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HCMP 1998
David and Gunjan recruited the help of other interested students: Moshmee Kalmaker, Christina Robinson, and Mahnaz Rematullah. These five students became the coordinators of the program. Working with physicians and hospital administrators at Children’s Hospital of Austin, they established a curriculum in which two interns would be able to shadow doctors during daily activities in a hospital setting for a semester. The following semester, the interns become the coordinators. Thereby, HCMP became a student-based and student-run organization Scott Pollack and Jeff Zhao were the first group of interns in the spring of 1998. They found new program supporters in Tom McVey, former Texas Department of Health Volunteer Coordinator, and Dr. Lysbeth Miller, former Central Texas Medical Foundation Director and currently Internal Medicine Director of Austin Medical Education Programs. Volunteer
Services Department would not increase number of interns beyond
two students. With the desire to open the program for more
students to have an opportunity to participate in HCMP, the five
coordinators began looking for a foundation of program. They
sought assistance from Central Texas Medical Foundation, Health
Professions Office, Travis
County Medical Society, and Texas |