2025 Workshops

The UNM Health Professions Symposium has over eighty workshops for you to choose from! These workshops have topics ranging from getting ready for a pre-health track in college to having families in medical school, and everything in between. Workshops are also a great way for interested individuals to learn about other careers in healthcare such as population health, medical laboratory sciences, and dental hygiene (and many more!). With so many great workshops this year, it can be hard to choose which ones to attend. So be sure to look through the workshops below and plan ahead!

If you would like to sign up to host a workshop, please register below. We greatly appreciate your help!

Workshop Registration

Please Register by March 12, 2025.

Click on the workshop title for a description.

Please continue to check back for an updated list of Workshops for HPS 2025!

Last Updated: 11/23/2024

Admissions Process

Educational Resources

Financial Aid

How to Ace the Dental Interview

Learn how to perfect your interview skills before your big day!

University of Colorado- School of Dental Medicine

Presenter: Althea Reutzel

Target Audience: College and High School Students

C2C - Health Care Career Pathway Programs

Prepare to enter and graduate from a health education track by participating in the C2C Health Care Career Pathway Programs — a movement to diversify health professions in NM.

UNM HSC Of DEI - Communities to Careers

Presenter: Stacy Collier

Target Audience: College and High School Students


New Mexico Health Loan-for-Service & Repayment Programs

Students in the Health Field (TBA)

New Mexico Higher Education Department 

Presenters: Heather Romero, Mia Candelaria and Patricia Montoya

Target Audience: College and High School Students

Behind the Prescription: A Deep Dive into Modern Pharmacy 

Exploring the advancements shaping today’s pharmacy profession, highlighting the critical role pharmacists play in healthcare. From cutting-edge drug therapies to personalized medicine, stepping beyond the traditional role of dispensing medications.

UNM College of Pharmacy

Presenter: Kathryn Gentsch

Target Audience: College and High School Students

Exercise as Medicine

Exercise is preventative for many chronic diseases yet, adults do not meet the minimum requirements. This workshop will teach adults what exercises, how long we should exercise, and how often we should exercise in order to live healthier lives. 

UNM Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences

Presenter: Whitley C. Atkins, PhD

Target Audience: College and High School Students

Coming soon!

UNM Combined BA/MD Degree Program

The Combined BA/MD Degree Program is designed to help address the physician shortage in New Mexico through the commitment of its students to serve communities across the state. Join us to learn more about our program and what makes it truly special!

UNM Combined BA/MD Degree Program

Presenter: Jered Cervantes

Target Audience: High School Students


A New Model: Merging Traditional & Modern Medicine

Students will learn about the current efforts for merging modern and traditional medicine. A new health model is proposed for the uninsured, underinsured and the immigrant population. This model is based on an Indigenous clinic in Mexico.  

UNM

Presenters: Dr. Eliseo Cheo Torres, Dr. Mario Del Angel Guevara

Target Audience: College and High School Students

UNM Physical Therapy Admissions Process

Join us for an informative Physical Therapy School Admissions Workshop! Learn what is required in the application process, how to gauge your competitiveness and strategies for preparing for the interview process.

UNM Physical Therapy

Presenter: Jodi Schilz

Target Audience: College and High School Students


How Not To Be Eaten: Conflict Communication in Healthcare

Nurses eat their young, or so the legend goes. So how does one survive? Learn to recognize the different types of lateral violence, how to respond, and how to set firm boundaries so you, too, can avoid being eaten.   

UNM College of Nursing

Presenter: Joselyn Martin

Target Audience: College and High School Students

Pathways to become a #LoboNurse

At The University of New Mexico College of Nursing, we offer multiple options for you to accomplish your goal of becoming a bachelor’s prepared nurse. Come join us to explore the application requirements. 

UNM College of Nursing 

Presenters: Alexis Tiefa, Grace Wiele

Target Audience: College and High School Students


Health Professions Overview

Interactive/Hands On

Internship/Research Opportunities

Why Should You Be a Nurse?

A brief overview of the benefits of becoming a nurse as well as the different types of nursing professions and a brief overview of what to expect in Nursing School.

UNM College of Nursing

Presenter: Cassandra Figgs

Target Audience: College and High School Students

Athletic Trainers: Healthcare for the Physically Active

In this interactive workshop, attendees will learn about athletic training profession, our roles as healthcare providers, and patients we treat. Attendees will participate in demonstrations of various athletic training clinical skills.

UNM Athletic Training Program

Presenter: Sara Nottingham

Target Audience: College and High School Students

Coming soon!


