Transitioning Students Beyond College: Capstone Experiences for Pre-Health Professions Students

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Transitioning Students Beyond College
Capstone Experiences for Pre-Health Professions
Students

• William S. Mungall
• Hartgerink Professor of Chemistry
• Health Professions Advisor
• Hope College

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Transitioning Students Beyond College

• Courses Beyond the Pre-Professional Requirements
• Internships
• Volunteer Experience

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Courses Beyond the Pre-Professional Requirements

• Senior Seminars
• Medicine and Morals
• Dying, Healing, and Thriving
• Vocation and Health Care
• Discipline Courses
• Health Psychology
• Medical Sociology

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Transitioning Students Beyond College

• Experiential Learning for Pre-Health Professions
  Students
• Internships
• Volunteer Experience

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Proportion of Accepted Medical School Applicants
with Relevant Experience (Data from
2006-2007 Medical School Admissions
Requirements Association of American Medical
Colleges)

Medical School Community Service Medically Related Work Research
Washington University, St. Louis 71 79 90
Columbia University, NY 62 83 86
Harvard University 67 86 94
University of Pennsylvania 63 82 91
University of Michigan 74 85 88
University of Colorado 73 84 78
University of Illinois at Chicago 65 70 73
University of Chicago 68 82 88
Northwestern University 55 60 77
Loyola University Chicago 74 80 74
University of Iowa 69 74 81
Mayo Medical School 86 86 93
University of Minnesota 76 89 79
University of Wisconsin 65 64 67
Average 69 79 83
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Internship Programs

• The Philadelphia Center
• Semester Programs
• Summer in the City Program
• The Chicago Semester
• Medical Spanish
• (University of Guadalajara)
• France for the Pre-Med Student
• (Washington University)

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Internships

• Departmental Internships
• Exercise Science (PT and OT)
• Biology (Veterinary Medicine)
• Nursing
• Athletic Training

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Volunteer Opportunities

• Volunteer Services Office
• Physician Rotation Program
• Local Hospital Program
• Community Health Center
• Spring Break Trips
• Local Nursing Homes
• Hospice of Holland
• Senior Citizen Center