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Mind the Gap: How First-Generation and International Students Navigate Prehealth Pathways

April 23, 2025April 17, 2025 by Emil Chuck, PhD
F1 immigrant visa, first-generation students face hurdles in prehealth pathway

The path to health professions is challenging for all students, but for immigrants and first-generation … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags F1 visa, feature article, featured, first-generation, immigrant, prehealth, premed Leave a comment

How to Manage Transcripts for Your Application

April 17, 2025April 10, 2025 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Transcript

Transcripts are essential for graduate or professional school applications, and their delivery determines how smoothly … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags feature article, featured, prehealth, premed, transcript, transcripts 2 Comments

MDpas Pathway: African Traditions in Prehealth at CSLA

February 12, 2025February 7, 2025 by Emil Chuck, PhD
MDpas 2025 cohort

We willingly chose the Black coat to remind us that our approach to medicine and … Read more

Categories Pre-Health Tags CSLA, feature article, featured, MDpas, prehealth, premed Leave a comment

The Meaning of Life: Finding Insights in the Humanities

December 5, 2024November 21, 2024 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Students discussing the humanities in a library

Generally, most health professionals thrive on being problem-solvers. When meeting patients, many professionals take on … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags empathy, feature article, featured, humanities, liberal arts, medical education, medical humanities, prehealth, premed, Premed Competencies Leave a comment

Finding Your Greatest Common Factors with Successful Students

April 17, 2025August 23, 2024 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Greatest Common Factor

The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) between two numbers is the largest positive integer that can … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags application, feature article, featured, medical school, medical student, pre-med, premed Leave a comment

Emote Control: “Inside Out” for Prehealth and Professional Development

July 9, 2024July 3, 2024 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Inside Out - Emotions for Pre-Health Students. Image Courtesy Disney Pixar.

The 2024 summer blockbuster film Inside Out 2 explores the complex emotions that first hit … Read more

Categories Medical Tags feature article, featured, healthcare, medical school, medical student, mental health, prehealth, prehealth student, premed, premed student Leave a comment

A Strategic Guide to Letters of Recommendation

July 3, 2024June 13, 2024 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Strategic Letters of Recommendation

Whether it is an internship or a graduate school application, letters of recommendation are generally … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags feature article, featured, letter of evaluation, letter of recommendation, pre-health, premed, recommendation letters Leave a comment

How to Assess Your Academic Competencies

April 17, 2025March 7, 2024 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Academic competencies

Over a decade ago, I wrote a series of articles (here is Part 1) that … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags academic, competencies, feature article, featured, prehealth, premed, premedical

Charting Your Purpose by Writing Your Professional Oath

March 6, 2024March 1, 2024 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Professional Oath

Premeds dream of reciting the Hippocratic Oath dressed in their new white coat embroidered with … Read more

Categories Pre-Health Tags career, feature article, featured, healthcare, hippocratic oath, prehealth, premed, professional oath

Eight Questions About the Pre-Health “Committee Letter”

September 27, 2023September 14, 2023 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Prehealth Committee Letters

For over 40 years, medical and dental school applicants have been asked to provide an … Read more

Categories Pre-Health Tags committee letter, feature article, featured, predental, prehealth, premed

Q&A: Kevin Perez, OMS-III, Touro COM – Harlem

July 27, 2023June 21, 2023 by Barbara Franklin

Kevin Perez, a rising OMS-III at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, took some … Read more

Categories Medical School Tags admissions, feature article, featured, medical school, medical student, premed

Write Your Secondary Essays First​

April 19, 2023March 2, 2023 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Secondary Essays

Most advice to applicants focuses on the personal statement and description of work or activities … Read more

Categories Pre-Health Tags application, feature article, featured, prehealth, premed, premedical, secondary essay

Application Advice for Future Rural Health Professionals

November 24, 2022November 17, 2022 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Rural Health Application

Most rural Americans face significant challenges accessing healthcare. There are major shortages of physicians, dentists, … Read more

Categories Pre-Health Tags application, feature article, featured, medical school application, prehealth, premed, rural health

Young Physician Profile: Robin Kuriakose MD in Ophthalmology

August 2, 2022January 10, 2022 by Student Doctor Network

Dr. Robin Kuriakose is a physician resident completing his surgical residency in Ophthalmology at Loma … Read more

Categories Physician Q&A Tags featured, medical school, medical student, medicine, Ophthalmology, physician profile, premed, premedical 1 Comment

Premed Milestones: Where Students Leave the Path

June 22, 2022January 6, 2022 by Laura Turner

Many students start out their academic careers with dreams of attending medical school and becoming … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags academic, college, featured, medical school, medical student, premed, premed student, premedical 2 Comments

Medical School Requirements: Everything You Need To Know

August 18, 2022July 19, 2021 by Student Doctor Network

You’re concerned about medical school requirements. Different medical school programs are on your radar, but … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags applying to medical school, featured, medical school, medical student, premed, premed student, premedical

Ten Free Resources You Need On Your Medical School Journey

October 18, 2023July 13, 2021 by Student Doctor Network

Getting into medical school is a great accomplishment, but it is easy to become inundated … Read more

Categories Medical School Tags featured, medical school, medical student, medical student resources, premed, premedical student

The Pre-Medical Journey: Ten Free Resources for Success

October 18, 2023July 7, 2021 by Student Doctor Network

With the sheer amount of free resources on the internet for pre-medical students, it can … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags featured, medical student, pre-medical, premed, premedical, premedical student

A Med Student Guide: Top 10 Best Medical Podcasts To Stay In The Loop

June 22, 2022June 7, 2021 by Lauren Groff

The medical field never stops evolving from new advances to new technology and new methods. … Read more

Categories Medical School Tags featured, medical school, medical student, medicine, physician, podcast, premed, premed student, premedical

The Relationship between Age and Treatment of Adults

June 22, 2022May 31, 2021 by Multiple Authors

This article discusses life care expectancy in a novel way. Based on your experiences after reading this, what are your thoughts?

Categories Medical Tags featured, geriatrics, Internal Medicine, medical school, medical student, premed, premedical
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