Events
First Generation to College Students in the Health Professions Symposium
Date: November 7, 2022
Intended Audience: Higher education staff and faculty serving students in health professions education
The objectives of this conference were to:
• Understand the importance and lived experiences of first generation to college students in health professions education.
• Identify strategies for supporting first generation to college health professions’ students through visibility awareness, career development, and mentoring
• Consider strategies for participants to understand and improve or develop their own institutional first generation to college initiatives in the health professions.
Event Resources
Building and Supporting the First Gen
Community at the UCLA David Geffen
School of Medicine
First Generation Support Services at UCSF
Center for First-Generation Student Success
First Gen Road: Lessons Learned and
Re-Learned in a Health Career
FirstGenRN: Career Development in Health Professions Education