how to get into medical school & what it is like the 1 st year
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How to get into Medical School & What it is like the 1 st Year. Zayde A. Radwan Email: [email protected]. Who am I?. Hometown- Deer Park, Tx SE Houston Graduated from Deer Park High School 2004 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (2004-2009) Graduated with a Bachelor of Science - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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How to get into Medical School &
What it is like the 1st Year
Zayde A. RadwanEmail: [email protected]
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Who am I?
• Hometown- Deer Park, Tx– SE Houston– Graduated from Deer Park High School 2004
• University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (2004-2009)– Graduated with a Bachelor of Science
• Majors: Cell Biology & Psychology• Minor: Biochemistry
• University of Texas Medical School (2009-2013)– Located in Houston, Tx at the Texas Medical Center
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Medical School Application Process
• Takes a full year to complete, BUT takes all 4 yrs to PREPARE
• 1st & 2nd year– Take prerequisite classes – Build application
• 3rd year – Take Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) (spring)– Begin writing Personal Statement & Application (spring/early summer)
• 4th year– Interviews (fall)– Acceptance (spring)
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Medical School Application Process1st & 2nd year
• Prerequisites– Vary between schools
• Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR)• School’s Websites
• Building your application #1 Good Grades#2 Get to know your Professors & Premed Advisor #3 Shadowing#4 Volunteering #5 Research (Summer Research Programs)
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Medical School Application Process3rd year
• MCAT– 3 sections (15 pts each)
• Physical Science (70 min.)• Verbal (60 min.)• Biological Sciences (70 min.)
– Start early– Take in the spring (March-May)
of your junior year– Preparation
• Classes• Course
– Kaplan – Examkrackers– Princeton Review
• Take as many practice MCAT as you can
• Applying – TMDSAS for Texas schools– AMCAS for out of state schools– Opens May 1st – Closes Oct 1st – APPLY EARLY!!!
• Have everything in no later the Aug 1st
1. Request committee letter from pre-med advisor
2. Request letters of recommendations from professors
3. Turn in transcript request to the registrar
4. Personal Statement
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Medical School Application Process4th year
• Interviews– Most schools Aug 1st to
Jan 31st – Look good on paper, now
they just want to meet you
– Mock interviews (Student Doctor Network)
– Research schools before you interview at them
• Acceptance– Feb. 1st Match day– Rolling Admissions– Begin to attain funds for
med school & living expenses
• If you don’t get in– Don’t give up– It is very competitive– Strengthen weaknesses
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My Bumpy Road to Medical School
• UMHB 2004
• Took MCAT June 2007
• Applied in September 2007 for Fall 2008
• No interviews
• Deferred graduation till Spring 2009
• Retook MCAT June 2008
• Reapplied July 2008 for Fall 2009
• Interviewed Fall 2008
• Matched Feb 1, 2009
• Started Medical School Aug, 2009
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Now the Work/Play Begins
• Medical School 4 yrs.
• Residency 2-7 yrs.
• Fellowship 2-3 yrs. (Optional)
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Overview of Medical School
• Basic Sciences Years– 1st yr learn about how everything is suppose to
work– 2nd yr learn about how everything can go wrong
• Clinical Years– 3rd & 4th Rotations – Learn how to apply/use everything you learned 1st
& 2nd yr.
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Before Starting Medical School
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After Starting Medical School
What makes medical school hard, is handling the volume and rate in which the material is presented to you.
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What comes out of the hose @UTHSC-MS
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Coping the Flow of InformationUndergrad Classes that reduce the flow
• Anatomy & Physiology (3)• Biochemistry (1)• Cell Biology (4)• Developmental Biology (1)• General Chemistry (2)• Genetics (2)• Immunology (1)• Microbiology (3)• Organic Chemistry (3)• Physics (2)
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Coping the Flow of Information
• Perception changes
• Become more efficient
• Study, outline, & learn the material the day it is presented in class
• Review outlines on the weekends
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Classes 1st Year • Monday-Friday
– Usually 8 am to 1 or 4 pm
• Majority of classes are not mandatory
• Lectures on demand streaming– Make your own schedule
• Syllabi– 100-300 pages long– Has everything you need to know for the test
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Blocks
• Divides the semesters up into test sections
• 1st yr.– Fall 3 blocks
• 4-5 wks each– Spring 4 blocks
• 3-4 wks each
• 2nd yr.– 4 blocks for the entire year
• 8-9 wks each
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2nd Block for the MS1’s
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Tests• All are in the same week• Multiple choice/guess• 70-150 questions• Timed (2-3 hrs)• Some have practicals – Anatomy (fill in the blank)– Histology (multiple choice)– Neuroscience (multiple choice)– Pathology (multiple choice)
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Daily Life As A Medical Student
• Varies tremendously from day to day• Depends on classes & how close test are • 8 am- Start classes • 12-1 pm- Lunch• 1-4 pm- Class and/or lab• 4-9 pm – Read and study/outline class material from that
day
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Where is the fun, with all the studying?
• Material is much more interesting– You are only studying the human body
• Block parties • Shadowing • Community projects• Classmates• ICM• And whatever else you like to do in your free time
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Highlights of my 1st year
• White Coat Ceremony• Signing the Hippocratic Oath• Retreat• Meeting and Interacting with my classmates
from around the world • Anatomy lab• Shadowing • Summer Research Program
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Highlights of my 1st year
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In Summary
• Yes it takes a lot of work to get to Medical School– But it is well worth it– Take it one step/semester at a time at a time
• Yes you have to do a lot more work/play when you get there– However, the work is very, very rewarding and fun
• If I had to do it all over again, would I?– With out a doubt!
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My #1 Piece of Advice
• Find what it is that interests you
• Study it
• Work in it
• If you study and do something you like, you will never work a day in your life
• Your passion will drive your success