11/04/2024
Welcome to our new page for The Young Doctors Project! Please be sure to follow us on Instagram for regular updates.
Here is a small clip from our White Coat ceremony over the summer. Thank you to NBC 4 for the coverage as we continue to do this work.
In case you're new to YDP, here's a bit about us as well as our website for more info:
MISSION: INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH, THROUGH THE ART OF MEDICINE
​Young Doctors Project (YDP) is a ​multi-generational mentoring, education, and pipeline to health careers​ program for high school boys in Southeast Washington, DC. Through intensive summer programs and Saturday academies at Howard University, YDP participants are trained in preventive medicine, mental health, and health issues in underserved communities.Selected youth join YDP during their freshmen year of high school and remain in the program until graduation.
After one year of training in the summer program and Saturday academies, the "young doctors" begin the service learning component of the program, which includes conducting free health clinics in their community under the supervision of YDP staff doctors.With the support of Howard University's Department of Psychology and College of Medicine, the Young Doctors are equipped to address Washington, DC's health disparities head-on.
​Please visit: youngdoctorsdc.org for more info.
