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Sources of information about
health-related careers: · Health Careers - A guide to health-related professional school programs and prerequisites, web sites, e-mail and physical addresses · Caduceus
Newsletter – A weekly newsletter on current events, opportunities,
and announcements pertaining to the health professions · Financial aid and resources
for students in health-related graduate programs – The average indebtedness of a person
graduating from medical school is $200,000.
Other clinical healthcare-related professional schools are
similar. Here are some options for
paying for this. · Acceptance rates for health-related professional schools · Advice to pre-meds, from people who have “been there, done that.” · Campus Events pertaining to Preprofessional Health Programs · Entering Medical Student Expectations – excerpted from a joint report from Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians, a joint publication of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) – 2009. ·
Image
management, and why posting everything
on Facebook may not be in your best interest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=nrlSkU0TFLs
· Student Preprofessional Organizations · What Makes an “Ideal” Healthcare Provider?: From http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/579616 · http://www.explorehealthcareers.org is an excellent source of information for students interested in any type of health-related career. · World Wide Web Sites Related to the Health Professions |
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Information about national exams Test descriptions and dates – ·
MCAT ·
OAT ·
PCAT ·
DAT ·
GRE Do MCAT Preparation Courses Really Help?: A Discussion which came up in May 2002 on the HLTHPROF listserv. Comparison of Kaplan and
Princeton Review MCAT Prep Courses: |
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Application services · · · · Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service · |
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The application process Notes
on the application process: AAMC Timeline for
Application/Admission. (This timeline
is equally appropriate for other clinical health-related graduate programs.) http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/AAMC_Timeline.htm
Having an interview? · Interview suggestions: Do’s and Don’ts, From the Osteopathic Medical College Information Book: Entering Class 2003, published by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. ·
Special
edition of the Caduceus Newsletter pertaining to interviews: Need
help writing your personal statement? Procedure for Preparing and Distributing Your Composite Evaluation Packet Need
evaluations from faculty? Please fill
out an Evaluation Request Form: If
you’re applying to a health-related program, then you need a Plan B in case
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Volunteering information 1) LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center: http://www.lebonheur.org/beavolunteer
2) Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital: http://www.stjude.org/volunteers
3) Baptist Memorial Hospital: http://www.baptistonline.org/services/community/volunteer/
4) Methodist Healthcare:
http://www.methodisthealth.org/methodist/About+Us/Volunteering
5) Church Health Center:
http://www.churchhealthcenter.org/volunteer
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Internships and gap year alternatives ·
PhysAssist Scribes – www.iamscribe.com ·
Church Health Center Internship Program: http://www.churchhealthcenter.org/interns ·
Church Health
Center Scholars Program: http://www.churchhealthcenter.org/chscholars
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Research Associates Program at St. Vincent’s Medical Center: http://raprogram.org/ |
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Events Pertaining to Preprofessional
Health Programs
·
Thursday,
November 7: Annual Health Career
Opportunities Fair, Sabbatini Lounge, 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. So far, the following institutions will be
attending:
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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College
of Allied Health
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College
of Dentistry
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College
of Graduate Health Sciences
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College
of Medicine (Nelson Strother)
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College
of Nursing
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College
of Pharmacy
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University
of Memphis School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (Dr. Maurice
Mendel)
U.S. Navy Medical Scholarship Program
(Officer Victor Gooden)
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Thursday,
October 29: The
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Graduate School (Little Rock) will
be hosting its 9th annual Career Day for Biomedical Sciences. (See article #10 below)
For
the Spring 2013 semester –
TBA
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Important
Visit the PCAT web site (http://pearsonassess.com/haiweb/Cultures/en-US/site/Community/PostSecondary/Products/pcat/pcathome.htm
) for additional information:
PCAT CONTACT INFORMATION:
The Psychological Corporation
Phone: 1-800/622-3231
Fax: 210/921-8861
M-F, 7:00 am - 7:00 pm Central Time.
PCAT Registration and Information: http://tpc-etesting.com/pcat/
PCAT and
The Pharmacy College Application Service (PharmCAS) was launched is early May 2003. If a student is planning to apply to a participating PharmCAS school for fall 2004 enrollment - AND - at least one of the PharmCAS schools requires the PCAT, the student must request The Psychological Corporation to release the test scores directly to PharmCAS at CODE 104.
