Professional Skills and Readiness II.

Catalog description

Semester course; 1 lecture hour. 1 credit. Enrollment is restricted to students in the pre-medical graduate health sciences certificate program. The course is designed to prepare pre-professional (i.e., pre-medical and pre-dental) students to successfully apply to medical or dental school and strengthen key competencies, including written and oral communication skills and preparedness for standardized professional school admissions tests. The course will meet once per week and utilize a combination of lectures, written and verbal assignments, student-driven discussions and standardized test preparation materials. By the end of the course, students will have written a well-structured and compelling draft personal statement, be able to effectively answer common professional school application questions, demonstrate improved readiness for professional school interviews through mock interviews and track improvement in their preparedness for MCAT/DAT.