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Inclement Weather Policy

In case of inclement weather, please call the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School's Office of Minority Student Affairs at 214-648-0308.  A recorded message will notify you if the Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) program will meet. 

DO NOT CALL Dallas Independent School District or other participating school districts for Inclement Weather Information.

High school students who wish to participate in HPREP must submit an online application.  A science teacher, math teacher, or guidance counselor must complete a letter of evaluation. HPREP Letter of Evaluation & Student Agreement. Please down load and  return to Minority Student Affairs.

Applications are available at DISD high schools, on this website, or contact Ms. Greta Epps at UT Southwestern Medical Center, 214- 648-0308.

Application Deadline:  November 14, 2009

Online Application:  HPREP 2010 application

The HPREP program is an enrichment program that targets, but is not limited to, African-American, Hispanic, and other underrepresented high school students who are interested in the life sciences.  The program entails a plethora of topics that provide a comprehensive overview of health care, as well as addressing issues pertinent to the socio-academic aspects of adolescent life.  Some of the topics presented are study skills, time management, teen sexuality and violence, self-esteem and image, and health care career options.  Workshops include Introduction to Essay Writing, College Day, and Basic Computer Training.

Initiated in 1992, the UT Southwestern Medical School Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) aim is to provide high school students access to the medical school, its faculty, staff, and its clinical affiliates. Students from local high schools who are interested in medicine, allied health careers, or science are recruited to participate in the program.  

Aimed at recruiting students who are interested in a career path in medicine, allied health, or science, the program exposes the students to the educational institution - University of Texas Southwestern Medical School - and its clinical affiliates.   The program uses medical, graduate, and allied health students, faculty and staff to motivate and advise HPREP students. Also, the students participate in discussions on various issues that are at the forefront of medicine today. Students are given opportunities to interact with medical students who share their experiences of the academic challenges and personal commitment needed to achieve their career goals.

Beginning in January, every Saturday for six weeks, students attend specially designed sessions to include but not limited to the following topics:

• Preparing for College: College 101 
• College Admissions and Financial Aid 
• Writing Skills Workshop 
• Occupations in Medicine 
• Teen Sexuality and Teen Violence  presentation
• Disease Prevalence:  Social Class and Race Disparities 
• Sexually Transmitted Infections presentation
• Tours of UT Southwestern Medical School Facilities
• Using the Medical School Library
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Blood Typing
• Prosthetics and Orthotics

The following is a list of topics typically included in the program:

• Preparing for College: College 101 
• College Admissions and Financial Aid 
• Writing Skills Workshop 
• Occupations in Medicine 
• Teen Sexuality and Teen Violence  presentation
• Disease Prevalence:  Social Class and Race Disparities 
• Sexually Transmitted Infections presentation

Program Completion

Upon successful completion of the HPREP program, all participants receive certificates of merit and a program T-Shirt.  Selected students will also receive recognition for outstanding essays written during the HPREP program.

Successful completion is accomplished by:

• Attending at least 4 of the 6 Saturday sessions
• Completing a mock college application and personal statement
• Completing an essay on an assigned topic

The final day of HPREP, February 13, 2010, will consist of a special recognition luncheon to which parents/guardians and other family members will be invited.

In January 2009, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School will begin its 18th annual Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP). HPREP is an outreach program designed to expose Dallas Public High School students to careers in medicine, health professions, and science and is held over several Saturdays from January to February.

A few key concepts presented in our HPREP program are the academic challenge and personal commitment needed to achieve students’ career goals, in particular the need to pursue a college career. We typically admit approximately 250 high-school students into this program.

The first Saturday of the program, January 9, 2010, is designated as college day. On this day, both students and their parents attend HPREP. The students receive information on how to fill out a college application, how to apply for financial aid, as well as receive other guidance regarding the pursuit of a college education.

In conjunction with our College Day, we are having a College Recruitment Fair so that parents and students can receive information on colleges and be provided an opportunity to have their questions answered from representatives of colleges. We are inviting you to be an exhibitor at our College Recruitment Fair. There is no registration fee.

We will provide all of our college exhibitors a table and chair(s) for your display materials. Two people may attend from your school.

If  you are interested in being part of the recruitment fair on January 9, 2010 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am  to recruit high school students, please fill out the  online registration form no later than December 18, 2009.    

Online Registration:  Exhibitor 2010

Mentoring and Volunteer Opportunities

We have opportunities that allow undergraduate college students and UT Southwestern medical students to mentor the high school students that participate in HPREP.

If interested in being a mentor you must sign up to participate a minimum of 3 Saturdays during HPREP. 

Volunteer opportunities are available for those that cannot commit to the three or more required Saturdays to be a mentor.

 Volunteer opportunities involve conducting interactive workshops, being in a group with high school students, or assisting with directing students, registration, etc during HPREP Saturdays.

Please consider signing up to be a mentor or a volunteer. 

Mentor/Volunteer:   Online application

Parents are invited to participate in two (2) of the six (6) HPREP Saturday sessions:

• January 9, 2010       Welcome, Introduction to HPREP
• February 13, 2010     Closing Ceremony

Students future success is dependent on parental involvement and interest in their academic pursuits.  HPREP will present what students must accomplish to achieve their future health career goals.

Program Schedule

Bus Schedule 

Program Schedule / Bus Schedule

HPREP SCHEDULE- 2010

Bringing People Together to Advance Their Life

*Application Deadline: October 30, 2010

January 9, 2010 - HPREP Motivational Speaker, College Day

•  8:00- 8:15 am- Breakfast and Welcome/Parents

•  11:45 am – 12:00 pm- Dismissal

January 16, 2010 - Health Professions Career Day

•  8:00 am- 8:15-Breakfast and arrival

•  11:45 am – 12:00 pm- Dismissal

January 23, 2010 - Interactive Workshops

•  8:00 am – 8:15- Arrival and Breakfast

•  11:45 am – 12:00 pm- Dismissal

January 30, 2010 - Interactive Workshops

•  8:00 am -8:15 am-Arrival and Breakfast

•  11:45 am – 12:00 pm- Dismissal

February 6, 2010 - Interactive Workshops and Award presentations

•  8:00 am – 8:30- Arrival and Breakfast

•  11:45 am – 12:00 pm- Dismissal

February 13, 2010 - Closing Ceremony

•  8:00am – 8:15am- Arrival and Breakfast / Parents are Welcome

•  1:00 pm – 1:15 pm- Dismissal

Bus Schedule

The Dallas Independent School District (DISD) will provide bus transportation from designated neighborhood schools to UT Southwestern Medical Center.  All HPREP students are returned to those same locations.
 

Bus Schedule 2010 

Where: Southwestern Medical Center

• • • Buses will drop off at the front of UT Southwestern plaza.
      (Enter from Harry Hines @ Butler St.)

5323 Harry Hines Blvd,
Dallas, TX  75390

• • • Buses should plan to park down the hill near the tennis courts.  We will direct buses the morning of arrival.

Dates: Saturdays

• • • January  9,16,23,30
    • February 6 and 13

Time: 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. 

(All Students will be dismissed to load buses @ 11:45 a.m.—All buses are to depart SWMC @ 12 noon, then drop off at same HS)

Note: Students from outside districts may ride Dallas ISD buses, but from these DISD HS locations below only. 

Note: The table below is last years and left to give an idea of where pick up will be. The current year is still to be announced, and will be posted as soon as available.