Students who has taken the PCAT more than once must arrange for PharmCAS to receive a score report for every test completed. Failure to submit all scores may jeopardize a student's eligibility for admission to pharmacy school. PharmCAS will forward PCAT scores to all of the designated colleges and schools, regardless of institutional requirements.
PCAT and NON-PharmCAS SCHOOLS:
Students applying to a pharmacy schools that do not participate in PharmCAS should arrange for PCAT test scores to be sent directly to the institution, if the PCAT is required for admission.
PharmCAS provides the following:
- One application to multiple pharmacy schools and colleges broadens
your "reach" as you are considered by several institutions at
once.
- One application eliminates duplicate information and transcripts
- One application saves you time
- One application = one point of contact
For more information, visit http://www.PharmCAS.org .
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MCAT2015 will incorporate BIG changes in the content and
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You can access the “Full Monty” of information at https://www.aamc.org/students/download/266006/data/2015previewguide.pdf , but here’s a summary: 1) The new MCAT will consist of 4 sections: a) Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems; b) Chemical and Physical Foundations of Living Systems; c) Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior; d) Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills. 2) The emphasis of the exam will be on competencies rather than course
content; 3) The writing
sample will be deleted; 4) The exam will
last ~7.5 hours.
Regarding mapping the Scientific Foundation for Future
Physicians competencies to the CBU curriculum, this e-mail was from the AAMC: If your faculty have already mapped the Scientific Foundation
for Future Physicians (SFFP) competencies onto your curriculum, the
translation into foundational concepts for MCAT2015 is— ·
Foundational
concept 1 mirrors SFFP entering medical school competency 5. It also
includes the ideas from competency 8. ·
Foundational
concept 2 mirrors SFFP competency 6. ·
Foundational
concept 3 mirrors SFFP competency 7. ·
Foundational
concept 4 mirrors SFFP competency 3. ·
Foundational
concept 5 mirrors SFFP competency 4. ·
Scientific inquiry
and reasoning skill 3 mirrors SFFP competency 2. ·
Scientific inquiry
and reasoning skill 4 mirrors SFFP competency 1. We’re about to post the translation on the faq’s
page for MCAT2015 (https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/admins/faqs-admins/),
and it’ll be included in the next version of the Preview
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“Essential Essentials”, i.e. what
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For more information, go
to http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/mcatschedule.htm
On the wish list for far
future is a way to assess communication beyond writing sample.
AAMC now has the Fee Reduction application form and instructions on its World Wide Web site, http://www.aamc.org . This form will no longer be included as a registration packet insert and is only accessible through the AAMC World Wide Web site. Candidates considering applying for a fee reduction should be advised that the program is intended for use by only those candidates with extreme financial limitations.
For more information, visit http://www.aamc.org
The Optometry
Admission Test (OAT) is now
available year round:
The Optometry Admission Test is offered
in a computerized format. Testing is
available year round – you select the date, time, and place that is most
convenient for you to test. You receive
your scores immediately after the completion of the test. Schools receive official score reports within
two weeks.
Information about the OAT can be
obtained online at http://www.opted.org
. This site contains information about
the test, application process, fees, test content, and a sample test. Use this site to register online for the test
and to request additional score reports.
A credit card is required for online registration or two request
additional score reports.
Information is also available by
calling the Optometry Admission Testing program at 1-800-232-2159. Automated information lines provide select
information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday from
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time.
Print application materials are available for those special situations
where applying online is not possible.
This material can be requested by calling the 800 number.
For information about the OAT, visit http://www.opted.org .
Additional information and application forms
are available from :
Optometry Admission and Testing Program (OAT)
211
(312) 440-2693
FAX: (312) 587-4105
Toll-free number for students' inquiries: 1-800-232-2157.
Revision to the Score Scale for the Optometry Admission Test (OAT)
Effective
May 1, 2009
When an examinee
takes the OAT, a raw score is produced for each area of the test that equals
the number of correct answers. This raw score is converted to a standard
score so that examinees’ performance on the test can be compared to other
examinees’ performance. In the OAT, the mean is assigned a standard score
of 300. The range of scores for the OAT is 200 to 400.
