Aram Namavar discusses opportunities to pursue during a gap year between undergraduate and medical school, including global medicine programs, master's programs, post-baccalaureate programs, EMT certification, and travel. Some specific opportunities highlighted are the USC Master's in Global Medicine, Georgetown's SMP program, UConn and UCSF post-bacc programs, and global programs through USC Keck like Somos Hermanos. The document provides contact information for Aram to ask additional questions.

1. Glide Year Opportunities
By: PPA Co-President – Aram Namavar

2. “Year off?”
 There is a common misconception with the term “year off”, many believe
that individuals will be doing nothing but traveling the world and wasting a
year during the time between undergrad and professional school.
 WRONG.

3. Who am I?
 Aram Namavar, 20-year-old twin
 3rd Year Physiological Sciences Undergraduate
 Co-President | Premedical Peer Association
 Academia Advisor | Bruins in Arête
 Orthopaedics/Family Medicine Volunteer | Assessing Residents’ C-ICARE (ARC)
 Former Sports Medicine Intern for UCLA Football and Track & Field
 Email: Aram.Namavar@gmail.com

4. Things to do during your gap year
 Global Medicine Programs
 Master’s Programs
 Post-Baccalaureate Programs
 EMT Certification, Peace Corps.
 Travel the world!
 HAVE FUN

5. Global Medicine Programs
 Programs catered to individuals interested in serving underserved
communities:
 Somos Hermanos with USC Keck School of Medicine
 6-month or 6-week immersion program
 6-month program is language intensive
 Primeros Pasos
 Sigue Adelante
 Pop Wuj
 Maximo Nivel
 Cis El Salvador

6. Master’s Programs
 USC Master’s of Science in Global Medicine – second PPA Meeting!
 Columbia University MS in Nutrition
 EVMS MS in Biomedical Sciences
 Tufts University
 Georgetown SMP
 Boston University
 Loyola Chicago
 University of Cincinnati

7. Georgetown SMP
 1-year program
 Leads to MS in Physiology
 Designed to address low GPA by affording students opportunity to display academic
capability in rigorous curriculum
 Curriculum overlaps first year of Medical School
 If achieve in top half of class, selected for interview for Georgetown School of Medicine
 Average Admitted Statistics:
 MCAT above 30
 GPA above 3.0

8. Post-Bacc Programs
 U Conn Post-Bacc
 Drexel IMS/DPMS
 U Penn Pre-Health Specialized Studies
 Charles Drew Post-Bacc
 UCI Post-Bacc
 UC Davis Post-Bacc
 UCSF Post-Bacc
 Berkeley/UCLA/Harvard Extension Programs

9. Charles Drew Post-Bacc
 Class size of about 40 students
 Look for students that have demonstrated a commitment to academic
excellence and serving underserved communities
 Look for students with experience and continued interest in serving
underserved communities

10. Useful Links
 http://career.ucla.edu/
 http://thecollege.syr.edu/students/undergraduate/advising_academic_supp
ort/pre_health/_supporting_pages/resource_pb.html
 http://services.aamc.org/postbac/index.cfm
 http://studentdoctor.net/

11.  Feel free to email me if you have any questions.
 Email: Aram.Namavar@gmail.com