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The Multicultural Association
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Pre-Medical Student Welcomes
You To Our Website!
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| The Florida State University
Multi-cultural Association of Pre-Medical Students
(MAPS), sponsored by the College of Medicine’s
undergraduate outreach program, is an organization
consist over 250 students from diverse background
and ethnicities. There is currently a critical need
for minority and rural physicians to work within under-served
communities. For example, the Tallahassee Bond
community has been designated as an area of critical
need due to lack of physicians to provide service to
low income and indigent patients. It is the mission
of MAPS to encourage students who are entering the
health care profession to focus their energies on
those areas who have least amount of resources but
the greatest needs. MAPS is also an affiliate
program of the Student National Medical Association
(SNMA). SNMA, initially established in 1964 by
Howard University College students, is the nation’s
oldest and largest student organization focused on
the needs and concerns of medical students of color.
SNMA Membership includes about 5,000 medical
students, pre-medical students, residents and
licensed physicians. The Florida State University
MAPS chapter was established in 2000 by Thesla B.
Anderson. PURPOSE:
The sole mission of this organization is to enhance
the recruitment of under-represented students into
health care and medical fields, and to help members become
successful candidates for professional health and
medical programs.
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