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What is Pre-Health at UW? Exploring healthcare professions Preparing for application Applying to professional schools Graduate Programs Undergraduate Majors Dentistry Environmental Health Medicine Health Informatics


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What is Pre-Health at UW?

  • Exploring healthcare professions
  • Preparing for application
  • Applying to professional schools
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  • Dentistry
  • Medicine
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Optometry
  • Pharmacy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Physician Assistant
  • Podiatry
  • Prosthetics & Orthotics
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Environmental Health
  • Health Informatics
  • Medical Anthropology &

Global Health

  • Medical Lab Science
  • Nursing
  • Public Health-Global Health
  • Social Work
  • Speech & Hearing Sciences

Graduate Programs Undergraduate Majors

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What are health professional schools looking for?  Academic Preparedness  Commitment to Service  Clinical Exposure  Leadership  Research?

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Clinical Exposure

 Patient-facing time

Volunteering Work @ CNA, EMT, Phlebotomist

 Professional-facing time

Shadowing Scribing

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Reflection > Description

  • Am I drawn to diagnostic problem solving or procedures?
  • How do I feel about chronic problems compared with acute problems?
  • Do I like the pace of this type of practice?
  • How does a doctor learn more about his/her patients’ personal lives?
  • How is this knowledge factored into the patients' care?
  • What factors seem to play into how the patients respond to the doctor?
  • What did the doctor do when s/he didn’t know the answer to something?
  • How do I feel when:

there is no “cure” or treatment options? when I see patients who don’t listen to advice?

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Pre-Health Career Coaching

▪ Individual Career Coaching Appointments ▪ Workshops & Small Group Coaching Sessions ▪ Email “prehlth@uw.edu”

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Pre-Health 101 Seminar (Fall)

  • Reflect on skills & interests to identify the best fit

with a health profession

  • Identify the next steps in preparing for their

chosen health profession

  • Connect with other students interested in careers

in the health professions

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Applying to Health Professional School Seminar (Winter & Spring)

  • Compose a compelling personal statement
  • How to request great recommendation letters
  • Identify a good match with schools
  • How to ace your interviews
  • How to finance your graduate education
  • Reflect on your readiness