This episode brings you to the Gateway City of St. Louis, Missouri and the Washington University School of Medicine.  Wash U SOM has had a lot of new and exciting things going on at their School, including a curricular renewal and a new scholarship program.  Listen in as Matt Taitt, the Director of Admissions, and I discuss all of these new changes and, most importantly, their admissions process and what they are looking for in their applicants.

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RESOURCES:

Washington University School of Medicine

Gateway Curriculum

New Scholarship Program

• Financial Planning

NAAHP Find an Advisor

Virtual Fair:  AAMC Minority Student Virtual Medical School Fair on November, 20, 2020.  Register Here 

MATT'S RECOMMENDATIONS:

Podcasts:

Up First by NPR

It Was Said by John Meachum

Ask a Cycling Coach

Books: 

Blackhawk Down by Mark Bowden

CONTACT:

[email protected]

THE DYNAMIC DUO! In this episode we have not one but TWO guests from the University of Minnesota Medical School where they share with us interesting and innovative highlights of their curriculum and admissions processes.  We hear from the Associate Dean for Admissions, Dimple Patel, and the Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Dr. Katherine Murray, as they walk us through all of the interesting aspects of this medical school.  UMMS is making some bold advances in admissions and training of medical students.

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RESOURCES:

University of Minnesota Medical School

AAMC’s Core Competencies for Entering Medical Students

University of Minnesota Essential and Desired Qualities

MCAT Optional FAQS and Advising Guidance

Longitudinal Integrated Pathways

Flex MD Program

Research at Minnesota

White Coats for Black Lives

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Dr. Murray:

Poetry Unbound by Pádraig Ó Tuama 

Dean Patel:

The Conscious Parent by Dr. Shefali Tsabary

CONTACT: 

The University of Minnesota Admissions Team

Listen in as we hear Dr. Linton Yee, the Associate Dean for Admissions, share with us curricular highlights and insight into the admissions process at Duke University School of Medicine. 

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RESOURCES:

Duke Medical School

Curriculum

Primary Care Leadership Track

BOOST

CONTACT:

The Duke Med Admissions Team

DR. YEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS:

Books

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

Anime

Weathering with You

Your Name

In this episode we're visiting with the Dean of Admissions from the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She’s really candid and provides some helpful advice in addition to talking about all things Zucker.  Additionally, we talk a little bit about the AAMC's new VITA interview when discussing their admissions process.

CORRECTION 8/4/2020:  For the entering class of 2020, the Zucker School of Medicine had 95 MD students and 4 MD/PhD students. Not 99 MD students and 4 MD/PhD students as was stated in the intro.  

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RESOURCES:

AAMC VITA Interview

Participating Schools

Zucker School of Medicine

Curriculum

Summer Research

Distinction in Research

Clinical Training Sites

International Opportunities

Netflix: Lenox Hill

BRAINterns

CONTACT:

Zucker SOM Admissions Team

DR. WOLDENBURG’S RECOMMENDATIONS:The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert by Jeff Hobbs

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation by Sanjeep Jauhar

The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine is our "sister" program at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. This conversation is with my colleague and friend, Dr. Christine Warren, Associate Dean for Admissions & Student Affairs.  CCLCM is a very unique pathway to a medical degree as it is a very research-focused program. 

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RESOURCES:

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

CONTACT:

[email protected]

I’m excited to bring you some more people from the AAMC. In this episode we hear from members of the MCAT Team, Jennifer Antonio, the Senior Director of MCAT Business Operations,& Leslie de Leon, the Director of MCAT Preparation Products.  We primarily discuss the changes that have come to the MCAT for this summer due to Coronavirus-related disruptions but we also discuss the test prep resources that are available. Be sure to check the links in the show notes to the resources and additional information. 

RESOURCES

Twitter: @AAMC_MCAT

Changes to the MCAT 

MCAT Resource Site contains the following resources:

• MCAT Prep Hub - Access using your AAMC username and password
• • Free Study Plan Guide
  • Roadmap to the MCAT
  • Practice with Exam features that you will encounter on the exam day
  • Khan Academy MCAT videos
  • The MCAT Content Outline
• What’s on the Exam
• Create a Study Plan
• Planning and Study Resources
• And more!

