HCOP Objectives

• Recruit economically and/or educationally disadvantaged students seeking entry into NYCOM and allied health  professions
   
• Work with students by providing counseling, mentoring and other support services needed to help students successfully complete their training
   
• Provide preliminary education and health research training
   
• Publicize financial aid and financial planning resources to both students and parents through information session and financial aid workshops.
   
• Expose students to community based primary health care in underserved areas
   
• Develop a larger and more competitive applicant pool through partnerships with institutions of higher education and public school districts throughout Long Island, New York and other regions
   
• Develop a cultural competence curriculum in which students and faculty work to enhance:
  • Awareness of one's own cultural worldview
  • Attitude towards cultural difference
  • Knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews
  • Cross-cultural skills