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Pre-Health Advising
Academic Preparation
When you are beginning to explore a career in the health professions, it's often important to start with your academic preparation.
Academic Coursework and Requirements
- Required and Recommended Pre-Health Coursework
- Requirements for Physician Assistant Programs
- Requirements for Nursing Programs
Academic and Pre-Professional Competencies
Health professions schools, including medical schools, use holistic review in their admissions process, including the use of the AAMC 15 core competencies as an evaluation metric. These competencies also allow pre-health students to engage in the necessary reflection and self-assessment to prepare for a career in the health professions.
Pre-Professional Competencies
- Service Orientation
- Social Skills
- Cultural Competence
- Teamwork
- Oral Communication
- Ethical Responsibility to Self and Others
- Reliability and Dependability
- Resilience and Adaptability
- Capacity for Improvement
Thinking and Reasoning Competencies
- Critical Thinking
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Scientific Inquiry
- Written Communication
Science Competencies
- Living Systems
- Human Behavior