Humboldt Pre Medical Education Taskforce

HUMPET is the Humboldt Pre Medical Education Taskforce, a committee started within the Medical Society to focus on local healthcare workforce development. The goal is to “grow our own” physician workforce by fostering local students’ interest in careers in medicine starting from a young age in middle school, throughout high school and then continuing to support them in their college years and into medical school and residency with the hope that they will choose to return home to practice medicine. Chaired by one of our own local physicians, Dr. Jennifer Heidmann, HUMPET is honored to collaborate with many local organizations and entities on this important work. Cal Poly Humboldt, UC Davis, Humboldt County Office of Education, College of the Redwoods, K-16 Initiative, California Center for Rural Policy, Del Norte County Office of Education, Providence St. Joseph Hospital, Open Door Community Health Centers, are just some of the incredible organizations HUMPET brings together to collaborate and align on projects and goals pertaining to local healthcare workforce development. Our local physicians are passionate about investing in the future of medicine and give their time and energy to students wishing to observe in a clinical setting throughout the year.