JUMP-Start featured in KCU news:

JUMP-Start is designed to provide opportunity, guidance and support to marginalized pre-med students with the goal of increasing student diversity at Kansas City University and in the field of medicine. Marginalized students include pre-med students that are underrepresented in medicine - members of the LGBTQIA+ group, or students who identify as having a disability.

JUMP-Start will be hosted by medical students with the support of staff and faculty to give participants a brief look into the lives of osteopathic medical students. Events would include workshops and presentations from the Admissions department on how to be the best possible applicant, OMM philosophy and treatment, mock Standard Patient Encounters, and experiencing a lecture given by a KCU professor. In addition to these events, the students participating in the program will have an opportunity to network and identify a mentor that will guide them through the application process. 

By partnering with various universities around the Kansas City area, KCU can recruit marginalized pre-medical students that are interested in medicine. As an osteopathic school, JUMP-Start will also educate students on the osteopathic tenants and osteopathic manipulative treatment, thus providing an educational and alternative practice not familiar to many.