Our Story
The work we do at Mission Vision Project (MVPKC) is built on a long history of communication, coordination and collaboration with community partners. Over the last two decades, physician colleagues recognized the need to support student success. We wanted to highlight a pathway for students to successfully enter the field of medicine in Kansas City. We remembered the challenges we faced as medical students, when there were few role models with similar paths. We also recognized the value of student mentorship, and the important role that mentors and a community network have played in our professional successes. These beliefs, coupled with donors who understood the importance of supporting student success, helped us to develop a sustainable mentoring community for medical students that has seen years of success. Each year, we hold Critical Mass Gathering (CMG) events mentoring programs in collaboration with practicing physicians and community partners in the metro area. We chose that name based on the physics principle that one person can start a movement, but it takes a ‘Critical Mass’ to sustain it. CMG events support students with mentorship programming, medical specialty selection, residency planning, financial literacy, wellness strategies, and board test preparation. After attending, students report an increased sense of comfort within the medical community.
The richness of this experience increases awareness of career opportunities in medicine and confidence to complete their course of study and enter residency. We encourage them as future physicians to join the
Kansas City metro workforce.
MVP has recently expanded the CMG mentoring events from serving medical students only to also serve nursing and pharmacy and younger students, including those in K-12.
The richness of this experience increases awareness of career opportunities in medicine and confidence to complete their course of study and enter residency. We encourage them as future physicians to join the
Kansas City metro workforce.
MVP has recently expanded the CMG mentoring events from serving medical students only to also serve nursing and pharmacy and younger students, including those in K-12.