Barron's Guide to Medical and Dental Schools,9780764120411

Barron's Guide to Medical and Dental Schools

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Edition: 10th
ISBN13: 9780764120411
ISBN10: 0764120417
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-05-01
Publisher(s): Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Summary

Newly updated with the latest facts and figures, this school directory and guidance manual presents profiles of all accredited medical, dental, and osteopathic schools in the United States and Canada. It also includes a full-length model Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) with answers, and selected questions with answers from recent Dental College Admission Tests (DAT). The authors offer advice on when and where to apply to dental and medical schools, information on assessing one's chances for acceptance at the schools, plus test-taking tips for students preparing to take the MCAT or DAT. This new edition includes a substantial number of sample essays for medical school applications and a new special section dedicated to high school students who are considering a medical or dental career.

Author Biography

Dr. Saul Wischnitzer is a nationally recognized authority on career guidance for the health professions. He has extensive experience as a college advisor and is currently a private medical careers consultant. Dr. Wischnitzer's unique program has helped hundreds of applicants gain admission to U.S. medical and dental schools

Table of Contents

List of Tables
ix
List of Sample Documents
ix
Acknowledgments and Dedication x
Preface xi
Abbreviations xiv
Part One MEDICINE
1(482)
Medicine as a Career
3(8)
On being a physician
3(1)
Why study medicine?
3(1)
Historical overview
4(1)
The need for physicians
5(1)
Physician supply: current debate
6(1)
Desirable attributes for a medical career
7(2)
The challenge to becoming a physician
9(2)
Preparing for College
11(13)
High school: an overview
11(1)
Program of studies
11(1)
Selecting a college
12(1)
Getting into college
13(3)
The essay: your personal statement
16(4)
Extracurricular activities
20(1)
The interview
21(1)
Recommendations
22(2)
Preparing for Medical School
24(40)
Program of studies
24(5)
Succeeding in college
29(14)
Extracurricular and summer activities
43(4)
The premedical advisor and/or committee
47(3)
Postbaccalaureate programs
50(6)
Humanistic aspects of premedical education
56(8)
Applying to Medical School
64(42)
General considerations
64(3)
Selection factors
67(6)
The application process
73(7)
Recommendations
80(2)
The interview
82(7)
The selection process
89(2)
Acceptance
91(3)
Ranking of medical schools
94(1)
Rejection
94(6)
Special educational programs
100(5)
Canadian medical schools
105(1)
The admission process: timetable
105(1)
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
106(84)
Overview of the MCAT
106(1)
Importance of the MCAT
107(1)
Contents of the MCAT
108(3)
Preparing for the MCAT
111(5)
Reference data for model test
116(7)
Model MCAT
123(65)
Hugo R. Seibel
Kenneth E. Guyer
Scoring of the MCAT
188(1)
Scoring your model MCAT performance
188(2)
Medical Schools
190(24)
Basic data on medical schools
190(24)
Medical School Profiles
214(151)
In-depth medical school profiles
214(151)
Opportunities for Women
365(9)
Historical overview
365(1)
Women's health issues
366(1)
Medicine: a career for women
367(1)
Doors are open
368(1)
Admission to medical school
368(1)
The woman physician: a status report
368(4)
Unique challenges for women in medicine
372(1)
Financial aid and support sources
373(1)
Opportunities for Minorities
374(12)
Minorities in medicine: historical perspective
374(1)
Doors are open for minorities
374(1)
Admission of minorities: a status report
375(3)
Current challenges
378(1)
Financial aid for minority students
379(1)
Summer programs
380(6)
Financing Your Medical Education
386(6)
The current financial aid crisis
387(1)
Successfully managing educational indebtedness
388(1)
Scholarships and loans
389(3)
Medical Education
392(19)
Evolution of the medical curriculum
392(1)
The traditional curriculum
393(3)
The curriculum in transition
396(2)
The new medical school curricula
398(3)
Attrition in medical school
401(1)
Preparing for medical school
402(7)
The making of a physician
409(1)
United States medical licensing examination
409(2)
Postgraduate Medical Education
411(13)
Incorporating the residency and internship
411(1)
Resident matching program
412(1)
Residency training
413(4)
Fellowship training
417(2)
Improving postgraduate training
419(1)
Challenges in training
419(1)
New trends in medical specialties
420(3)
Physician employment opportunities
423(1)
Foreign Medical Study
424(13)
Admission
424(1)
Transfer to U.S. schools
425(1)
Internship and residency
425(1)
Fifth Pathway opportunities
426(1)
Requirements for residency and/or practice
427(1)
Selecting a foreign medical school
428(1)
Foreign medical schools
429(8)
Osteopathic Medicine
437(24)
Basic philosophy
437(1)
Educational data
438(1)
Admission prospects
439(1)
Internship, residency, and practice
439(1)
Relationship between osteopathic and allopathic medicine
439(1)
Financial assistance
440(1)
The osteopathic scene in a nutshell
440(1)
Osteopathic medical school profiles
440(21)
Medical Practice
461(13)
Physician-patient relationship
461(2)
Clinical skills
463(1)
Diagnosing disease
464(1)
Patient care
465(1)
Assessing treatment
465(1)
Accountability
466(1)
Guidelines to practicing medicine
466(1)
Teaching and research
466(1)
Types of practices
467(4)
Professional hazards
471(1)
Physician remuneration
472(2)
Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century
474(9)
The challenge
474(2)
Premedical education
476(1)
Admission to medical school
476(1)
Medical school education
477(1)
Medical students
477(1)
Medical practice
478(1)
Specialists versus primary care physicians
479(1)
Medical litigation crisis
480(1)
Cybermedicine
480(1)
Medical informatics
481(2)
Part Two DENTISTRY
483(115)
Dentistry as a Career
485(5)
Why study dentistry?
485(1)
The need for dentists
485(1)
Today's trends in dentistry
486(1)
Dental specialties
487(1)
Is dentistry for you?
488(1)
Dentistry as an alternative to medicine
489(1)
Preparing for and Applying to Dental School
490(7)
Educational preparation
490(1)
Application procedures
490(2)
Admissions criteria
492(5)
The Dental Admission Test (DAT)
497(11)
Importance of the DAT
497(1)
Contents of the DAT
498(1)
Preparing for the DAT
499(1)
Sample DAT questions
500(7)
Scoring of the DAT
507(1)
Canadian DAT
507(1)
Opportunities in Dentistry for Women and Minorities
508(4)
Doors are open for women
508(1)
Minorities in dentistry
509(3)
Financing Your Dental Education
512(3)
The current financial aid crisis
512(1)
Scholarships and loans
512(3)
Dental Education
515(5)
Dental curriculum
515(3)
Other educational programs
518(1)
Postgraduate training
519(1)
Dental Schools
520(78)
The dental scene in a nutshell
520(12)
In-depth dental school profiles
532(66)
APPENDIX A A Self-assessment Admission Profile
598(3)
APPENDIX B Medical School Application Forms
601(11)
Sample Application from a non-AMCAS School
602(4)
AACOMAS Application Form
606(6)
APPENDIX C Sample Essays for AMCAS Application
612(26)
APPENDIX D Major Professional Organizations
638(5)
APPENDIX E Alternative Medical Terminology
643(2)
APPENDIX F Tracking Tables
645(11)
APPENDIX G Regional Maps
656(4)
APPENDIX H Medical and Dental Admissions and the World Wide Web
660(2)
APPENDIX I Glossary
662(3)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
665(2)
INDEXES
Medical School Profiles
667(3)
Osteopathic School Profiles
670(1)
Dental School Profiles
670(2)
Subject
672

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