BMS8025

This course is designed to provide professional development, career advice and basic medical skills for students enrolled in the Gateways to Medicine & Reasearch-Medical Track. Experienced faculty that have served in the Admissions Committee will provide insight for application materials. Additionally, Family Medicine faculty will discuss personal experiences and provide basic medical skills, including recognition of a patient suffering an overdose and Narcan administration, CPR training, and simulations. This course is designed to provide students with structured time to study for taking the MCAT for medical school applications. Students in the Medical Track will arrive with a preliminary MCAT score, likely below national average (511) that prevented the student from submitting a competitive application to medical school. This course will provide time on the calendar for the students to engage in preparation and practice of MCAT. Since excellent commercial services exist for the specific preparation for MCAT, we will sign up the students into the Kaplan basic MCAT prep module. The Gateways MS Program will support the cost of the course for all students. These modules have a successful track record and the goal is for students to take the MCAT in the second semester and show a significant improvement from the preliminary score. The structure of the course will be Independent Study time but we will encourage students to engage with the Program Managers and mentors if they have specific questions. Students will be asked to submit a record of their activity every 2 weeks, including scores for practice tests. Students not progressing as expected will be asked to meet with the learning specialist supporting the program to identify opportunities for growth.

pre-req: BMS Grad programs or instructor consent

Periodic Fall & Spring