Health Professions Scholarship Program, helping you reach your goal!
Reaching your goal of becoming a physician can be a difficult task but the Army Health Professions Scholarship Program may be able to help. They can relieve the financial burden of your education if you qualify for the Health Professions Scholarship Program. While in HPSP, your regular academic schedule will not be affected nor your normal lifestyle.
The Health Professions Scholarship Program offers:
- Full tuition
- School required fees and expenses to include cost of required books and equipment
- Health care Insurance paid for the entire 4 years of medical school
- A monthly cash payment of $1235.00 paid directly to you to use as you please (increases annually).
To find out more, please visit Room 218 Natural Sciences Complex (NSC) from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Thursday, June 8, 2006. You can meet with current HPSP recipients from SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and the School of Dental Medicine to hear their perspectives on the program and medical and dental school in general. Information is offered with absolutely no commitment. You may also contact the representative listed below if you have any questions prior to or after this scheduled event. An RSVP to etm3@buffalo.edu is appreciated but not required.
NESTOR SOTO
Health Care Recruiter
Toll Free 1-888-258-1121
Office 716.836.6452
University Corporate Ctr.
100 University Pkwy., Ste. 138
Amherst, NY 14226
Nestor.Soto@usarec.army.mil
If you are applying through these central services for MD or dental school admission for 2007 and have completed the Prehealth Committee process, please be sure you provide our office your AMCAS or AADSAS identifier. These application services ask our office to provide these numbers on your Prehealth Committee letter so they can better match your Committee packet to your online application. Please provide your identifying number to Lou Anne Wright in 109 Norton Hall by emailing her at lwright4@buffalo.edu or by calling her at 716-645-6012.
IMPORTANT - AMCAS Submission Date
Please note that the 2007 AMCAS Application will become available for submission on Monday, June 5, 2006.
For prospective MD and MD PhD applicants.
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Hosts Open House
Prospective Students, Family Members, and Pre-health Advisors Invited
Piscataway — UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School will host an open house for prospective medical students, their families, and pre-health advisors on Saturday, June 3, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. on the Piscataway campus.
The day’s activities include an opportunity to meet with Carol A. Terregino, MD, associate dean for admissions, and Terri Goss-Kinzy, PhD, assistant dean for medical scientist training; learn more about the curriculum and research programs; and speak with Admissions personnel. Current medical students will lead tours of the facilities of the basic science and clinical campuses in Piscataway and New Brunswick. The students will also be available for informal question and answer sessions.
Registration and a continental breakfast will take place at 9:30 a.m. in the Great Hall, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway. Lunch will also be served.
For additional information or to register for the open house, please call the Admissions Office at 732-235-4576 or
email: lyonsme@umdnj.edu.
The ADA has announced that Dental Admission Test (DAT) examinees will be limited to *three* opportunities to take the DAT. This policy will be *retroactive* when it takes effect January 2007. The decision was made due to two primary reasons: to limit the potential for individuals and outside agencies to gather information regarding the content of the exam. This information could then be used to prepare other potential examinees giving an unfair advantage over others. Second, if an applicant takes the test repeatedly (over three times) their performance may improve due to repetition. The Council will allow for exceptions for individuals who provide documentation showing they are current applicants to dental school. The 2007 DAT Candidate’s Guide will reflect this policy change.
Advised by Editors from the New England Journal of Medicine, the Next Generation
is a periodic, online publication designed to present interesting and relevant
information to premedical students, medical students and general interest
readers. Premedical students can easily find information on how to get into
medical school, but there is a shortage of accessible information answering the
question “Why should I become a physician?” The Next Generation seeks to meet
this need and encourage a new generation of doctors and health-conscious
citizens to develop broader perspectives on the field of medicine.
May Issue: *The Next Generation*
A Resource for Aspiring Physicians
What are some things to look for when choosing a medical school?
Are 24-hour rotations still the norm for residents and interns?
What new responsibilities will physicians face in the changing field
of medicine?
Find out the answers - what happens after you get into medical school, what
paths are open to an MD, and what a career as a physician is really like - by
reading The Next Generation
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MAY ISSUE
- Pathways through Medicine: An Introduction
-Careers in Medicine: Teaching
-Careers in Medicine: Research
-Careers in Medicine: Private Practice
They welcome article ideas, submissions and Letters to the Editor. Please contact
them at comments@nextgenmd.org with any questions.
Physician shadowing will continue over the summer! Fill out the forms from the APMS website and hand them in to the filing cabinet in 108 Norton. Contact Rajavi at rsparikh@buffalo.edu
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The new APMS officers are:
President: Rajavi Parikh rsparikh@buffalo.edu
Vice President: Jenn Stabel jstabel@buffalo.edu
Secretary: Manu Prativadi rgp4@buffalo.edu
Treasurer: Neetha Reddy ntreddy2@buffalo.edu
Shadowing Coordinators:
Matt Brennan msb29@buffalo.edu
Shannon Palermo palermo5@buffalo.edu
Please review the UB ThisSummer Lecture Series to find medically relevant sessions. Registration is online now and all lectures are free of charge. The series runs from June 1 to August 17 and are at 4:00 p.m. Also see room information
VirtualEvals is a secure, web-based system through which health professions advisors can transmit letters of evaluation to health professions schools. Currently, several MD, DO and OD (optometry) schools are (preferring) accepting letters through VirtualEvals. You can go to their site for a listing of all the participating schools. The optometry schools have recently jumped on board, so there may not be a complete listing yet. VirtualEvals is designed to improve the efficiency with which letters of evaluation are transmitted by undergraduate schools (senders) as well as the efficiency with which they are received and processed in admissions offices at health professions schools (receivers). This also will mean that if the schools to which you are applying accept letters through VirtualEvals, you no longer have to pre-address and stamp envelopes for each MD, DO or OD (optometry) school. Again, be sure to check the VirtualEvals site to see what schools are participating. We hope to have final word about our participation in this program by the end of May. Check back and we will let you know. You would still need to complete a Release Form or grab one from the outside office area of 108 Norton. We still need your written permission to release your letters.
Keep Up-to-Date With Developments in the Health Professions by Consulting These Sources:
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Academic Medicine
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American Medical News
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