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Med School Rx : Getting in, Getting Through, and Getting on with Doctoring
by Walter HartwigISBN13:
9781607140627
ISBN10:
1607140624
Format:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
6/2/2009
Publisher(s):
Kaplan Publishing
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Summary
This is the essential reference for the complete medical school experience, by a professional medical educator who wants students of the future to set a new standard for 21st century doctoring. After reading Med School Rx, prospective students will understand what the admissions committees, professors, examiners and educators that stand between them and an MD are looking for, what they expect of them as future physicians, and how they can get the most out of the programs they offer. Med School Rx also demystifies the intense learning curve of medical science and national board exams. Students are paying enormous tuition not just for more education, but for powerful career training. This book explains how students can mold their medical school education into myriad possibilities and do not have to follow the traditional path.
Author Biography
Walter C. Hartwig, PhD, a professional medical educator in the San Francisco Bay Area, has advised thousands of prospective and current medical students on the road into, through, and beyond medical school. He has authored numerous research publications and a recent textbook, Fundamental Anatomy. Dr. Hartwig graduated summa cum laude from the University of Missouri before completing a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently a full professor and department chair of basic medical sciences at Touro University in California.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. vii |
| Becoming A Doctor-What Does It Mean? | |
| Is Medicine Right for You? | p. 3 |
| The State of Medicine in the United States | p. 9 |
| Getting In | |
| Getting Ready for Medical School | p. 39 |
| The MCAT | p. 55 |
| Premed FAQs | p. 69 |
| Choosing Schools | p. 79 |
| Building the Right Application | p. 99 |
| Writing the Right Personal Essay | p. 117 |
| The Interview | p. 125 |
| Advice for the Older Applicant | p. 135 |
| Allopathic, Osteopathic, or Both? | p. 139 |
| Admissions from the Medical School Perspective | p. 145 |
| Making Your Final Decision | p. 153 |
| Getting Through | |
| Financially Preparing for Medical School | p. 163 |
| Understanding the Curriculum | p. 187 |
| Transferring Medical Schools | p. 223 |
| Board Exams | p. 233 |
| Clinical Clerkships | p. 247 |
| Getting On | |
| The Path to Internship and Residency | p. 277 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 311 |
| Resources | p. 313 |
| Index | p. 319 |
| About the Author | p. 325 |
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