haha thanks drsarah! well I know that there are hundreds of thousands of high schoolers that are interested in becoming doctors so I think there is a real need for some place/organization that could consolidate all the resources/etc for these students. plus it would totally create support for small clubs (which is important) and provide a place to go for activities/ideas
I'm just thinking a national org could provide conferences, speakers, networks of doctors in all areas (because doctors would be really excited to support a large organization vs. just a small 10 member club for example..), mentors (both college pre-med students, current med students, and doctors) among many other potential activities.
I really think the mentoring aspect could become big after a few years. Everyone passing through the FPA organization could sign up as a mentor and give advice to people all over the country and be paired up with high schoolers in their area/college students in their area/or even at their same college (e.g. juniors/seniors in college mentoring frosh/soph)
drsarah--what kind of role do you think you'd like to take in implementing this? at the moment I'm mass emailing all the FPA presidents I know/can find about this idea
