INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN HEALTH CARE?
Whether you are interested in learning more about health-care careers in general, or a career in medicine in particular, the Alaska WWAMI Program can help.
Making a Career in Medicine
What does it take to become a physician? What is a typical day like for a doctor? Would you like being a physician? Learn more.
Other Health-Care Careers
You want to work in the health-care field, but you don't want to become a doctor? Learn about other health-care careers here.
Summer Programs for High School Students
The Alaska WWAMI Program sponsors two summer programs for Alaskan high school students. The programs are intended to provide students from disadvantaged and/or ethnic minority backgrounds with information about health-care careers, including medicine, and to prepare them for a successful college experience.
Della Keats / U-DOC Summer Enrichment Program
NIH NIDDK Short-term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP)
Alaska PreMed Summit
The Alaska WWAMI Program and the UAA Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (OURS) sponsor the annual Alaska PreMed Summit. Open to anyone interested in pursuing a career in medicine, the Alaska PreMed Summit provides information about the academic path one must take to become a physician, the MCAT examination, the AMCAS application process, financial aid for medical school, and more. A highlight of the PreMed Summit is the panel discussion, in which participants gain first-hand knowledge from pre-medical undergraduates, current medical students, physicians in residency training, and practicing physicians. Tours of the Alaska WWAMI facilities and mock medical school interviews are also offered to participants. High school and undergraduate students, high school counselors, college advisors, and parents are invited to attend.
UAA Pre-Health Professions Advising
Dr. Quentin Reuer is the Pre-Health Professions Advisor for the University of Alaska Anchorage. Visit the Health Professions Advising webpage to learn more.