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Peer reviewedJohnson, Timothy R. B.; Settimi, Philip D.; Rogers, Juliet L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2001
Asserting that college advisers have the opportunity to enrich prehealth students' growth by becoming mentors, discusses issues mentors will encounter when supporting students, including career selection; roles for the mentor; curriculum, classes, and grades; application; moving beyond the medical school option; innovative opportunities for…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students, Faculty Advisers
Zebala, John A.; Jones, Daniel B. – 1989
A handbook on the medical school admissions process is presented, offering a first hand account of what works. Six chapters discuss the following topics and subtopics: (1) premedical preparation (planning undergraduate study and picking the right college); (2) power techniques for higher grades (techniques for grade point success, improving grades…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, Essays, Higher Education
Russell, Millie Louise; McNair, E. Wesley – 1980
Academic advising strategies that have been helpful to minority students who aspire to become health professionals are outlined, and summer science programs at the University of Washington and the preprofessional program are briefly described. The university's Preprofessional Program for Minority Students in Health Sciences and the Meharry Summer…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Affective Objectives, Allied Health Occupations Education, Cognitive Objectives
Zebala, John A.; And Others – 1997
This revised and updated handbook written by recent medical school graduates offers a firsthand account of successful strategies for the medical school admissions process. Six chapters discuss the following topics: (1) premedical preparation (planning undergraduate study and picking the right college); (2) power techniques for higher grades…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations
Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Health, Sacramento. – 1992
This booklet explains the need for more physicians from underrepresented minority groups and guides the minority student considering a medical career in preparing for and gaining admission to a medical school. Organized in nine sections, the book first introduces the Health Professions Career Opportunity Program and its services which work to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), American Indians, Black Students
Peer reviewedElam, Carol L.; And Others – NACADA Journal, 1996
Suggests college students preparing for medical school should be informed about how changes in the health care system, expansion of biomedical knowledge, and new technologies are affecting medical practice, medical curricula, medical school admission criteria and tests, and the shape of undergraduate preparation for medical education. Discusses…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants
