Guide to Medical & Dental Schools
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The Dental Admission Test (DAT) - Importance Of The Dat, Contents Of The Dat, Preparing For The Dat, Sample Dat Questions
Importance of the DAT Contents of the DAT Preparing for the DAT Sample DAT questions Scoring of the DAT Canadian DAT This test is conducted two times a year (October and April) and is sponsored by the Division of Educational Measurements, American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. Students planning to enter in the fall of the following year should take the examination…
Dental Schools - The Dental Scene In A Nutshell, Entering Class, In-depth Dental School Profiles
The dental scene in a nutshell In-depth dental school profiles This chapter consists of two components: a table and school profiles. Table 23.1 in “The Dental Scene in a Nutshell” provides numerical data dealing with various items and serves as a quick source of information and a means for comparing elements of various schools. The “In-Depth Dental School Profiles” offe…
Dentistry as a Career - Why Study Dentistry?, The Need For Dentists, Today's Trends In Dentistry, Dental Specialties
DENTISTRY Why study dentistry? The need for dentists Today's trends in dentistry Dental specialties Is dentistry for you? Dentistry as an alternative to medicine Dentistry is a profession dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of oral diseases and disorders, with primary emphasis on the health of teeth and gums. In a sense, dentistry is a medical subspecialty. Good oral healt…
Financing Your Medical Education - The Current Financial Aid Crisis, Successfully Managing Educational Indebtedness, Scholarships And Loans
The current financial aid crisis Successfully managing educational indebtedness Scholarships and loans Securing a medical education can be extremely expensive. The annual tuition at the costliest school has exceeded $28,000, and the national mean for private schools is more than $16,000 per academic year. The reason for high tuition is many-faceted. Many schools are burdened with the…
Foreign Medical Study - Admission, Transfer To U.s. Schools, Internship And Residency, Fifth Pathway Opportunities
Admission Transfer to U.S. schools Internship and residency Fifth pathway opportunities Requirements for residency and/or practice Selecting a foreign medical school Foreign medical schools During the early decades of this century it was relatively common to find Americans going to Europe for postgraduate medical training. Since World War II, significant numbers of Americans have gone overseas for…
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) - Overview Of The Mcat, Importance Of The Mcat, Contents Of The Mcat, Preparing For The Mcat
Overview of the MCAT Importance of the MCAT Contents of the MCAT Preparing for the MCAT Reference data for model test Model MCAT Scoring of the MCAT Scoring your model MCAT performance …
Medical Education - Evolution Of The Medical Curriculum, The Traditional Curriculum, The Curriculum In Transition, The New Medical School Curricula
Evolution of the medical curriculum The traditional curriculum The curriculum in transition The new medical school curricula Attrition in medical school Preparing for medical school The making of a physician United States Medical Licensing Examination Until the early 1900s, medical education in the United States was unstructured and unregulated. A person wishing to become a doctor would usually se…
Medical Practice - Physician-patient Relationship, Clinical Skills, Diagnosing Disease, Patient Care, Assessing Treatment, Accountability
Physician-patient relationship Clinical skills Diagnosing disease Patient care Assessing treatment Accountability Guidelines to practicing medicine Teaching and research Types of practices Professional hazards Physician remuneration Many years of study, a long interval of training, and a lifetime of dedicated service are required in order to become a good physician. It is therefore essential that …
Medical School Profiles - In-depth Medical School Profiles, Introduction
In-depth medical school profiles This chapter consists of in-depth medical school profiles that provide detailed information on various elements distinguishing individual schools. …
Medical Schools
Basic data on medical schools In this chapter you will find Table 6.1, Basic Data on the Medical Schools, which provides numerical data dealing with many school characteristics and serves as a quick source of information and a means for easily comparing features of schools you may be interested in. Table 6.1, Basic Data on the Medical Schools, contains the kind of information that will be useful i…
Osteopathic Medicine - Basic Philosophy, Choosing Osteopathic Medicine, Osteopathic Education, Training, And Certification, Educational Data
Basic philosophy Choosing osteopathic medicine Osteopathic education, training, and certification Educational data Admission prospects Relationship between osteopathic and allopathic medicine Financial assistance The osteopathic scene in a nutshell Osteopathic medical school profiles Aside from the 124 standard, or allopathic, medical schools, there are 19 osteopathic schools in the United States,…
Preparing for Medical School - Program Of College Studies, Succeeding In College, Extracurricular And Summer Activities, The Premedical Advisor And/or Committee
Program of college studies Succeeding in college Extracurricular and summer activities The premedical advisor and/or committee Postbaccalaureate programs Humanistic aspects of premedical education Checklist of college activities …