What does it take to get into medical school? For the first time, admissions committee members from elite medical schools in the United States share their perspectives and unique insights on how the selection process works and how decisions are made as to who gets in and who does not-and you will be surprised. This book gives an unprecedented insiders' perspective from those who have actually made the final decisions, with updated figures and graphs for the second edition. Every aspect of the admission process is addressed in this book. See timelines that tell you what to do and when. Learn how to pick extracurricular activities that enhance your application while avoiding ones that are a waste of time. Understand how to prepare for the MCAT and the new multiple-mini interviews (MMI). View lists of medical schools that take a high proportion of out of state applicants. Learn what to do if you are rejected on your first application attempt.

How To Be Pre-Med assists high school, college, and non-traditional students interested in becoming physicians by describing the pre-med route from start to finish using the Six Buckets model Dr. Suzanne M. Miller developed through over a decade of medical school admissions advising. This guide is equally helpful to those hoping to pursue a medical career and to loved ones, such as parents, spouses, relatives, and friends, supporting a pre-med. Dr. Miller created How to be Pre-Med to serve as a prequel to the best-selling The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook because readers frequently provided feedback wishing they had received similar expert guidance sooner in the pre-med process. How To Be Pre-Med covers all information required to excel as a pre-med and prepare for the medical school application process. It's best to read this book as soon as you decide to pursue the pre-med path to help strategize selection of undergraduate or post-baccalaureate experiences. Then return to it each year to assess how you are filling up the Six Buckets. Once you have decided to apply to medical school, pick up the latest edition of The Medical School Admissions Guide and follow the weekly steps required to create the best application possible to maximize your chances of admission.

Med School Confidential from Robert H. Miller and Daniel M. Bissell uses the same chronological format and mentor-based system that have made Law School Confidential and Business School Confidential such treasured and popular guides. It takes the reader step-by-step through the entire med school process--from thinking about, applying to, and choosing a medical school and program, through the four-year curriculum, internships, residencies, and fellowships, to choosing a specialty and finding the perfect job. With a foreword by Chair of the Admissions Committee at Dartmouth Medical School Harold M. Friedman, M.D., Med School Confidential provides what no other book currently does: a comprehensive, chronological account of the full medical school experience.

You have entered medical school to become a physician and you are learning all about basic science, anatomy, and disease science. However, in order to be successful in your medical career, you need more than medical knowledge. You need to understand the medical education system and how to avoid the potholes along your path that can hurt your career. This Physician Career Guidebook series is a practical career guidebook to lead you through residency training, your first years as an attending physician, and becoming a physician leader. All items are generic across medical specialties and are meant to help bring the topics to your attention for your further contemplation. Each chapter is a mentoring or coaching session for a specific period of your training timeline. Use the information provided to further your career and to be better prepared for each step along the way. Each book is designed to be a guide for multiple years so you can use the appropriate chapters at the appropriate times.

Today, there is a significant need for healthcare professionals across disciplines and sectors as the world faces unprecedented health challenges and adopts innovative healthcare technologies. Despite this demand for a competent and eager healthcare workforce, the education and processes to becoming a qualified healthcare professional are complex and intricate, which may turn people away from this path due to confusion, fear, or doubt. In order to encourage and support those involved in medical education, further study on the best practices and challenges of developing confident and capable health professionals is required. The Handbook of Research on Developing Competencies for Pre-Health Professional Students, Advisors, and Programs provides insight into the critical skills and expertise essential for those interested in pursuing employment in healthcare as well as current procedures and training to support them during their academic and professional careers. Covering topics such as lifelong learning skills, healthcare professions, and strategic learning, this major reference work is crucial for advisors, nurses, healthcare professionals, academicians, researchers, practitioners, scholars, instructors, and students.

For more than thirty-five years, The Insider's Guide to the Colleges has been the favorite resource of high school students across the country because it is the only comprehensive college reference researched and written by students for students. In interviews with hundreds of peers on campuses from New York to Hawaii and Florida to Alaska, our writers have sought out the inside scoop at every school on everything from the nightlife and professors to the newest dorms and wildest student organizations. In addition to the in-depth profiles of college life, this 37th edition has been revised and updated to include: * Essential statistics for every school, from acceptance rates to the most popular majors * A "College Finder" to help students zero in on the perfect school * Insider's packing list detailing what every college student really needs to bring * FYI sections with student opinions and outrageous off-the-cuff advice. The Insider's Guide to the Colleges cuts through the piles of brochures to get to the things that matter most to students, and by staying on top of trends and attitudes it delivers the straight talk students and parents need to choose the school that's the best fit.

As medicine becomes more specialized, doctors working in general medicine and general practice can quickly lose touch with advances occurring in other fields. Never having heard of an investigation, or carrying dated misconceptions as to a prognosis can be frustrating at best, and dangerous at worst. The aim of this book is to strike a balance between refreshing old knowledge and updating the reader on significant advances that have occurred in a particular specialty, with this in mind each chapter is written by a trainee and a specialist in the relevant area. The content will be of interest to consultants and trainees in the medical specialties, general practitioners, and medical students. At times entertaining, irreverant and controversial, this is not a book to be left nestling in the pocket of a white coat or gathering dust on a shelf.

Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every boy’s life. It’s even more important to get answers and advice to the most common health issues boys face from a trusted source. The American Medical Association Boy’s Guide to Becoming a Teen is filled with invaluable advice to get you ready for the changes you will experience during puberty. Learn about these important topics and more: Puberty and what kinds of physical and emotional changes you can expect—from your developing body to your feelings about girls The importance of eating the right foods and taking care of your body Pimples, acne, and how to properly care for your skin Your reproductive system—inside and out Thinking about relationships and dealing with new feelings

"Utilizing a unique combination of evidence-based advice and an insider's perspective, this book will help you achieve your ultimate goal: medical school"--P. [4] of cover.