Central Association of Advisors for the Health Professions

Postbacc Program Special Interest Group Formed

Jerry Putnam and Larry Sullivan are pleased to announce that NAAHP has formed a Postbacc Program Special Interest Group as a service to our members. Jodi Domsky from Bryn Mawr College has been instrumental in organizing this postbacc group and will serve as its coordinator. The following NAAHP members will serve as the regional representatives:

CAAHP	Harold Bardo from Southern Illinois University
NEAAHP	David Trabilsy from Johns Hopkins University
SAAHP	Rob Cannon from University of North Carolina, Greensboro
WAAHP	Jodi Olson from Scripps College

The purpose of this new group is to share information about postbacc programs with advisors and to provide a forum by which postbacc directors can discuss areas of mutual concern. The group will be working with national and regional meeting chairs to determine how to best share information about postbacc programs with meeting attendees. For further information contact Jodi Domsky at jdomsky@brynmawr.edu.

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Current Research:
The Importance of Undergraduate Coursework

Kerry Cheesman of Capital University has provided us with the poster Perceptions of Second Year Medical Students: The Importance of Undergraduate Coursework. This poster is from an ongoing research project presented at the 2004 National NAAHP Meeting. You can download (link coming soon) either the letter size PDF version or the full size 44x30 inch powerpoint poster.