Pre-Health Programs
Description
The Pre-Health programs at òòò½ÎÑÊÓÆµ are a path to a career in health care, medicine, and dentistry. The Pre-Health programs are not degree programs, but a combination of support structures and learning environments which aid the pre-professional student in their efforts to transformative careers in:
- Allopathic Medicine (MD)
- Chiropractic (DC)
- Dentistry (DDS or DMD)
- Naturopathic Medicine (ND)
- Optometry (OD)
- Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
- Pharmacy (PharmD)
- Podiatric Medicine (DPM)
- Physical Therapy (DPT)
- Occupational Therapy (OT or OTD)
- Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
- Master's or Doctoral programs in numerous Allied Health areas
òòò½ÎÑÊÓÆµ provides pre-health students with the breadth and depth of academic, cultural, and ethical backgrounds that will enable them to compete successfully with their peers from other colleges, both in gaining admission to professional school and retaining high class status after acceptance. A realistic, as opposed to a merely idealistic, approach is used in pre-health counseling. There is full concern for the individual student and their needs, as well as careful attention to fulfilling the pre-professional requirements that are both on and off campus. The University of òòò½ÎÑÊÓÆµ has invested in their students and recent graduates by sponsoring test preparation courses that are critical to demonstrate preparation for professional schools in the health professions.
The record of successful applications and matriculations of òòò½ÎÑÊÓÆµ students in medical and dental schools, and the large number of its graduates, now in active professional practice, attest to the value of this approach.
Gaining admission to these professional schools continues to be extremely competitive, and high scholastic achievement is necessary. Consequently, only those students who have proven their ability to excel in the sciences, community service, clinical activities, National exam scores and professional communication and all other areas of study will be accepted into the program and allowed to remain.
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Advising and Mentoring Program
Students in the College of Engineering & Science are assigned an academic advisor to counsel them on the selection of courses and course load prior to registration each term. Students can also interact with the Pre-Health Advisor who works with students and recent graduates on their trajectory toward professional school including providing information on individual letters of evaluation, interviews, application preparation, personal statements, and community service and clinical experiences. Students also have access to the Pre-Health Evaluation Committee who reviews each student or alumni at the time of application to professional school. They also provide a written evaluation of each student for the various professional school admissions committees. These letters are used as important criteria of selection.
- Committee Letters are comprehensive letters covering academic and overall activities engaged in during the full college career.
- Disproportionately committee letters are for dental or medical school applications.
- The application period for the Committee Letter process is between January to March of each year.
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Selection of Degree/Major
Students preparing for careers in medicine, dentistry and other clinical professions follow programs that enable them to complete the basic requirements for admission into professional school at the same time they are fulfilling the departmental requirements in their field of major concentration. Most pre-health students major in biology, biochemistry, or chemistry, but this is not necessary. Graduate schools in the health professions accept students who have majored in areas other than science as long as they acquire a solid basic knowledge of biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics.
Program Contact Information
Elizabeth Roberts-Kirchhoff, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for òòò½ÎÑÊÓÆµ
Office: Engineering 245
Telephone: 313-993-1021
Email: robkires@udmercy.edu