Insider Medical Admissions: Pre-Med Clinical Experience: Think Ahead

Monday, June 14, 2010

Pre-Med Clinical Experience: Think Ahead

by Michelle A. Finkel MD, Insider Medical Admissions

For those of you pre-meds seeking clinical experience, I recommend getting started early. Although you might think free clinics would be thrilled to have a pre-med volunteer, many understandably require one-year commitments.

Getting good advice early (freshman or sophomore year) can make a difference in your medical school candidacy. Contact me early to schedule a Strategy Session.

About Me

Years of candidate selection at Harvard taught me what characteristics comprise a desirable applicant and how even bright candidates make mistakes that undermine their admissions success. I am a practicing Emergency Physician with nine years of experience training medical students, residents and fellows. I won three teaching and mentorship awards while at Harvard. Please see Insider Medical Admissions for the full array of personalized services I offer to clients applying to medical school, residency, fellowship and post baccalaureate programs.

Dr. Finkel thanks David Presser, MD, MPH for his contributions to the content of her blog entries. Dr. Presser is a practicing Emergency Physician who has written several primers for applicants to medical school and Emergency Medicine residency. Dr. Presser is a graduate of Stanford University, UCSF Medical School, the UCLA/Olive View-UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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