The Medical Library as a Component of a Medical School Outreach Experience

Abstract

The United States is facing a shortage of physicians for minorities and patients in disadvantaged areas. Many medical schools have pipeline programs to promote the interest of minority students in medicine. The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University established the Brody RISE program. Recruitment efforts targeted schools within Pitt County, NC. Students participate in interactive STEM activities and campus tours. Laupus Health Sciences Librarians developed interactive activities that engage critical thinking and teach anatomy and medical history. The organizers of the Brody RISE program continually evaluate and expand the program. Laupus Library continues to partner in these activities.

Keywords:

• Cultural diversity
• education
• medical
• libraries
• medical
• library services
• schools
• medical

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Notes on contributors

Jana Schellinger

Jana Schellinger, MLIS, AHIP ([email protected]) is a Liaison Librarian, Laupus Library, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd, Mail Stop 612, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.

Kathy Cable

Kathy Cable, MLS ([email protected]) is a Liaison Librarian, Laupus Library, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd, Mail Stop 612, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.

Milton Bond

Milton Bond, MSA ([email protected]) is the Director of the Brody RISE Program, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27834, USA.

Kendall M. Campbell

Kendall M. Campbell, MD, FAAFP ([email protected]) is the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the Director of The Research Group for Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, 600 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27834, USA.