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All Aboard the Pre-Health Cruise: Services, Packages, and Destinations

All Aboard the Pre-Health Cruise: Services, Packages, and Destinations. 2007 NACADA National Conference Baltimore, MD Kathy Hestand University of Kentucky Danita Turpin. University of Kentucky. Public Research-extensive Land grant university

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All Aboard the Pre-Health Cruise: Services, Packages, and Destinations

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  1. All Aboard the Pre-Health Cruise:Services, Packages, and Destinations 2007 NACADA National Conference Baltimore, MD Kathy Hestand University of Kentucky Danita Turpin

  2. University of Kentucky • Public • Research-extensive • Land grant university • Lexington, Kentucky

  3. Health Profession Colleges • Medicine • Dentistry • Nursing • Pharmacy • Public Health • Health Sciences

  4. Central Advising ServiceUndergraduate Studies Staff • Director • Assistant director • 12 Academic advisors • Clerical staff (2 FT) • Student workers Students We Advise • Undergraduate Studies students • Non-degree • National Student Exchange students • Pre-professional students (in addition to their major advisor)

  5. Pre-Health Advising at UK • Medicine • Optometry • Podiatry • Dentistry • Nursing • Pharmacy • Physical Therapy • Physicians’ Assistant

  6. Number of Students Served

  7. Pre-professional Cruise:Beginning to End • Pre-Sailing Preparation • Check-in • On-Board Activities • Shore Excursions • Emergency Plan

  8. Pre-Sailing Preparation • High School Students • Transfer Students • Career Changers • Outreach

  9. Check-In Freshmen Meeting & Individual Appointments • Our Services • Pre-Professional Information • Campus & Community Connections

  10. On-Board Activities • Health Experience • Academics • Networking • Volunteering • Research

  11. Shore Excursions Procedures to Disembark • Timeline • Admissions Tests • Application Procedures • Assessing levels of competitiveness

  12. Emergency Plans for the Adrift Student • Modification plan • Departure plan

  13. Packages • Listserve • Volunteer List • Handouts • Website • Letters of Recommendation

  14. Strengths Student driven Not major specific Well versed in other options Diversity Partnerships with health colleges Challenges Contact is voluntary Roles not defined Not many schools have this model Very demanding on existing staff Strengths/Challenges

  15. Allopathic (25/13) Duke Indiana Marshall Mayo Ohio State Robert Wood Johnson Arkansas Florida Kentucky (44) Louisville (23) Virginia Commonwealth Wright State Yale Osteopathic (8/8) Chicago College Kansas City University Lake Erie College Lincoln Memorial University (2) Ohio University Pikeville College (14) Touro University West Virginia School (2) Dental Howard West Virginia Loma Linda Ohio State (3) Louisville (7) Kentucky (19) 2007 Destinations

  16. Discussion Central Advising Service 109 Miller Hall University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0035 www.uky.edu/UGS/centadv859.257.3383 Kathy Hestand kshest00@email.uky.edu Danita Turpin dlturp2@email.uky.edu

  17. Discussion Central Advising Service 109 Miller Hall University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0035 www.uky.edu/UGS/centadv859.257.3383 Kathy Hestand kshest00@email.uky.edu Danita Turpin dlturp2@email.uky.edu

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