical Students - Years 1 &2
Program Opportunities
Community Partners

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

MedQUEST Exploration Program 2013 will be held July 8-12, 2013! MedQUEST Clinical Elective dates June 10 - July 21, 2013

Applications:

Schulich Medical Students / MedQUEST Alumni: APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED

MedQuest: High School Students: APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED

2012 MedQUEST Media Release

OVERVIEW

MedQUEST Health Career Exploration Program is designed to provide secondary school students with realistic, hands-on experiences in various disciplines of health care, including medicine.

Led by the students of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry as well as former MedQUEST high school participants who are currently first- or second-year students in an Ontario Medical school, program activities include interactive workshops, state-of-the-art simulator training and the opportunity to watch health care professionals in a clinical setting. Students learn how babies are delivered using a birthing simulator, read x-rays, splint and cast fractures, participate in a community mock disaster, and gain an understanding of the training requirements needed to work in the field of health care.

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OUR GOAL

Grade 10 students are required to take a careers course, and MedQUEST Health Career Exploration Program program is well timed to supplement any information students may have already been exposed to.

Early exposure to the practice of medicine can help influence students career plans, ultimately increasing their chance of successfully entering medical school or other allied health professions. Our goal is to encourage and prepare students for this in a fun, creative and innovative way.

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IMPACT

Unlike other programs that take high school students away from their home environments to outreach programs provided on-site within the urban, university setting, MedQUEST is delivered in the same communities the high school students call home.

Studies have shown that students from rural/regional background are more likely to return to practice health care in their hometowns. Many communities and regions in Southwestern Ontario have made MedQUEST their program of choice to positively influence their youth towards health care careers.

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