The Health Administration, Management, and Policy Centralized Application Service (HAMPCAS) will close its portal for the first cycle on Friday, August 17th, debuting its new website on Monday, August 20th. The new website will include the following:
- A comprehensive directory of schools, including not only the fields now included in the AUPHA online directory, but also the school-specific application information for HAMPCAS programs
- Resources for students
- Resources for health profession advisors
- Resources for HAMPCAS schools
- Program deadlines
- Application checklist
- FAQs
- Facebook feed
There are currently several reports that HAMPCAS schools can now run, on-demand against any segment of their applicant pool or for comparison against the aggregate. Some of the reports are as follows:
- Ages – A summary of age ranges reported by your applicant pool
- Countries of Citizenship – A summary of the country of citizenship information reported by your applicant pool
- Colleges Attended – A summary of the colleges attended reported by your applicant pool
- Citizenship Status – A summary of your applicant pool’s citizenship demographic
- Countries of Birth – A summary of the country of birth information reported by your applicant pool
- Degree Awarded – A summary of different degree types awarded to your applicant pool at the time they submitted their application
- Degree Expected – A summary of different degree types expected by your applicant pool at the time they submitted their application
- Ethnicities and Races – A summary of race and ethnicity selections made by your applicants
- Financial Aid – A summary of the number of applicants applying for financial aid reported by your applicant pool
- Genders – A summary of your applicant pool’s gender demographic
- GPAs by Year – A summary of your applicant pool’s mean GPAs, by academic level
- GPAs by Subject – A summary of your applicant pool’s mean GPAs, by subject area
- Majors – A summary of the majors information reported by your applicant pool
- State/Provinces of Residence – A summary of the legal states or provinces reported by your applicant Pool
“Between HAMPCAS and the recently-launched Benchmarking system—the ability to compare both applicant-pool data and program-specific data respectively—the potential for both our program members and for AUPHA is exciting and will be interesting to examine going forward. I look forward to the ways in which we can further enhance our offerings to members and provide data to the field,” said AUPHA Chief Operating Officer, Liane Pinero-Kluge.
There are currently general training sessions underway for incoming HAMPCAS schools, and there will be more webinars for the enhancements to the system after the second cycle launches on September 12th. For more information about registering for a free HAMPCAS admission-portal training session, having a HAMPCAS representative visit your admissions department, or how your school can easily take part in HAMPCAS, please contact Stephanie Williams or Liane Kluge.