1	Preprofessional Health Programs at CBU Dr. Stan Eisen, Director Preprofessional Health Programs January 20, 2009
2	CBU students and alums have been accepted to these programs: Medicine Allopathic (MD): U of Tenn.; East TN State U; Vanderbilt U; U of Arkansas; U of Mississippi; LSU – Shreveport; U of Hawaii; Pepperdine U; New York U; Emory U; Universidad de Guadalajara; Medical College of London Osteopathic (DO): Kansas City U of Medicine and Biosciences (MO); U of West Virginia; Philadelphia COM – Atlanta. Chiropractic: Palmer College of Chiropractic
3	Acceptances, cont’d Dental hygiene: U of TN Dentistry: U of TN; U of Mississippi Nursing: Lowenburg School of Nursing at the U of Memphis; U of TN accelerated BSN & Clinical Nurse Leader programs (MSN) ; Baptist College of Health Sciences; Union U Pharmacy: U of TN; Samford U (Birmingham, AL) Occupational Therapy: U of TN
4	Acceptances, cont’d Optometry: Southern College of Optometry (Memphis); Nova Southeastern (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Physical Therapy: U of Central Arkansas; U of TN Podiatry: Barry University (Miami, FL) Veterinary Medicine: Auburn U; U of TN (Knoxville)
5	In all cases… CBU students gain their acceptances the OLD FASHIONED WAY: THEY EARN THEM.
6	Application portfolios have 4 components: GPA: How you do in your classes. (Looking for consistency) National exam performance: How you do on national exam, compared to your peers. (MCAT, DAT, PCAT, OAT) Recommendations: What your professors, mentors, supervisors say about you. “That special something”, i.e. how do you stand out from the crowd?
7	If it were that easy, everybody would be doing it.
8	CBU provides a foundation for programs in biomedicine Certain prerequisites are virtually universal and correspond to the first two years of college anyway. Biology (Principles of Biology I + II) General Chem. (Principles of Chemistry I + II) Organic Chem. (Organic Chemistry I + II) Physics (Introduction to Physics I + II) English Composition I + II Electives
9	Qualities that Admissions committees look for: scholarship accomplishments intellectual curiosity emotional maturity character interest in medicine sensitivity to others communication skills critical thinking and problem-solving skills sense of caring for others, and commitment to service
10	What I do as Director Collect information regarding health-related graduate programs, prerequisites, trends; Share that information via Caduceus Newsletter, Health Careers, or periodic e-mails; Schedule special presentations; Help applicants walk through process
11	Procedure for getting evaluations & LORs differ An increasing number of professional schools are using web-based evaluation forms. You tell them the names & e-mail addresses of references; They contact the individual(s) directly “Default” is to submit an evaluation request form to me.
12	In the Evaluation Request Form, I ask the following information Your name, major, University ID #, e-mail address, what program you’re applying to; Whether you choose to retain or waive your right of review; Names, physical & e-mail addresses of people who you want to write LORs; Names, physical & e-mail addresses of programs to which you’re applying.
13	Most admissions committees prefer a composite faculty evaluation I distribute evaluation forms, with a request for a supplemental LOR, to people you specify; I compile a composite evaluation; I send the composite evaluation & LORs as a single PDF file to schools you specify. For medical schools, I have to wait until you inform me of secondary application forms.
14	Some health-related graduate programs require a LOR from a practicing professional Optometry Osteopathic medicine Podiatry
15	Most, if not all, like to see some clinical experience Volunteer E.g. Experience Critical program of hospitals in the Baptist system You’re not expected to engage in work throughout college career – that would be unreasonable. Paid E.g. Church Health Center, Hope and Healing Center internships.
16	For more information: Dr. Stan Eisen, Director Preprofessional Health Programs Christian Brothers University 650 East Parkway South Memphis, TN 38104 (901) 321-3447 E-mail: seisen@cbu.edu Web: http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/