Touro's Project Aspire Encourages Students to Explore Health Careers
New York Amsterdam News › August 29, 2009
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More than 100 enthusiastic students at P.S. 197 in Harlem, grades pre-kindergarten through first grade, donned white lab coats and had inmHa- on access to teaching model skeletons and bones, including skulls, legs, arms, and fingers to learn about bone health from Touro College of Ostéo- pathie Medicine at the second annual "Skeletons, Bones and Pint-Sized Doctors." The stu- dents participated for the sec- ond year in Project Aspire, a public health initiative of the Children's Health Education Foundation at Touro College.
On Halloween, faculty and students from TouroCOM, Touro College's new college of ostéopathie medicine on 125th Street In Harlem, educated students at P.S. 197 hi Harlem about nutrition and bone health at the second annual "Skeletons, Bones, and Pint-Steed Doctors." Touro's program, Project Aspiro, encourages students to lead healthy lifestyles and to exploro hearth careers, Including becoming doctors."It is our mission to get young children in our community excited about science and careers in medicine," said Robert Goldberg, D.O., dean of the Touro College of Ostéopathie Medicine (TouroCOM), which is located on 125th Street in Harlem. "By providing them with access to free education about nutrition and health, and presenting it in a fun and accessible method like we did today, we instill a sense of curiosity and confidence that they can one day have a career in medicine."More than 100 enthusiastic students at P.S. 197 in Harlem, grades pre-kindergarten through first grade, donned white lab coats and had inmHa- on access to teaching model skeletons and bones, including skulls, legs, arms, and fingers to learn about bone health from Touro College of Ostéo- pathie Medicine at the second annual "Skeletons, Bones and Pint-Sized Doctors."See the full content of this document
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Touro's Project Aspire Encourages Students to Explore Health Careers
More than 100 enthusiastic students at P.S. 197 in Harlem, grades pre-kindergarten through first grade, donned white lab coats and had inmHa- on access to teaching model skeletons and bones, including skulls, legs, arms, a...
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