Recently, the mean
may has exceeded 300 in all sections, and has exceeded 330 in certain
instances. As part of the ongoing validation process for the OAT, a request was
made by ASCO to recalibrate the score scale so that the score scale mean is
again close to 300 and the standard deviation is 40. The data for this
rescaling study were responses from 2,520 examinees taking the OAT for the
first time in 2008. The rescaling for each of the OAT sub-tests was
accomplished through the use of logits from the Rasch model, which takes both examinee’s ability and item
difficulty into account. As a result, the average mean of each of the OAT
sub-test is as close as possible to a mean of 300 and standard deviation of 40.
Interpretation
of the New Score Scale
This new score scale
will take effect May 1, 2009 and has several major implications for anyone
involved in interpreting OAT scores. Please pay particular
attention to the bulleted items:
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The new score scale and
the old score scale are not comparable. Scores from the new scale cannot
be compared to the old scale.
o
A 300 on
the old scale is not the same as a 300 on the new scale.
o
If an
examinee tested in January 2009 and then retested in July 2009, the two sets of
scores cannot be compared to each other.
·
The OAT
is not a harder or more difficult test but overall the scores will
appear to be lower than they have been in recent years because the mean has
been set back as close as possible to 300.
·
Going forward scores will
be able to be compared as they have been in the past. For example, an
examinee that tests in May 2009 and December 2009 will be scored on the same
score scale and those sets of scores can be compared to each other.
o
When
reviewing an examinee’s score, it will be important to note the date the test
was taken to compare the scores to the correct scale.
Paige Pence,
Director, Student and Professional Affairs
Association of Schools & Colleges of Optometry
6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 420
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 231-5944, x3019
(301) 770-1828 Fax
http://www.opted.org
For the Graduate Record Examinations
*General Test - Year-round computer
based testing at centers worldwide. Convenient scheduling - Call 1-800-GRE-CALL
*Subject Tests - Register Online
*Introducing Writing Assessment - Year-round computer based testing at centers
worldwide. Convenient scheduling - Call - 1-800-GRE-CALL.
For more information, visit http://www.gre.org
For the Dental Admission Test (DAT)
Applicants may be scheduled
for the DAT on virtually any date. There
is no application deadline. Once a DAT
application is received in the Department of Testing Services, a notice will be
sent to the applicant that he or she can call the
Please note that for
applicants taking the DAT, the basic application fee is $170.00. “Walk-in” registration for the examination is
not available. The fee for additional score
reports (beyond the five requested on the application is $15.00 per copy.
Applicants may submit their
DAT applications and/or their DAT score report requests online. Information about the DAT testing program,
online application, and online score report request is available on the
American Dental Association’s website, http://www.ada.org . Fees are payable by credit card (Visa or
MasterCard).
Online DAT applications and
printed DAT applications are processed weekly.
Applications received by 5 p.m. (Central Time) on a Monday are processed
on Tuesday and if the applicant is eligible, an eligibility file is sent to Prometric. Then
letters are sent to the eligible applicant on Thursday, telling them that they
may now call Prometric’s
Currently, Dental Admission
test preparation material is available online and in the printed registration
booklet. Applicants who submitted an
online application can obtain a copy of the printed preparation material by
requesting the printed registration booklet from the DAT office or a dental
school.
Student Preprofessional
Organizations
American Student Dental Association
211
(312) 440-2795
Fax: (312) 440-2820
e-mail: ASDA@ASDAoffice.org
Website: http://www.ASDAnet.org
- BIOL 103: Biology of Addiction
Lecture and Lab
- BIOL 111:
Principles of Biology I lecture
- BIOL 111L: Principles of Biology I
Lab
- BIOL 112:
Principles of Biology II Lecture
- BIOL 112L:
Principles of Biology II Lab
- BIOL 304: Limnology
- BIOL 335:
Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 393: Medical Shadowing
- BIOL
413: Parasitology, course description at http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/BIOL413LcLbDesc.htm
Procedure for Preparing and Distributing Your Composite Evaluation Packet
Most professional schools either require, or at least prefer a composite evaluation form to be filed in support of your application. It is to your advantage to begin asking people to write evaluations on your behalf as soon as you start sending applications to the professional schools of your choice. That way, the composites will be ready to be sent if and when you receive secondary requests. Here is the procedure:
- Ask the people from whom you would like references whether they would be willing to write you a good evaluation before they receive the form. Not only is this common courtesy, it is also practical. If they tell you something like, "I'm sorry, but an evaluation form from me will probably hurt more than help", then you know they've just done you a favor. I recommend 4 or 5 people: 2 science professors, 1 non-science professor and 1 or 2 other individuals who are outside of academe, such as a work supervisor or research mentor.
