University of Kansas School of Medicine

1. UAB Medicine provides quality health care and compassionate service to every patient, every time, regardless of their individual differences or circumstances. Our academic medical center attracts patients from across the world who represent many cultures, religions, lifestyles, and economic backgrounds. Why are you specifically interested in beginning your medical education in this environment, and how do you feel that your previous experiences will prepare you for this unique learning environment?

2. Why do you prefer to attend the campus you ranked as your first choice?

3. If you are not a resident of Kansas, what specific interest do you have in applying to the University of Kansas School of Medicine?

1. Where do you see yourself in your medical career fifteen to twenty years from now?

2. Describe your identity and how it has impacted the development of your values and attitudes toward individuals different from yourself and how this will impact your interactions with future colleagues and patients.

3. Please describe how your actions and experiences align with the vision statement of the University of Kansas School of Medicine: To improve lives and communities in Kansas through innovation in education, research, and health care.

1. Learning from others is enhanced in educational settings that include individuals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Please describe your personal characteristics or experiences that would add to the learning environment for your classmates.

1. Describe your health care experiences that involved direct exposure to physicians' clinical duties and how they have shaped your desire to apply to medical school.

2. Describe your healthcare experiences that involved direct exposure to physicians' clinical duties and explain how they have shaped your desire to apply to medical school.

1. Describe a patient interaction with the healthcare system. This could be a direct patient observation (in person or virtual) during a shadowing/clinical experience or a personal experience within the healthcare system. What did you learn from this experience?

2. Please share any information you want us to know about you that is not included in your AMCAS application or in this secondary application.

3. If there are discrepancies in your application that have not been addressed in your personal statement, please use this space to provide clarification. Examples may include unexplained gaps in time, attendance at multiple undergraduate institutions, multiple course withdrawals, inconsistent academic performance, or discrepancies between academic performance and MCAT scores.

1. Beyond academics, describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to address this challenge.

2. For Repeat Applicants Only: Since your last application, please describe any relevant academic, employment, and personal experiences that enhance your ability to become a better physician. For Combined MD/PhD Program Applicants: Would you also like to be considered as an "MD-only" applicant?

3. Beyond academics (grades and MCAT scores), describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you took to address it.

4. Please use this space to elaborate on any positive or negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic that you would like us to consider when reviewing your application.

5. If you are no longer a full-time student, please briefly describe your current employment, community involvement, and/or educational activities.

6. For Repeat Applicants Only: Since your last application, please describe any relevant academic, employment, and personal experiences that have enhanced your ability to become a better physician.

1. If the area you spent most of your life before college differs from where you currently consider your permanent address, please explain

2. If you are not a Kansas resident, what specific interest do you have in applying to the University of Kansas School of Medicine? If there are academic discrepancies in your application that have not been explained, please use this space to clarify. Examples may include unexplained gaps in time, attendance at multiple undergraduate institutions, multiple course withdrawals, inconsistent academic performance, or discrepancies between academic performance and MCAT scores. If you are currently enrolled or plan to be enrolled in a graduate or professional degree program during the next academic year, please describe your status within the program and your intention to complete it. You must also request a letter from your graduate program advisor or the dean of your professional school. This letter must acknowledge your application to medical school and describe your status in the program. Students in the MD program are expected to participate full-time in MD program requirements and related activities (e.g., service, research, etc.). Our experience over multiple decades has shown that participation in outside activities (e.g., employment, other degree programs, etc.) is not conducive to successfully navigating our curriculum and overall school requirements. Failing to meet program expectations can put the student at risk for administrative action, including dismissal. If you are no longer a full-time student, please briefly describe your current employment, community, medical, and/or educational activities.

1. Describe a fulfilling or challenging community service experience and how you grew personally from the experience.

2. Give an example of what you have done to make your community a better place to live.

3. Provide an example of something you have done to improve your community.

4. Please describe your identity and explain how it has influenced the development of your values and attitudes toward others, especially those with differing values. Additionally, discuss how your values and attitudes will contribute to a positive learning environment during your training and benefit your future patients in the practice of medicine.

1. If you are currently enrolled in, or plan to be enrolled in during the next academic year, a graduate or professional degree program, please describe your status within the program and your intention to complete it. You must also request a letter from your graduate program advisor or the dean of your professional school. This letter must acknowledge your application to medical school and describe your status in the program.

1. Describe examples of leadership experience in which you have significantly influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time.

2. Describe your healthcare experiences that involved direct exposure to physicians' clinical duties and how they have shaped your desire to apply to medical school. 2. Provide examples of leadership experiences in which you have significantly influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time. 3. Beyond academics (grades and MCAT scores), describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to address it. 4. Give an example of what you have done to improve your community. 5. Patients come from various backgrounds. Please describe how you will engage with patients whose backgrounds may differ from your own.

3. Describe examples of leadership experiences in which you have significantly influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time.