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The Nathan Smith Society
Veterinary Medicine
Dental MedicinePublic & Global Health
The Health Career
Experience and
Advising at Dartmouth
Speakers
• Lee Witters MD, Faculty Advisor, Health Professions Program & Nathan Smith Society; Professor, Biology/Medicine/Biochemistry
• Sarah Berger, Health Professions Program Advisor
• Carl Thum, Academic Skills CenterAnother Key Person
Annette Hamilton, Health Professions Program Administrative Coordinator
And Some Other Very Special PeopleTeaching Science Fellows
Faculty/students representing dental & veterinary medicine
Pre-health mentors from the Class of 2015
Sarah BergerStudent
Academic Support Center,
Carson/Berry
Weekly walk-in office hours (posted on NSS web site)
TwoConvenie
ntLocations
Where is Pre-Health Advising at Dartmouth?
Where is Pre-Health Advising at Dartmouth?Enter Here & Check
The ElectronicMap!
Dr. Lee Witters
122 LSC
Weekly walk-in office hours (posted on NSS web site)
TwoConvenie
ntLocations
A “To-Do” List• Join the listserv of the Nathan Smith
Society one of two ways:1. Sign sheets on clipboards being passed around2. Blitz ‘[email protected]’
A “To-Do” List• Join the listserv of the Nathan Smith
Society one of two ways:1. Sign sheets on clipboards being passed
around2. Blitz ‘[email protected]’
• Visit NSS web site (www.dartmouth.edu/~nss) and check out the ‘Getting Started’ menu
“Hints” #1 & #2
1. This is a challenging and time-consuming curriculum. You will need to develop new strategies and continually reassess (and maybe regroup). Everyone’s pace and track is different!2. Be pre-emptive; don’t sit back and wait to “see how you are doing”. Utilize course resources, the Academic Skills Center and knowledgeable advisors. Plan your path carefully!
“Hints” #3 & #4
3. Learn to reflect periodically on the experiences you are having in and out of the classroom, the growth you are experiencing and your sense of purpose and motivation4. You are not alone in this! There is a large pre-health community of other students and alumni, who are traveling (or have traveled) this same road, to help you.
Hint #55. Most Dartmouth students initiate application to med/vet/dental school at end of senior year or as alums, rather than spring of junior year, creating one or more “gap years”. EVERYONE SHOULD CONSIDER THIS OPTION TO SEE
WHAT IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON YOUR DARTMOUTH EXPERIENCE
(examples: course flexibility, FSP/LSA, curricular/major options, avoiding “doubling
up”, building your credentials, athletics)!Later isgreater?
Hint #6
6. Dartmouth does not have a specific pre-med or pre-health curriculum. Major in what you enjoy and are interested in, but bear in mind that you must be able to demonstrate scientific aptitude and excellence. A wide experience in the humanities and social sciences is a real asset to a health career, as well.
Not “premed”
Hint #77. Choose your first year courses (and especially
your fall term courses) carefully with the advice of someone familiar with you, the courses and with the pre-health requirements.
“Should I ease into a college science-based curriculum or not?
Math Course?
Chemistry Course?
Biology Course?
?More than one of above
?None of theabove
Physics Course?
Writing/English (2 courses required)• First Year Seminar• Writing 5; Writing 2/3• Consider other courses that
emphasize writing and critical analysis of writing
Math OptionsGeneral requirement: Two math courses (calculus, statistics)
Math 3IntroductionTo Calculus
OR
Math 8Variable Calculus
Math 1/2Calculus
With Algebra(by invitation)
Statistics (Math 10; others)
Take a Math course if needed for beginning chemistry sequence!
Have Math 3 Credit?
If you have Math 3 or 8 credit and are invited to enroll in a higher level Math class, you don’t “have” to do that!
