{"id":514,"date":"2020-08-26T19:39:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T23:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/health-leaders\/?page_id=514"},"modified":"2026-08-02T20:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T00:46:39","slug":"information-for-post-bac-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/health-leaders\/information-for-post-bac-students\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Post-Bacc Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-514\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-514-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-514-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-514-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-514-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Winter 2025\/26 application is now CLOSED. Please check back in September 2026 for Winter 2026\/2027 updates.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About the UCHL Winter Intensive Program:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UCHL functions year-round, focusing on training pre-health professional students on how they can help advocate and improve the way we deliver health care for our patients. In return, we hope these students will enter their career field more eager and prepared to tackle the social determinants of health that affect the health of our patients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Winter Intensive Program will run for 4 weeks between December 2026 - January 2027<\/span>, and participants will gain <strong>64<\/strong><strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0hours<\/strong> of direct patient care experience through volunteering both outpatient at UConn Health Farmington Outpatient Pavillion and UConn Health West Hartford. <span>Participants will spen<\/span><span>d\u00a0<\/span><span>2 weeks in Farmington and 2 weeks in West Hartford.<\/span> They will be <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">required to complete <strong>eight 8-hour volunteer shifts<\/strong> in total during the course of the program. There will also be two mandatory meetings. <\/span>There will not be any shifts on 12\/24, 12\/25, or 1\/1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants in this program will also have the opportunity to learn about social determinants of health and at-risk populations through our educational curriculum. The program curriculum focuses on different populations such as psychiatric patients and the homeless in addition to different topics such as alcohol use disorder and tobacco cessation.<\/p>\n<p>You must review the following materials and discuss any questions with us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/06\/guide_sl_orientation.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-Learning Orientation Start-Up Guidebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/07\/policy_2002_43.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UConn Health Confidentiality Policy <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>You must review and submit the following completed forms\/packets with your application.\u00a0<\/span><strong>If you are a re-applicant, please submit NEW paperwork<\/strong><span>. Do NOT edit or remove any information on the paperwork, you must only ADD your information in the appropriate spaces.\u00a0<\/span><em>Please note that all paperwork must have a written or electronic signature, no typed or printed names on signature lines:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScOWn-fAGynL2yjfF83w193Jt4xCefoaEMvOYGbDyerQeW7MA\/viewform?usp=dialog\">the application<\/a>. You will submit the forms below in this application.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uxJiLICE8Xg1sc2LxpPzy6ONV0C1d9NU\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Background Form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Ut-xZK60ZzY3ZzBxvO4s9_PGoflkTSTv\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parking form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ngpN62zgLrNhhsuZYKmipSiW0qslPYPG\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HPA Letter of Endorsement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AoP6h7m1A7Ay174rFLdH2gqeveZfcugV\/view?usp=sharing\">Application PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rise.articulate.com\/share\/8uTXEwYk1d4-C9u09UZOubu0XkTEC5Y4\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2025\/26 Annual Compliance, Privacy, and Security Training<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Please complete this online training. List \"UConn Health Leaders\" as your department.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2015\/12\/form_safety_checklist.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safety Checklist for Unpaid Participants with Potential Exposure to Workplace Hazards<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Included in the Onboarding Packet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/health-leaders\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2020\/10\/UCHL-Onboarding-Packet-Spring-2021.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onboarding Packet<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Applicants often fill out the Onboarding Packet incorrectly. Work as a volunteer will require attention to detail and properly filling out forms.<\/li>\n<li>As a tip - the last page of the packet has a blank column labeled \"Participant Initials\". Make sure you initial every box of this column! <strong>A sample completed onboarding packet can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1FVujFtUKB7XFQpR4m5p3zkky-bG2fIyU\/view?usp=sharing\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1WHr1ca0v4uNutEbQzNj7e6Nub84aj3XE\/view\" rel=\"\">Verification of Health Requirements form<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The deadline for completing and submitting these forms will be announced in September 2026<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>NOTE: The Verification of Health Requirements form must be completed by a medical professional.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Important Dates:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Application Opens<\/span>: TBD<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Application Closes<\/span>: TBD<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uxJiLICE8Xg1sc2LxpPzy6ONV0C1d9NU\/view?usp=sharing\">Background Check, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ngpN62zgLrNhhsuZYKmipSiW0qslPYPG\/view\">HPA Letter of Endorsement,<\/a><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/health-leaders\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2020\/10\/UCHL-Onboarding-Packet-Spring-2021.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onboarding Packet<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Ut-xZK60ZzY3ZzBxvO4s9_PGoflkTSTv\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parking form,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/rise.articulate.com\/share\/8uTXEwYk1d4-C9u09UZOubu0XkTEC5Y4#\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2025\/26 Annual Compliance, Privacy, and Security Training, <\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AoP6h7m1A7Ay174rFLdH2gqeveZfcugV\/view?usp=sharing\">Application PDF<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span>due with application<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1WHr1ca0v4uNutEbQzNj7e6Nub84aj3XE\/view\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verification of Health Requirements Form<\/span><\/a> due TBD<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Training day:<\/span> TBD<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Program Start:<\/span> TBD<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Program End:<\/span> TBD<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Meeting #1:<\/span> TBD<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Meeting #2:<\/span> TBD<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Winter 2025\/26 application is now CLOSED. Please check back in September 2026 for Winter 2026\/2027 updates. &nbsp; About the UCHL Winter Intensive Program: UCHL functions year-round, focusing on training pre-health professional students on how they can help advocate and improve the way we deliver health care for our patients. 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