- Pick up an evaluation request form so that you can provide me with the following information: Your name, your social security number (so that the Admissions Committee can quickly match your evaluation packet with your application file), the program you are applying to, and the names and addresses of your references. You will also indicate at the appropriate space whether you waive the right to view your evaluation packet.
- I send blank evaluation forms to the
references you specify, with a cover letter asking to fill it out and
return it to me as soon as possible. (I enclose a stamped, self-addressed
envelope to those references who are off-campus.)
When I receive all the evaluation forms, I transcribe the comments onto a
single composite. At the appropriate time, I make a xerox
copy of the entire file to send to the professional schools you specify. If
you are using an application service such as AMCAS , please wait until you start receiving secondary
requests before asking to have evaluation packets sent.
- When
you receive either a secondary application or a request for references,
please pick up a large CBU mailing envelope from me, write in the address
of the school to which you want your evaluation packet to be sent, apply
$1.25 worth of postage on the envelope, and return it to me. (I'm sorry,
but my budget will not allow me to absorb the cost of postage.) When you
return the envelope to me, I shall then send out your evaluation packet.
Education
- 1978: Ph.D. in Zoology, Indiana
University -
- 1974: M.A. in Zoology, Indiana University - Bloomington
- 1972: B.S. in Biology, SUNY at Stony Brook
Publications
- Composite ACT Scores as a Predictor of MCAT Scores and of the
Likelihood of Acceptance to Medical School. The Advisor 22(3):34-36. June
2002.
- Distribution Patterns of Posthodiplostomum
mimimum centrarchi
metacercariae among juvenile and mature bluegill
sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus.
Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 74(3-4):75-77. July -
October 1999
- Parasitic Diseases Reported in Memphis Area Hospitals in 1984 and 1989. Journal of the Tennessee Medical
Association, 84(4):171-172. 1991
- Decreased Yield of Pneumocystis carinii from Cortisonized
Rats. Journal of Parasitology,
75(1):82-85. 1989
- Statistics and Their Significance. Fish Health Section Newsletter, Volume 13. January 1985
- An Alternative Model Based on Random Distributions For Density-Dependent
Regulation in Host-Parasite Systems. American
Midland Naturalist, 109(9):230-239. 1983
- Characteristics of Anchor Parasites From
Fishes of North Pond, Kelleys Island, Ohio. The Ohio Journal of Science,
81(4):180-181. 1981
- Incidence of Lernaea cyprinacea Among Goldfish of North Pond, Kelleys Island,
Ohio. The Ohio Journal of Science, 77(1):48-49.
1977
Hobbies, OR, An aging
rocker is NOT a pretty sight
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Spring 1975, bass player for Barnacle Gonzo and the
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Spring 1980 (solo performance at Serendipity talent show on CBU campus) |
October 2001 (Keyboard player for KISS…MyTuchas) |
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“Death Warmed
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Halloween Day Lunchtime Benefit Concert in the CBU Alfonso Dining Hall,
October 2003 |
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A word of explanation about this photograph: è In
Orthodox Jewish weddings, it is customary for men to dance with men, women to
dance with women. I was having such a good time that I started to
dance with one of the photographers.
Little did I realize, until it was too late, that Chris, the strapping
young man to my right, lifts weights.
This young lad lifted me up and started to spin me around like a
Chanukah dreidl, bringing me down for a landing just in time for the other
photographer to snap this picture. To this
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(Pre-)Valentine’s Day Lunchtime Benefit Concert for
Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center
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Halloween Lunchtime Benefit Concert for LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center (L-R): Steve
Ritter, myself, Screamin’ Matt Vincent, Kathleen
“Grace O’Malley” Nelson, Rex Browning,
Larry “Werewolf” Anderson
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010: Death Warmed Over Returns! This is why I have the best job on the planet: · http://www.youtube.com/user/Sylvestermouse/#p/a/u/0/wsCBFPmDs-Q · http://www.youtube.com/user/Sylvestermouse/#p/a/u/1/fXlEGUHMtFg · http://www.youtube.com/user/Sylvestermouse/#p/a/u/2/nS8Wyfb-Y24 · http://www.youtube.com/user/Sylvestermouse/#p/a/f/0/MJJevuGRfdM |
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Music. Plain and simple.