Preparing for Medical School and the Medical Profession: Advice to Advisors
In recent years, medical schools have experienced a dramatic increase in student applications for admission. The increase comes at a time of great change in the medical profession resulting from the effects of health care reform and the expansion of biomedical knowledge and applied technologies. Students making applications to medical school should know how these changes will impact the practice of medicine as well as how medical schools are revising their medical curricula to meet the challenges of a 21st century medical practice. Prospective applicants should adapt their undergraduate preparations for medical school and the medical profession accordingly.
Contributor Notes
Dr. Carol Elam, Ed.D., the Assistant Dean at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, conducts research on medical school admissions interviews and predictors of medical student performance. For correspondence about this article please contact Dr. Elam at The University of Kentucky College of Medicine, MN102 Chandler Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0084.
Edwin Taylor, M.A., is interested in medical student advising and admission committee dynamics. He is currently the Assistant Dean for Admission and Student Records at East Tennessee State University.
E. Nelson Strother, Jr., M.A., is the Assistant Dean for Admission and Student Records at University of Tennessee, Memphis. He is also interested in pre-professional advising.