Chemistry OptionsGeneral requirement: Two terms general chemistry with lab;
Two terms organic chemistry with lab; one term biochemistry
Chemistry 5General Chemistry(Second term is Chem 6)
Chem 5 also available in winter term (Chem 6 in fall & spring)
Math 3(or Math 3 credit)
Pre-Req
Chem 10 (by exam) “counts” for 2-term general chem requirement
Completion of Chemistry 6 or 10
in fall term
Chemistry 57/58(Honors)
in winter/spring terms
Pre-Req
Chemistry 2QuantitativeReasoning
in Chemistry(by invitation or
request)
Enter
Professor Siobhan Milde
Physics OptionsGeneral requirement: Two physics courses (with labs)
Physics 3General Physics I
Physics 4General Physics II
Offered winter &spring terms
Math 3 Pre-Requisite
Physics 13Introductory Physics I
Physics 14Introductory Physics II
Offered winter &spring terms
Usually taken by intended physics/math/chem/engineering majors or with strong background in physics & math
Many pre-health students defer
physics till later, since it is not a pre-requisite for other
required pre-health courses
Math 3 and 8Pre-requisite
(or concurrent Math 8)
Biology OptionsMinimum** required: 2 Biology courses with labs
Lab CoursesFoundation Classes
Biology 12 (Cell Biology) Biology 13 (Genetics) Biology 15 (Microevolution) Biology 16 (Ecology)
** More are strongly recommended
Biology 11The Science of Life
(no lab)
Biology 2Human Biology
(no lab)
Biology OptionsMinimum** required: 2 Biology courses with labs
Lab CoursesFoundation Classes
Biology 12 (Cell Biology) Biology 13 (Genetics) Biology 15 (Microevolution) Biology 16 (Ecology)
** More are strongly recommended
Biology 11The Science of Life
(no lab)
Fall offering(Cooperation & Conflict Across
Biological Systems)Spring Offering
(Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Biology OptionsMinimum** required: 2 Biology courses with labs
Lab CoursesFoundation Classes
Biology 12 (Cell Biology) Biology 13 (Genetics) Biology 15 (Microevolution) Biology 16 (Ecology)
Biology 2Human Biology
(no lab)Fall Offering
Want backgroundin human biology to orient
your other studies?Uncertain about rigor of college
science courses?Testing your interest in health
or biology?
** More are strongly recommended
Biology OptionsMinimum** required: 2 Biology courses with labs
Lab CoursesFoundation Classes
Biology 12 (Cell Biology) Biology 13 (Genetics) Biology 15 (Microevolution) Biology 16 (Ecology)
** More are strongly recommended
Biology 11The Science of Life
(no lab)
Biology 2Human Biology
(no lab)
How to Decide?
• Canvas (under ‘My Courses): Advising TestResults + Academic indices (SAT (verbal + math))+ AP test scores
• Strength of your background in Chemistry & Biology
• Uncertainties about interest in pre-health or hesitancy about college science courses
• Talking to an advisor
Psychology & Sociology
• Psychology• Psychology 1 (fall, winter, spring)
• Sociology• Sociology 1 (fall, spring) OR• Sociology 2 (winter)
How Do I Decide Which Classes to Take?
CEM 5
Many combinations possible (only some shown)!
Have a conversation about YOU and your specific goals, aspirations and scholastic background with a
knowledgeable advisor before committing to a specific class schedule and keep on talking to knowledgeable
advisors as you proceed through Dartmouth!
Walk-in D-plan help Friday, Sept 12, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM; 125 Haldeman; new group every 30
minutes
HPP offices (Student Academic Support Center; LSC) weekly (hours to be e-mailed & as posted
on home page of Nathan Smith Society)
Hint #99. Learn to write well! The process of
med/vet/dental school application will emphasize your verbal reasoning skills and ability to write well-structured and reasoned essays (MCAT; applications to schools). In addition to working with professors, use the Student Center for Research, Writing, and Information Technology (RWiT) whenever you have the opportunity.
Hint #10
10. Participate in extracurricular activities that abut on the health care profession and service to society; sustain your involvement, so that your humanity, creativity and impact are evident.
Courses (GPA,
Science GPA)
MCAT DAT GRE
Extracurricular Experiences
Letters of Evaluation
Personal & Professional Characteristi
cs
Skills & Abilities
Clinical ExposureAltruistic ServiceScholarly Activity(outside classroom)
Elements of a Successful Application to Medical/Vet/Dental School
Evaluating Beyond Grades,MCAT/DAT/GRE Scores and Prior Experiences in Health
• Active listener• Problem solver• Communicator
(oral, written)• Critical thinker• Multilingual
• Resiliency• Integrity/
Judgment• Adaptability• Persistence• Motivation• Intellectual
curiosity• Empathy• Altruistic service
Skills & Abilities Personal & Professional Characteristics
Nathan Smith Society Events Fall/Winter/Spring/Summer Terms 2013-14
A Sampling
• DHMC /VA Shadowing Program• Community Veterinary
Shadowing Program• Community Dental Shadowing
Program• Dartmouth Ears (a patient
visiting program at DHMC/VA)• Dartmouth-Geisel Ethics
Discussion Group• Dartmouth Cancer Scholars • Symposium on Gender
Inequity in Health with Geisel Physicians for Human Rights
• ‘Dinner with a Doc/Vet/Dentist’ Program
• ‘Take a Med Student to Lunch’ Mentoring Program
• “Mock Admissions”• Paying for Medical School
(Geisel Financial Aid office)• Senior Night• DC/Geisel Nights• NSS Research Opportunities
Database• MD/PhD, MD/MBA, MPH
programs
Dental & Veterinary Contacts at Dartmouth
• Dentistry– Dr. Robert Keene (Robert.C.Keene@dartmouth.
edu or [email protected])– Ryan Lisann 15 – Elisabeth Schricker 17
• Veterinary Medicine– Suzanne Rosen 15– Angela Jin 15