PIOL 501 - 001

Professional Development will meet and have self-directed study time throughout the spring semester of the MSMP program. Students will receive bi-weekly, specific individualized one-on-one mentoring from their academic advisors and also meet with the course director for specific lectures on their AMCAS and AACOMAS applications for medical and DO schools. Students will continue to enhance their knowledge of the admissions process by having general lectures and individual sessions discussing their motivation, enhancing their self-awareness, writing their personal statements, their selection of appropriate medical schools, selection of activities (community and medical volunteering, health care exposure (shadowing, scribing, etc.), research for their application, overall discussions on writing their secondary statements, choice of letters of recommendation, etc.

Prerequisites: PIOL 500. MSMP students only.

Outcomes: Following successful completion of this course, the MSMP student will:
1) Demonstrate enhanced ability for self-awareness and analysis regarding their medical school application;
2) Demonstrate self-reflection in the selection of target medical schools, discussing their fit in terms of each medical school's mission statement;
3) Continue working with their academic advisor to prepare a well-written personal statement appropriately tailored to the professional program of choice;
4) Demonstrate understating of the application process and preparation of application forms.