What is Pre-Health at UW? Exploring healthcare professions - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

What is Pre-Health at UW? • Exploring healthcare professions • Preparing for application • Applying to professional schools

Graduate Programs Undergraduate Majors • Dentistry • Environmental Health • Medicine • Health Informatics • Occupational Therapy • Medical Anthropology & • Optometry Global Health • Medical Lab Science • Pharmacy • Nursing • Physical Therapy • Public Health-Global Health • Physician Assistant • Social Work • Podiatry • Speech & Hearing Sciences • Prosthetics & Orthotics • Veterinary Medicine

What are health professional schools looking for?  Academic Preparedness  Commitment to Service  Clinical Exposure  Leadership  Research?

Clinical Exposure  Patient-facing time Volunteering Work @ CNA, EMT, Phlebotomist  Professional-facing time Shadowing Scribing

Reflection > Description  Am I drawn to diagnostic problem solving or procedures ?  How do I feel about chronic problems compared with acute problems?  Do I like the pace of this type of practice?  How does a doctor learn more about his/her patients’ personal lives?  How is this knowledge factored into the patients' care?  What factors seem to play into how the patients respond to the doctor?  What did the doctor do when s/he didn’t know the answer to something?  How do I feel when: there is no “ cure ” or treatment options? when I see patients who don’t listen to advice?

Pre-Health Career Coaching ▪ Individual Career Coaching Appointments ▪ Workshops & Small Group Coaching Sessions ▪ Email “ prehlth@uw.edu ”

Pre-Health 101 Seminar (Fall) • Reflect on skills & interests to identify the best fit with a health profession • Identify the next steps in preparing for their chosen health profession • Connect with other students interested in careers in the health professions

Applying to Health Professional School Seminar (Winter & Spring) • Compose a compelling personal statement • How to request great recommendation letters • Identify a good match with schools • How to ace your interviews • How to finance your graduate education • Reflect on your readiness