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Career Information: Allopathic Medicine
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"Few fields offer a wider variety of opportunities. Most doctors'
professional lives are filled with caring for people and continuously learning
more about the human body. Every day in communities around the country, doctors
work in neighborhood clinics, hospitals, offices, even homeless shelters and
schools to care for people in need. But physicians also do many other things.
Physician researchers are at work today developing exciting new treatments for
cancer, genetic disorders, and infectious diseases like AIDS. Academic
physicians share their skills and wisdom by teaching medical students and
residents. Others work with health maintenance organizations, pharmaceutical
companies, medical device manufacturers, health insurance companies, or in
corporations directing health and safety programs. People with medical skills
are in demand everywhere."
-Association of American Medical Colleges
- Nathan Smith Society / Dartmouth
College Pre-Med Advising: This site serves as a one-stop-shop for all
Dartmouth undergraduates and alumni who plan a career in medicine or other
health profession and is maintained by the Health Professions Advisory
Committee, the NSS Executive Board, and Career Services. Includes Peer
Advising Hotline, Medical School Requirements, Alumni Advisors, details on the
Physician Shadowing Program, and lots more.
- Association of American Medical Colleges
(AAMC): The AAMC represents the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools; the 16
accredited Canadian medical schools; some 400 major teaching hospitals,
including more than 70 Veterans Affairs medical centers; more than 105,000
faculty in 96 academic and scientific societies.
- AAMC's
Career in Medicine: Addresses questions like "How do I know if a
career in medicine might be for me?" and "What is a doctor’s career
like?"
Medical School Directories
Post-Baccalaureate Programs
- Post-Baccalaureate Program
Listings - Prepared by the Health Professions Advisory Program at Syracuse
University and includes comprehensive information on post-bac opportunities for
those who need to complete pre-requisite courses or who need to improve their
academic credentials.
- Post-Baccalaureate Premedical
Programs - Offered by the Association of American Medical College and
contains searchable information on each program's length, size, purpose,
structure, cost, admission requirements, and other characteristics.
Resources for Medical School Applicants
- Application Procedures
for Dartmouth Candidates for Medical School – comprehensive guide detailing
procedures for preparing your applications to allopathic medical schools.
- Letter of Evaluation Online
(LEO) – Dartmouth students and recent graduates may establish a file
via LEO to assemble letters of evaluation or recommendation. You may use
LEO to open a file, print evaluation request forms and to ask Career Services
to forward letters to designated schools. Please refer the instructions
for MD applicants carefully, failure to do so may delay your application to
medical schools.
- Medical College
Admission Test (MCAT) – The MCAT is a standardized, multiple-choice
examination designed to assess problem solving, critical thinking, and writing
skills in addition to the examinee's knowledge of science concepts and
principles prerequisite to the study of medicine. Scores are reported in each
of the following areas: Verbal Reasoning, Physical Sciences, Writing Sample,
and Biological Sciences. Medical college admission committees consider MCAT
scores as part of their admission decision process.
- The American Medical
College Application Service (AMCAS) – centralized application processing
service for applicants to the first-year entering classes at participating U.S.
medical schools. Most U.S. medical schools use AMCAS as the primary
application.
- The Texas Medical and Dental
School Application Service (TMDSAS) – a centralized application processing
service for applicants to the first-year entering classes at participating
Texas medical, dental and veterinary medical schools.
- The Ontario Medical School
Application Service (OMSAS) – a centralized application service for
applicants to the six Ontario medical schools: McMaster University, Northern
Ontario School of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Queen's University,
University of Toronto and The University of Western Ontario.
- Financing Your
Medical Education – provides informative details regarding financial aid
including: required forms, loan programs, grants & scholarships, and
service obligation opportunities.
- Student Doctor Network
offers information important to medical school applicants, including interview
feedback and more.
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