Use of Standardized Patients in Health Care Professions

Standardized Patients (SPs) are widely used in all health care professions for learners to practice communication and physical exams skills on. See the benefits of how SPs can help you be successful in whatever Health Profession you choose. 

UNM SOM Assessment and Learning

Presenters: Audrey H. Bobick, Jackie Sandoval, Erick Bodwell, Michelle Holubiak 

Target Audience: College and High School Students

Doctor of Physical Therapy

This presentation provides an overview of a career in physical therapy. In additional to being informational, it is an interactive presentation that provides some insight to a career in physical therapy. 

UNM SOM, Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Physical Therapy

Presenter: Dr. Rose Vallejo and Students within the Department

Target Audience: College and High School Students

Coming soon!


 The CPC Becoming a Certified Professional Coder

 The CPC Becoming a Certified Professional Coder

UNM GALLUP

Presenter: Roseanna McGinn

Target Audience: College and High School Students 

Coming soon!


Coming soon!


Being a Dental Hygienist

A panel of Dental Hygiene Professionals and Students discuss what it's like to become and be a Dental Hygienist. They will review some aspects of education, everyday life and pros and cons of the profession. This session will end with a Q&A session. 

UNM Division of Dental Hygiene

Presenters: Assistant Professor Justine Ponce, RDH, MS; Assistant Professor Nicole Gonzales, RDH, MS; Students TBA

Target Audience: College and High School Students 

Coming soon!

Coming soon!

Day in the Life of a Dental Student

Step into the shoes of a second-year student at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine. You will be guided through a typical day in dental school while gaining insight into this UNM graduate's pre-dental journey. 

University of Colorado- School of Dental Medicine

Presenter: Nisali Piyasena

Target Audience: College and High School Students 

A Career in Medicine: A Primer for Pre-Med Students

This presentation will explain the educational pathway to a career in medicine, and also provide general advice for applying for admission to any kind of educational program.

UNM Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Presenter: Matthew Gunderson, MD, MSc

Target Audience: College and High School Students 

Pathways in Pediatrics: A Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

Do you have a desire to help kids?  Do you want to know how to become a doctor who cares for kids?  This panel discussion will include professionals from several different pediatric specialties, with a Q&A session to answer all of your questions.

University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Presenters: TBA

Target Audience: College and High School Students 

So You Want To Go To Dental School

This presentation will higlight steps individuals should consider while exploring the dental professions as a career. Personal qualities and motivations that make an individual a more compelling applicant will be addressed. 

UNM Pre-Dental Society

Presenters: Charles Tatlock, DDS, MPH; UNM Pre-Dental Society

Target Audience: College and High School Students 

Research in Emergency Medicine

Have you wondered how new medications, blood tests, and devices emerge in healthcare? The ED Research Team will discuss how new medications, blood tests, and devices emerge in healthcare and the role research plays in clinical settings.

UNM Health Sciences Center

Presenters: Sarah Leville, Keith Lucero + 1 TBA

Target Audience: College and High School Students 

Getting Psyched about Psychiatry

This workshop will include an introduction to the field of psychiatry and various subspecialties that can be pursued. There will be discussion of NM's mental health demographics and the barriers to care for under-resourced/underserved communities.

University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

Presenter: Elise Morosin

Target Audience: College and High School Students 

Emergency Medicine: On the Frontlines of Healthcare

A primer on what emergency medicine is, what emergency physicians do and why we do it that way, and how to become an emergency physician.

Presbyterian Medical Group

Presenter: Andrew Bivin, MD

Target Audience: College and High School Students 

Shadowing Opportunities

Student/Practitioner Panels

Test Preparation

Coming soon!


The Gap Years


SUCCESS stories from those who FAILED to get in first try!

UNM SOM

Presenters: Luke Chao, Natasha Dark, TBA

Target Audience: College and High School Students


The Princeton Review

Attending a GRE Strategy Session with The Princeton Review helps students optimize their study approach by learning test-taking strategies, time management skills, and methods to tackle challenging questions. Come learn from an expert instructor.

The Princeton Review 

Presenter: Adam Wolf

Target Audience: College Students

Coming soon!


A Day in The Life of a Medical Student


Interested in hearing about a day in the life of a medical student? Join current medical students from all 4 years to hear about a day in the life as a medical student, hear about our paths to medical school, and get an opportunity to ask questions.

UNM School of Medicine 

Presenters: Jordan Lee, MSIII; Andrew Hua, MSI; Madison Hochrein, MSII; Danielle Ortiz, MSIV

Target Audience: College and High School Students

Coming soon!