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Is there life for a Science Major after Campbell?

Is there life for a Science Major after Campbell?. 2LT Robert D Hales SGA President GA-PCOM March 20, 2006. Say Yes. Graduate School Pharmacy School Allied Health PA Nursing Chiropractor Medical School Osteopathic - DO Allopathic - MD. What do you I need to do?.

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Is there life for a Science Major after Campbell?

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  1. Is there life for a Science Major after Campbell? 2LT Robert D Hales SGA President GA-PCOM March 20, 2006

  2. Say Yes • Graduate School • Pharmacy School • Allied Health • PA • Nursing • Chiropractor • Medical School • Osteopathic - DO • Allopathic - MD

  3. What do you I need to do? • Plan early…hint start Yesterday • Remember the Big Picture • Start making relationships and networking • Will you face some discrimination being from a small school?

  4. Graduate School • MS and PhD • Find summer programs • Find what interest you • Read papers in that field • Find researchers that are leaders in that field and find out the information about the schools they do research

  5. Allied Health Schools • Similar requirements to Medical School. • Benefits • Fixed schedules • Providing healthcare without all the responsibilities and cost

  6. "Many of us are intimidated by doctors. Well, let me see if I can demystify them for you: A doctor is an ordinary human being just like you and me, except that they're smarter, better and have godlike powers over life and death. Okay?"-Dennis Miller

  7. Similarities Application process Four year program National boards State licensing boards Unlimited rights to practice all phases of medicine (including writing prescriptions) Distinctions Philosophy Emphasis on musculoskeletal system Generalist education/Primary care(Family practice, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, General Internal Medicine) Osteopathic vs Allopathic

  8. Philosophy?? • Host + Illness = Disease • DO – Treat the Host • MD – Treat the Illness

  9. GA-PCOM Class Profile 2005 • Of the 1750 applicants 236 were interviewed • 86 matriculated • Overall GPA: 3.5 • Science GPA: 3.4 • MCAT Scores: 25 (average of 8.3 per section) • 49% male, 51% female • 88% from Georgia and other Southern States • Number of applicants up 40% from last year

  10. Questions? • One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. - Chinese Proverb

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