Healthcare News and Policy
Results from a HPSA/SDN survey on generative AI use by prehealth and health professions students Read my earlier article on “How AI could change admissions.” This survey focuses on “generative AI” programs and tools, like ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated September 17, 2024 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Pre-Medical
Since 2020, applicants for health professional programs have had to prepare for online and on-campus interview formats. While the public is focused on generative artificial intelligence’s impact, admissions teams benefit from technologies to engage and ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated May 8, 2024 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Pre-Medical
The Health Professional Student Association recently completed its 2023 HPSA/SDN Situational Judgment Test Experience survey. An executive summary is available, and the full report can be separately requested. Here is a summary of the findings. ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated April 17, 2025 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Pre-Medical
You are finally done with your interviews, so let the waiting games begin! In March, health professions programs will begin securing seats for the next incoming class, and waitlisted candidates hope for a welcoming phone ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated February 25, 2025 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Medical School
Kevin Perez, a rising OMS-III at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, took some time out from his studies to share his journey. When did you decide to pursue becoming a physician? Kevin Perez: ... Read more
Barbara Franklin
Updated July 27, 2023 by Barbara Franklin
Pre-Medical
Amanda Griswold (she/her/hers) is the Director of Admissions for the DO program at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine. Tell us about your position at your institution and your role in the admissions process. Amanda ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated October 18, 2023 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Pre-Health
Once when I was director of admissions, incoming students viewed and discussed a “common orientation movie” called Coded Bias. Released in 2020 before the pandemic, this documentary (available on PBS for a while) presented the disparate impact ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated February 15, 2023 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Pre-Medical
If you want the unvarnished truth about your medical school chances, Goro is the person to ask. Goro serves on his medical school’s admissions committee and faculty and provides his expertise as an SDN Expert. ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated September 1, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
Pre-Health
I often use the “marathon” metaphor when it comes to the timeline from preparing your application to stepping on-campus as a newly enrolled student, but the race is not continuous. Between the exciting moments of ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated September 8, 2022 by Emil Chuck, PhD
News
Updated October 21, 2021. When most people think of the Student Doctor Network, they think of the SDN Forums, where pre-health and health professional students discuss all aspects of the admission and training processes to ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated June 23, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
Pre-Medical
Applying to medical school can be tough - even when you are just the parent. Tips for surviving the medical school application process for parents.
TC Davis
Updated June 23, 2022 by TC Davis
Pre-Medical
CASPer is an assessment tool that is rapidly gaining popularity across the world. CASPer is a situational judgment test (SJT) that presents test-takers with a series of realistic, hypothetical scenarios and asks them to type ... Read more
Acuity Insights
Updated June 24, 2022 by Acuity Insights
Physician Q&A
As a physician, I have worked in private practice, academic medicine, research medicine, and community health. I currently work in a non-profit community clinic, where I treat patients, supervise nurse midwives, and train providers on ... Read more
Suzi Schweikert
Updated June 25, 2022 by Suzi Schweikert
Pre-Medical
I began my first job when I was just 12 years old (don’t worry, I had a work permit from my school!). It was natural for me to want to start earning my own income ... Read more
Renee Marinelli
Updated June 26, 2022 by Renee Marinelli
Pre-Medical
Sometimes it feels like prepping for med school really is like bracing yourself against the onslaught of an impending natural disaster. You try not to bend and sway in the gust of premed coursework that ... Read more
Atlantis Project
Updated August 23, 2022 by Atlantis Project
Pre-Medical
I was seated on a child-sized plastic chair along a wall in the classroom when the teacher summoned me to the front of the room. She handed me a sheet of stickers and, in broken ... Read more
Nicole Hawkins
Updated June 26, 2022 by Nicole Hawkins
Pre-Medical
Introduction & Background The CASPer (Computer-based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics) test is a 90-minute online situational judgment test (SJT) created by McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. This computer-based test is taken in a non-proctored ... Read more
Kevyn To
Updated June 26, 2022 by Kevyn To
Pre-Medical
The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) was first adopted by McMaster University in Ontario, Canada at the Michael G. DeGroote, School of Medicine back in the early 2000s. Initially, MMIs were used strictly during the admissions ... Read more
Kevyn To
Updated June 26, 2022 by Kevyn To
