title: Teacher education professionals as partners in health science outreach.
abstract: Medical school and other health science outreach programs to educate and recruit precollege students always have relied on successful collaborative efforts. Creighton University shares the value, significance, and strategies of involving teacher education professionals in several of its current outreach programs, including HPPI, Brains Rule! Neuroscience Expositions, and HHMI Build a Human Project. The education department partner serves as an essential team member in the development, implementation, assessment, and dissemination of these projects to promote science and mathematics achievement and interest in medical careers. Specific examples and mistakes to avoid are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA. lhoutz@creighton.edu
authors.forename: Lynne E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Houtz
authors.forename: Omofolasade
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kosoko-Lasaki
authors.forename: Andrea M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zardetto-Smith
authors.forename: Keli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Charlotte B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Royeen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002321:Career Choice; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005178:Faculty; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009042:Motivation; D009329:Nebraska; D016730:Program Development; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities