<p>Our daughter just finished up a health and medical rotation through the Lead America program and was extremely disappointed with the curriculum. The program was laughable at best though they did a good job with “busy” work. If you want to move from mindless seminar to mindless seminar with speakers who would rather be somewhere else… by all means spend the amount of money Lead America wants you to. They were promised an in-depth dissection which didnt happen. It was essentially a heart in a jar for observation. Our local high school has a better program than that for free! </p>
<p>What concerned me the most as a parent was the lack of security during our daughter’s visit. As she was travelling out of state to attend the program we had concerns for her safety but was assured that all would be well controlled. For this program they house boys and girls in the same dorm though on different floors. When we initially inquired about this we told it was only temporary for a day or so until they “figured things out”. The first day their was disorderly and it took us an hour to even find the registration site on campus. There were no signs nor people to direct you to registration area. After one hour looking we got lucky and asked the right individual for directions. </p>
<p>After speaking with our child over the time period there, we discovered that many of the boys were up on the girls floors and room area at all hours of the evening and night. They decided to keep the sexes in the same building afterall and failed to supervise them. This was extremely disturbing since the females had a community shower area with no lock. </p>
<p>This in itself is a liability but not what disturbed us the most. There was a particular young man on this trip who happened to continue to bother our daughter and follow her everywhere she went. She respectfully asked him to leave her alone and hang out with the guys. He made reference to the fact that she most be interested in “someone elses gonads” . When she reported this disturbing behavior to a female staff member, she was told by the staff member to “just be nice to him” . We informed our daughter to always stay with a group of people who also asked the young man to go away. </p>
<p>As a doctor myself, I found the program and its curriculum promised were found lacking for the amount of money invested. For your financial gain and possible safety issues, do yourself a favor and find another program.</p>