Requirements – Health Careers Mentorship Program

Completion of the following UT courses or the equivalent (an academic summary will be required to verify completion of the below-mentioned courses):

6 hours of biology

Note: Medical Terminology is no longer a requirement!

A minimum of 80 hours of college volunteer experience in a hospital or clinical setting.

Note: The minimum volunteers hours must be obtained only by the beginning of the Intern Semester, not necessarily by the time of applying.

Verification of hours will be required from the volunteer department(s) where the hours were acquired
GMT trips, hospices, and the UHS are all appropriate clinical settings
If you apply to the program during your first year at UT, you may include up to 40 hours of volunteering from your high school experience.
Please note that employment hours do not count towards the volunteer hours requirement.
Only 40 hours from medical mission trips may be counted towards the required 80 hours of volunteer work.
Vocational training, such as required clinical rotations for EMT or CNA training cannot be used for the required volunteer hours.

1 letter from a college professor or lecturer
Graduate research assistants, and postdoctoral associates may write your letter of recommendation, but the letter must be co-signed by the faculty member or principal investigator who supervises them. Letters of recommendation from a teaching assistant will not be accepted.
Your letter writer need not be associated with The University of Texas at Austin, but must be on the faculty at a university or university-affiliated research institution.

A list of tentative activities is needed for the upcoming semester

This list should include planned coursework and times as well as extracurricular activities and/or employment
You must not have class, work, or other commitments before 12:00 pm at least two weekdays per week. Keeping a clear schedule until at least 12:30 pm on these days is strongly recommended, but not required. Having a third morning per week in which to schedule shadowing is suggested, but not required.

Your vaccination record should show that you have had these vaccinations

MMR x2
Measles x2
Mumps x2
Rubella x1
Varivax (Varicella) x2
Hepatitis B x3
Td x1
Tdap x1
Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
TB Skin Test with a result in mm (Within 1 year of shadowing end date – if you are applying to HCMP for the Spring 2016 semester, May 2015 is the earliest accepted TB test date)