Pipeline Programs
Pipeline programs are investments in the future. They are designed to prepare and inspire students to pursue careers in medicine and other health professions. The programs were created to advance the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University's mission. The college supports the belief that physicians of the future need to reflect the communities they serve. Our pipeline programs were designed to increase opportunities for students to pursue careers in the health care workforce by exposing them to various health care professions.
CampMed
CampMed is a two-day intensive summer educational experience that stimulates interest in science and medicine for high school students interested in medicine or other health-related fields. This two-day event is scholarship-based and provided at no cost to the student. CampMed is sponsored by the college and the Mid-Central Area Health Education Center.
Accepted applicants, with the assistance of current medical students, will participate in a variety of diagnostic and hands-on activities. Campers will have the opportunity to forge relationships with current medical students and see what it is like to be a medical student at CMU.
Camp highlights
- Students will participate in a dynamic medical case study.
- Students will participate in a casting and suture clinic.
- Students will connect with current medical students.
CampMed 2025 - June 18 and 19
Sorry, the 2025 CampMed program is currently full. Please use the link below to join the waitlist.
CampMed Waitlist
Questions
Contact the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University
Phone: 989-774-7882
Email: cmedadmit@cmich.edu
Health Careers program
The Health Careers Pipeline program is a nine-week curriculum in the fall for 9th and 10th-graders from three local participating high schools. It is designed to recruit students interested in pursuing a health professions career. The program is designed to provide high school students with opportunities to not only learn how to improve their health and well-being, but also inspire them to believe in their own intellectual strengths and aspire to post-secondary educational pursuits in the health professions.
The three main goals of this program include:
- Mentorship
- Leadership
- Health and wellness.
A
unique feature of the program is the layering of mentors. Under the
guidance of our medical students and other undergraduate health
professions student mentors, high school students will explore career
options, engage in hands-on clinical simulation experiences, learn how
to navigate the post-secondary environment to achieve their goals, and
become more observant of their own health and wellness.
The high school students will be mentored by baccalaureate-level students in various health professions. The baccalaureate students will be mentored by medical students. The program is a strong collaboration between the Mid Central AHEC and two medical students who developed the nine-week curriculum and all the operational and organizational formats. Each session will feature an aspect of health care and well-being that supports student learning and engagement. Local health providers from the community will also bring their expertise to weekly presentations. Sessions will allow time for high school students to meet with their mentors and discuss their thoughts, reactions and responses to the content of each session.
Mid Central - Area Health Education Center
The
Mid Central AHEC hosts multiple pipeline tours and educational sessions
throughout the year for various regional high school classes and middle
school groups. These activities include a question and answer session
with one of the faculty physicians on their personal journey through
medical school, and a representative from The Herbert H. and Grace A.
Dow College of Health Professions discusses the various programs offered
including the academic pathways to each program for the physician
assistant, physical therapy, athletic training, health sciences
administration, physiology, audiology, and speech and language programs.
These
programs are followed by facility tours of the medical school and
Health Professions at CMU. Approximately 250-300 students participate in
the AHEC pipeline programs each year and over 1,000 students from local
and regional high schools have attended this program over the last
three years.
CMUMed Honors program
CMUMed Honors is an early assurance program for select undergraduate members of the Central Michigan University Honors program.
Twenty
Central Michigan University Honors Scholar students will engage in the
college's clinical, classroom and community events as part of a program
tailored to prepare them for a medical school education. The program
began in the spring of 2015.
CMUMed Honors students will be
selected from the honors program as freshmen in their first semester at
CMU. After experiencing the clinical, classroom and community events and
working with a mentor from the medical school, up to five participants
will be offered an early assurance of admission to the medical school
before the start of their senior year.
CMUMed Honors students
must take the Medical College Admissions Test no later than May of their
junior year to be considered for the five slots. All program
participants must complete a College of Medicine application and
participate in the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central
Michigan University multiple mini interviews.
Students not selected can still apply through the regular American Medical College Application Service process.
Applications for the early assurance program are available in the fall semester. CMUMed Honors will be an ongoing program, with 20 honors students joining each year.
Minimum requirements for application
- Meet the CMU Honors Program requirements for grade-point average and ACT score.
- Verification of U.S. or Canadian citizenship or U.S. permanent resident status.
- Completion of the College of Medicine Honors application.
Continuation criteria
Completion of:
- Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University prerequisite courses.
- Maintenance of a 3.25 GPA.
- Participation in College of Medicine Honors seminars.
- Participation in community, volunteer and clinical activities consistent with the medical school mission.
- Submission or a score from the Medical College Admissions Test in the junior year.
- Application to the college no later than August 1 of senior year.
- Compliance with the medical school's essential standards for matriculation, promotion and graduation as well as the college's terms and conditions of acceptance.
- Criminal background check before matriculation to the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University.
Please visit the CMU Honors Early Assurance website for a complete program overview.