Scholarly Concentrations Community Outreach Activities   Mentoring and Teaching by Students in Medical Education and Health Disparities Scholarly Concentrations Shirley Smith, William E. Johnson*, Stephanie Peters, Justin Abbatemarco, John Briggs, Nayiesha Curtis, Dan Houskamp, Steve N. Kovacs, Susan Kunihiro, Sahab Mustafa, Christina Nguyen, Daniel Restrepo, Jason Ricciuti, Rachel Wilson, & Amy Wu  Office of Educational Affairs, Office of Student Diversity and Enrichment, *Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology  Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612 Scholarly Concentrations PURPOSE Mentoring Training-sharing experiences in best practices in student engagement, role modeling and teaching. Topics included behavior management, identifying abuse and the community resources to help abuse situations Participation rose in SC groups including Medical Education and Health Disparities Medical students at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine participate in scholarly concentrations (SC), designed to enhance their professional development and provide opportunities for scholarly endeavors. In two SC areas, Medical Education and Health Disparities, medical students have taught in community settings and intramural programs. This expanded methodology will include a mentoring program that will facilitate student interest in medicine. Student engagement in the community- MS2 and MS3 students conduct Physiology Phun Week lessons (sponsored by the American Physiology Society) in cardiovascular exercises for health academy classes at Tampa Bay Technical High School Progress INTRODUCTION Medical students have reflected positively on their experiences in their outreach activities in teaching and mentoring. Relationships have begun to be built with schools and clubs that we intend to enhance with our expanded program for the coming year to further develop our pipeline program. The Morsani College of Medicine is committed to developing a recruiting pipeline program that will identify, encourage, and advise students in their progress toward a health career. Outreach activities in various community settings, including after school programs, clubs, classroom visits, and summer programs. This year’s mentors conducted collaborative student-led training in order to develop mentoring relationships with selected student mentees. Mentors will provide resources and information about health careers and related coursework, extracurricular volunteering ,and community service, and career development through various methods, including social media.  Mentees will be assessed at the beginning of the intervention and upon completion. Community Outreach Activities Future Directions Pre-health Summer Enrichment Program (PSEP) - designed for undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds- 6 week program for undergraduate students interested in health careers Training in health disparities research Critical thinking skills using CPS Biology for life systems as it relates to MCAT categories Introduction to health careers EXPLORING - USF Health and Wilbert Davis Boys and Girls Club Address public health topics: Asthma, Substance Abuse, Self Care, Nutrition/Diabetes, Safety and Safe Sex, and how to inform community exposure to different health careers. Topics taught in Clinical Problem Solving style with small groups. Pre-health Summer Enrichment Program (PSEP) – Scholarly Concentration students function as instructor/mentors for Case-based Problem Solving courses – Biology of the Living Systems and Social Determinants of Health. Tampa Bay Technical Academy of Health Professions- Physiology Phun week Hillsborough Community College AMSA Premedical Chapter presentation by medical students, mentoring Brain Expansion Scholastic training (B.E.S.T.)- teaching in after hours school program that develops academic skills Social Media- Facebook mentoring (USF PSEP 2012) expanded for extramural programs in high schools Improve mentoring training modules Mentoring University and Community College students More teaching in K-12 settings Increase MS4 students teaching MS1 and MS2 students in lab and CPS