Prescription for success: El Paso ISD students introduced to field of medicine - El Paso Times

  • By zz-omni-cms
  • July 5, 2011


When fifth-grader Roman Rodriguez comes home from summer camp, he doesn't talk about learning how to shoot free throws or experimenting with paints.

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DREAMS is sponsored by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, which runs the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, and the El Paso Independent School District Advanced Academic Services Department.

The medical school accepted its first class of 40 students two years ago. They're expected to graduate in 2013.

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