The Pre-Medical Organization for Minority Students (POMS)
The
Pre-Medical Organization for Minority Students (POMS) resonates deeply with the
childhood question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?” Our members
envisioned a future as doctors and other healthcare professionals.
POMS
is an undergraduate student organization dedicated to providing
underrepresented minority students with the tools and resources necessary to
excel into these higher levels of healthcare education. Our mission is to
foster much needed diversity in all healthcare fields. We achieve this by
engaging our members in first-hand experiences with guest speakers, activities,
workshops, MCAT preparation, and medical school preparation.
Our
members hail from various walks of life, yet are unified by a shared objective:
becoming competent and compassionate medical practitioners. Equally so, we
aspire to be trailblazers who challenge stereotypes and overcome significant
odds to serve a higher purpose of community service. We seek to make our
presence known in medical spaces that, historically, have not supported Black
and Brown peoples’ medical care. Additionally, we aim to be role models for
young boys and girls who dream of becoming doctors and need to see faces that
reflect their own.
With
your financial support this Pitt Day of Giving, POMS will have the opportunity
to financially support members who may not be able to afford paying dues at
this time. Funds raised will also be used to provide our members with increased
access to academic resources and enable POMS to host a diverse variety of
speakers to address our members' needs. Most notably, your generous financial
support will be instrumental in our fundraising efforts to attend the Student
National Medical Association’s Annual Medical Education Conference: (https://snma.org/page/AMEC2024).
We
are seizing the opportunity to become more academically enriched and exceptional
healthcare professionals, and you, the members of our community, have the
opportunity to help us achieve our mission.
POMS
thanks you in advance for your generous donation this Pitt Day of Giving.