Premed Prep

Advice from a Medical School Admissions Dean

Sunny Nakae (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

196 Seiten

2020
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-1722-7 (ISBN)

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If you're hoping to apply to medical school, you might be anxious or stressed about how best to prepare. What classes should you take? What kinds of research, clinical, and volunteer opportunities should you be pursuing? How can you stand out among thousands of applicants? Premed Prep answers all these questions and more.

If you’re a student hoping to apply to medical school, you might be anxious or stressed about how best to prepare. What classes should you take? What kinds of research, clinical, and volunteer opportunities should you be pursuing? What grades and MCAT scores do you need? How can you stand out among thousands of applicants?

Premed Prep answers all these questions and more, with detailed case studies and insider tips that can help premed students authentically prepare and enjoy the journey from the very beginning. Sunny Nakae draws from her many years of experience as a medical school admissions dean to offer wise and compassionate advice that can help premed students of all backgrounds. She also has specific tips for students who are first-generation, minority, non-traditional, and undocumented.

Both forthright and supportive, Nakae’s advice is offered in a keep-it-real style that gives premed students a unique window into how admissions committees view and assess them. Premed Prep covers how to approach preparation with a focus on exploration and growth, and how to stop obsessing over med school application checklists. This book will do more than help you get a seat in medical school; it will start you on the process of becoming a successful future physician.

SUNNY NAKAE, Ph.D., M.S.W., is the Senior Associate Dean for Equity, Inclusion, Diversity, and Partnership, and Associate Professor of Medical Education at the California University of Science and Medicine. Prior to joining CUSM she served as Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine where she held an adjunct appointment as Associate Professor of Social Medicine, Population and Public Health. She has previously held administrative positions at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

Preface

Part I: Getting a Solid Start

1          Premed Basics: Be Quick, But Don’t Hurry

2          Advice for First Generation Students

3          Advice for Minoritized Students

4          Advice for Undocumented Students

Part II: The Premed Journey

5          Exploration & Affirmation

6          Dump the Checklist Mindset

7          The Secret to a Competitive Edge

Part III: Advice for Application Season

8          The Inside Scoop on Strategy and Maximizing Mission Fit

9          Understand the Graduate/Professional School Context

10        Professionalism and People Skills in a Digital Era

Part IV: Support Team Advice

11        Advice for Parents and Friends

12        Advice for Advisers

Part V: Gap Years and Reapplying

13        Maximizing a Gap

14        Advice for Reapplicants

15        Finish Lines and Deadlines

Appendix: An Overview of the Journey to Becoming a Physician

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.11.2020
Zusatzinfo	3 b-w figures, 2 tables
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-9788-1722-3 / 1978817223
ISBN-13	978-1-9788-1722-7 / 9781978817227
Zustand	Neuware