Pre-Med Resource Site

AAMC Fee Assistance Program - Income eligibility requirements have been expanded

Pearson Vue Testing COVID-19 Page

• Health and Safety Requirements

I’m grateful for the opportunity to bring you the voices of some of the leadership members at the AAMC.  You will hear from Dr. Geoffrey Young, the Senior Director of Student Affairs and Programs, and Mr. Patrick Fritz, the Senior Director of AMCAS.  This conversation brings you into how the AAMC has been working to adapt to the changes and disruptions brought by the Coronavirus pandemic.  They also provide us with tips and advice about the AMCAS application, including common pitfalls that can cause delays in the processing of applications.  We reference a lot of resources and opportunities so be sure to check out the links in the show notes. I hope this conversation brings you some reassurance that we all care and are thinking about our applicants during all of this uncertainty.      

RESOURCES

Understanding the Application Process

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and AMCAS

AMCAS Application

AMCAS Student Services 

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. ET

Closed Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. ET

[email protected]

202-828-0600

AMCAS Tools and Tutorials - includes some recently recorded AMCAS webinars

Alternative Grading Resource

Medical School Admissions Requirements Guide (MSAR)

AAMC Fee Assistance Program Benefits:

• Reduced registration fee, from $320 to $130, for MCAT exams.
• Consideration for financial assistance to obtain an updated evaluation to support an application for MCAT exam accommodations
• Complimentary subscription to the MSAR
• Waiver for all AMCAS fees for one (1) application submission with up to 20 medical school designations ($970 value), submitted by December 31, 2021.

COVID-related Admissions Policies for All Med Schools - Advisor Reports now available to applicants

Pre-Health Advisor Reports Page

May, 22nd @ 12:00 EST: AAMC Webinar About Demonstrating the Competencies in the Application

Register Here

As we continue to move closer to the upcoming 2020-2021 application cycle we suspect that you have many questions about novel Coronavirus-related medical school admissions changes. 

As such, listen in as Christian Essman is joined by Dr. Lina Mehta, our Associate Dean for Admissions, Professor of Radiology and Chair of the AAMC Committee on Admissions (COA), who will discuss the changes we are making at CWRU in light of these COVID-related disruptions, both for applicants and for current students.  Additionally, we will provide some perspective of what is taking place on the national level.  We also answer COVID-related FAQs.   

Follow along in the Google slides contained in the show notes!

Questions?  [email protected]

RESOURCES

FOLLOW ALONG TO THE AUDIO! Google Slides Presentation

COVID-related Admissions Policies for All Med Schools

CWRU Health Education Campus:

CWRU & Cleveland Clinic partnered to build a state-of-the-art Health Education Campus that opened in spring 2019. Take a look inside 

HERE: https://bit.ly/38s0hnZ 

HERE: https://bit.ly/2PBfWsr

Local News Story about the Hope Hospital in the HEC

Microsoft Hololens - HoloAnatomy

HERE:  https://bit.ly/2VKnHP6

HoloAnatomy goes remote, learning goes on during pandemic:

https://thedaily.case.edu/holoanatomy-goes-remote-learning-goes-on-during-pandemic/

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/4PEUU2EhOk0hOk0

Listen in as Christian Essman, Senior Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, and Dr. Lina Mehta, Associate Dean for Admissions at CWRU School of Medicine, discuss the uncertainty and disruptions caused by COVID-19 for pre-medical students and medical school admissions.  We know that pre-med students have many questions about coursework that is now Pass/No Pass, MCAT administrations have been cancelled, shadowing and volunteering that is on hold, and summer internships and research that could be in jeopardy. This conversation attempts to bring some reassurance to listeners to that medical schools are aware of these new challenges and that we’re all in this together.  

Questions?

Contact: [email protected]

Resources: 

Med School Admissions poll on the handling of Pass/No Pass Coursework

AAMC COVID-19 Resource Hub

AACOMAS COVID-19 Resource Hub

We’re off to The Green Mountain State of Vermont to talk with the Director of Admissions at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine (UVM).  While UVM is a public institution, the majority of their classes are out of state students! UVM is a very interesting school - unique curriculum, two campuses - Vermont and Connecticut, a teaching/scholarly project, among others. We discuss what they value in their applicants, of course!  

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RESOURCESUniversity of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

Vermont Integrated Curriculum

Teaching/Scholarly Project

AAMC 15 Core Competencies for Entering Medical Students

Cary’s Recommendations (she looooves books):

Powell’s Books - Portland, OR - Book club

The Topeka School by Ben Lerner

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

CONTACT: [email protected]