This document summarizes information for students interested in healthcare careers, outlining six main healthcare colleges, advice from professionals to ensure it is the right dream career and to utilize academic resources, a 1-credit introductory course on healthcare options, the importance of online presence and criminal records, pre-professional advising for various medical fields, typical undergraduate requirements like majors and coursework, what makes a competitive applicant such as GPA, exam scores, experiences and letters of recommendation, and that pursuing these careers begins with preparation in undergraduate studies.

1. Health Careers Info Session
What you need to know!

2. Six Healthcare Colleges
• Health Sciences
• Nursing
• Public Health
• Medicine
• Dentistry
• Pharmacy

3. Advice from the Pros
• Students - make sure this is YOUR dream!
• Advising
• Use resources to get help in your classes!
– Go to your professor
– The Study
– General Chemistry Learning
Center
– Mathskellar
– Fast Track

4. HHS 101
• 1 credit hour course
• Will expose you to various healthcare career
options
• Only offered in fall semester
• Meets Thursdays 2 - 2:50 p.m.

5. Manage your Social Image
• Be mindful of your personal/social choices
• Online presence
• Criminal Records

6. Pre-professional Advising
• Allopathic Medicine
• Osteopathic Medicine
• Dentistry
• Optometry
• Podiatry

7. Undergraduate Requirements
• Majors
• Coursework
• Specific professional and
graduate school requirements

8. Competitive Applicant
• GPA (BCPM)
• DAT/GRE/MCAT/OAT
• Experiences/Volunteering/Community
Service/Leadership/
• Letters of Recommendations
• Personal Statement

9. Your path starts today…