Pre-Medicine Advisory Committee

Are you interested in going to Medical, Dental or Veterinary School after finishing your degree at Missouri S&T? Did you know that Missouri S&T students have been very successful in gaining admission to medical, dental and veterinary schools? Did you know that admission to medical school does not require a specific major but does require considerable coursework in chemistry, biology and physics?

To learn more about the medical school application process you should contact a member of the Pre-Medicine advisory committee or visit our new Miner's Pre-Med Page. Also visit the web sites for the various medical schools in Missouri (see below for links to each medical school)

Useful Files for Pre-Med Students

What Every Pre-Med Should Know - Produced by the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine

Medical School Application Essay Advice - Prepared by Dr. Janet Zepernick, former member of the Missouri S&T Pre-Medicine Advisory Committee

Bryant Scholars Application form - Missouri S&T Specific form for the UMC early admission program for first year students possibly interested in rural medicine

Pre-Med Timeline - Graph indicating the timing of events to be aware of as a Pre-Med student

Pre-Med Timeline - Text to accompany the Pre-Med Timeline graph

MidMO-AHEC - If you are interested in Shadowing experiences, Mid-MO AHEC (Area Health Education Center) can help. Read these forms and contact the AHEC office AHEC Shadowing Application

Links to Medical Schools in Missouri

MU School of Medicine

Bryant Scholars Pre-Admission Program

Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

University of Health Sciences School of Medicine

University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine

Washington University School of Medicine

Preparing for your med-school interview? Here are some links to essays and articles about current issues in medicine.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/about/Crossroads/

http://www.jhu.edu/%7Epresident/speech/legalsys.html

http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20021000/47unde.html

Pre-med advisory committee members:

Daryl Beetner- Electrical Engineering

Nuran Ercal- Chemistry

Ron Frank- Biology

Yinfa Ma- Chemistry

Ed Malone- English

Jim McCaul- Rolla Physician's Community

Debbi McCaul- Rolla Physician's Community

Len Rahaman- Ceramic Engineering

Jeff Schramm- History & Political Science

Dave Westenberg- Biology (Committee Chair)

Paula Lutz- Biology (Ex-Officio Member)