The American Chemical Society Student Affiliate (ACS-SA) of Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) has been using a “Club Model” for membership recruitment, growth, and retention. Currently, the ACS-SA of SLCC operates five campus clubs: a pre-medical professions club, a pre-dentistry club, a pre-pharmacy club, a nanotechnology club, and a chemistry club. By creating these clubs within our ACS-SA chapter, we have been able reach out to students preparing for careers in the chemically related sciences to build a robust and active affiliate chapter. A missing component to this model has been a central information source providing basic educational guidelines, local resources for mentoring and/or shadowing, undergraduate research opportunities, and standardized entrance exam preparation. The goal of this project was to create a virtual information database that would serve our diverse group of students from traditional chemistry and chemistry technology students to students on various pre-health career pathways. A particular focus was placed on educational guides and local resources for shadowing and mentoring for students interested in Allopathic Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Pharmacy School, and other professional health careers.

Development of a virtual information database as a key component for the club model for ACS student affiliate membership growth and retention

ACS Fall 2021

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