Web Links for Pre-health Professions Students
Sites with Links Organized by Health Profession - career information
Links to Health Professions Websites, by the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions http://www.naahp.org/NAAHPlinks.html
Careers in Allied Health. This site was developed using text from the Health Professions Career and Education Directory (HPCED), published annually by the American Medical Association (AMA). The web site has information on over 40 careers ranging from well-know (e.g., physical therapy) to lesser-known (e.g., medical illustrator, music therapist). http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2322.html
The AMA Medical Education Resource site also contains a list of professional associations at http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3584.html
Links to Many Medical and Health Career Descriptions, a section of the Biology Careers Page hosted at Furman University. http://www.furman.edu/~snyder/careers/medical.html
Useful web sites for Prehealth Professions Students at Wake Forest University http://www.wfu.edu/~lane/hpp/hpplinks.html
Pre-Health Advising Centers (at Colleges and Universities) These sites often contain links organized by various health careers as well as advisement information
Tuthill's EXPLORE CAREERS: Health, Medicine & Life Science at Duke University http://cdc.stuaff.duke.edu/es-health_links.html
Internet Resources for Pre-Health Students at Syracuse University http://www-hl.syr.edu/hpap/intsites.htm (the home page of the Health Professions Advisory Program, with other useful links is at http://www-hl.syr.edu/hpap/default.htm)
Pre-Professional Health Advising General Information at San Diego State University. Besides providing links for different health careers, the site provides information on interviewing and writing your essay. http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/preprof/
Pre-Health Professions Advising, at the University of Florida. Contains a FAQ section, Health Professions Handbook, and useful "handouts" (should I retake the MCAT, tips for interviews and writing personal statements, planning timeline). http://www.advising.ufl.edu/prehealth/
Advising for Medicine and the Allied Health Professions at Gettysburg College. Includes a FAQ section http://www.gettysburg.edu/~rsorense/med/home.html
Preprofessional Health Programs, at Christian Brothers University. Lots of information on a variety of health careers, a weekly newsletter, FAQ among others. http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/
Professional Organizations and School Associations
Medicine (Allopathic, Osteopathic, Podiatric)
American Association of Medical Colleges (allopathic medicine general information for pre-med students, as well as the MCAT and AMCAS application service. Student page located at http://www.aamc.org/students/start.htm
American Medical Association (allopathic medicine) at http://www.ama-assn.org/
American Medical Student Association has information specific for pre-med students at http://www.amsa.org/premed/
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine at http://www.aacom.org/
American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine at http://www.aacpm.org/
American Podiatric Medical Association careers page at http://www.apma.org/careers.htm
Dentistry
American Dental Education Association (formerly American Association of Dental Schools) http://www.aads.jhu.edu/. Information on Dental Admission Test
American Dental Association http://www.ada.org/
American Dental Student Association http://www.ASDAnet.org/
Optometry
Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry http://www.opted.org/. Information on the Optometry Admission Test
American Academy of Optometry http://www.aaopt.org/
Veterinary Medicine
Association of American Veterinary Medicine Colleges at http://aavmc.org/
American Veterinary Medical Association at http://www.avma.org/default.htm
Physical Therapy. American Physical Therapy Association at https://www.apta.org/
Occupational Therapy. Americal Occupational Therapy Association at http://www.aota.org/
Physician Assisting. American Academy of Physician Assistants at http://www.aapa.org/
Pharmacy. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Student page at http://www.aacp.org/Students/students.html
Graduate Record Exam, which is required as part of the application process in several professional programs
Miscellaneous Links
Medical School Interview Feedback, a site that contains information from students who have completed medical school interviews. The comments are organized by medical school. http://www.med.jhu.edu/meded_feedback/
Brad's Premed Resource Center. Links here are heavy on sites created by medical students about their experiences with advice on the application process. There are also sites on interviewing and MCAT prep. http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/8194/premed.html
Pfizer's "Positive Profiles", a site designed for pre-med students. Included on the site is the "Medical School Manual: A Practical Guide to Admissions to US Medical Schools". http://www.positiveprofiles.com/resources/index.html
How to Decide if Medicine is the Career for You, a site at Cal Tech. Besides providing information implied by the title, this site provides clear guidelines on what a prospective pre-med should be doing throughout their college career. Their suggestion on taking the MCAT between the sophomore and junior years is not what I recommend unless you have completed all the minimum biology, chemistry, and physics courses by the end of the sophomore year. Their estimate of needed MCAT scores of 30+ is on the high side for SC Medical Schools. http://www.career.caltech.edu/students/schools/med-decide.htm
A Road "MAAP" to the Medical Promised Land: An Advising Manual for Those Planning a Career in the Health Professions, an on-line manual at the University of Virginia. This manual covers selecting among the various health careers, health-care experience, applications, interviews, testing, and financial aspects. http://www.med.virginia.edu/medicine/admin/academic-support/manual.html
Links to all North American Veterinary Medicine Schools, a list produced for the Cornell University Pre-Vet Newsletter https://www.angelfire.com/sc/gmlbiology/vetschools.html
South Carolina Medical and Other Health Professions Schools:
The Medical University of South Carolina. MUSC has programs in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assisting, occupational therapy, medical technology, cytotechnology, perfusion, speech-language pathology, graduate programs in biomedical sciences, nurse anesthesia, and health administration. http://www.musc.edu/
USC School of Medicine. USCSOM has program in medicine, genetic counseling, rehabilitation counseling, nurse anesthesia, and biomedical science. http://www.med.sc.edu/
The USC Graduate School ( http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/ ) also has a variety of health programs such as
Pharmacy http://www.pharm.sc.edu/
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology http://www.sph.sc.edu/comd/
Health Administration http://hadm.sph.sc.edu/
Exercise Science http://www.sph.sc.edu/pages/exercisesci.html
Physical Therapy http://www.sph.sc.edu/dpt/
Environmental Health Sciences http://enhs.sph.sc.edu/
While South Carolina does not have its own programs in Optometry and Veterinary Medicine, the state maintains cooperative agreements with selected schools:
Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia http://www.vet.uga.edu/testbed/
Tuskegee University http://vetmed.tusk.edu/
Optometry
Southern College of Optometry http://www.sco.edu/
University of Alabama-Birmingham http://ntopt.opt.uab.edu/icare/
last revised 26 June 2001
