Students interested in the Pre-Health programs on campus can attend Pre-Health Workshops throughout the spring semester and receive information through mock interviews, getting help with personal statements, and meeting health professional speakers regarding their major as well as their interest in health fields. Pre-Health related programs also include medicine, chiropractic, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dentistry, physician assistant and vet medicine.
“We do everything but nursing since we have our own College of Nursing and we do different workshops,” said Harolynn Williams, pre-health advisor and post-back coordinator.
The program this spring is centered around getting students more involved in utilizing the resources offered to them. Students can register under the Pre-Health section found on the university's website if they are interested in the field and find out an array on information; volunteer options, summer programs, workshops, and more.
Workshops are also focused around picking majors, prerequisite courses, different exams, preparation and prices regarding health fields and medical school, as well as variety of application processes, in person and on videos online.
Students should also have "timely information and be proactive," according to Williams, rather than focusing on what they hear from others.
"I am trying to formalize the program a little bit more - a lot of it would be that the student would just come in talk to their advisor and the advisor would let me know that the student is interested in a pre-health program or a student themselves would come and see me and then we would talk about the specific programs that they would have but we're trying to set the program up to work now - we're really going to launch it fall semester," Williams said.
Williams also emphasized the importance of students visiting and talking with their advisors, because they have valuable information to pass forward.
