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Pre-Health at UR
The College Center for Academic Support (CCAS) provides a great page of resources for Pre-Health Students including the "Health Professions Handbook." Check out the site at http://www.rochester.edu/college/CCAS/healthprofessions.html.
A major in Biology fulfills all pre-med requirements, or taking a few classes can enrich your understanding of healthcare if you intend to follow a different track. Check out the department page at http://www.rochester.edu/College/BIO/UPBM/upbmhome.html.
The new Health and Society major integrates courses and faculty from diverse departments, providing a broad multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare. Look at some of the options at http://www.rochester.edu/college/CCAS/healthandsociety/index.
Many students preparing for a career in the health professions choose to study Biomedical Engineering. The department website is at http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/bme/undergraduate/.
YoUR Career Link, at http://u-of-rochester.erecruiting.com/er/security/login.jsp, is UR's online career and internship database. Fill out your profile to receive targeted e-mails about internships of interest to you.
The University of Rochester's Office of Minority Student Affairs (OMSA), at http://www.rochester.edu/College/OMSA/, provides counseling, disseminates information, initiates programs and serves as a liaison with other departments and divisions of the university to enhance the environment in which minority students live and learn.
Applying to Professional Schools
The Association of American Medical Colleges, at http://www.aamc.org/, provides information about medical schools and teaching hospitals, admission requirements, MCAT's, and more.
The American Dental Association, at http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/programs/index.asp, provides information about various types of accredited Dental Education Programs and maintains a focused program search application.
The Association of Schools of Public Health, at http://www.asph.org/, has information about various Public Health Programs, provides a searchable database for all types of Public Health degrees, and provides links to research funding opportunities.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing, at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/, provides information about Nursing Education and Career Options.
The U.S. News & World Report provides rankings on medical schools and other health-related continuing education programs at http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad.
Find information about the MCAT http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/start.htm and DAT http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/index.asp.
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/ and School of Nursing http://www.son.rochester.edu/son/home always provide great resources, as do the Associated Medical Schools of New York http://www.amsny.org/.
Science and Health Information
The UR Libraries contain a wealth of information, accessible at http://www.lib.rochester.edu/.
The University of Rochester Medical Center has great Research-related resources at http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/research/.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), at http://www.nih.gov/, provides information about research funding, medical training, and careers as well as supporting the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library, at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/. In addition PubMed, available via the NCBI Entrez retrieval system at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed, provides access to citations from biomedical literature.
The National Science Foundation, at http://www.nsf.gov/, is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through programs that invest over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education projects in science and engineering.
The World Health Organization, at http://www.who.int/en/, is the international health agency of the United Nations. The WHO helps in training medical doctors and health workers around the world as well as promoting medical research.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services, at http://www.hhs.gov/, is the government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The department includes more than 300 programs, covering a wide spectrum of activities. Some highlights include: medical and social science research and preventing outbreak of infectious disease, including immunization services.
The New York State Department of Health, at http://www.health.state.ny.us/ , provides resources celebrating 100 years of building healthier communities.
Student Associations
The Student National Medical Association, at http://www.snma.org/, is the nation's oldest and largest organization focused on the needs and concerns of medical students... Membership includes nearly 5,000 medical students, pre-medical students, residents, and licensed physicians.
The American Medical Student Association, at http://www.amsa.org/, is a student-run, national organization that supports the interests of medical students.
The Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, at http://www.apamsa.org/home/, is a national organization that aims to address those issues important to Asian-American medical students.
The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA), at http://www.amwa-doc.org/, is an organization of 10,000 women physicians and medical students dedicated to serving as the unique voice for women's health and the advancement of women in medicine.
The Association of Native American Medical Students (ANAMS), part of the Association of American Indian Physicians at http://www.aaip.org/programs/anams/anams.html, represents Native American graduate health professions students throughout the US and Canada.