1. Admission to Medical and Health Professions Education Programs O. T. Wendel, Ph.D. A.T. Still University-AZ Campus twendel@atsu.edu

2. An Overview Vast Opportunity for Everyone Different Entry Points Depending on Background Bright (but confusing) Future

3. Focus on Physician Education Specifically MD and DO Schools In US there are 134 MD Schools and 26 DO Schools For MD Schools about 42,000 Applicants with 18,000 matriculants About 13,000 Applicants for DO Schools with about 4,000 Matriculants

4. The Hard Data Two Measures of Academic Success Average GPA was approximately 3.4 Average MCAT was Approximately 24 Wide Variety Among Schools

5. New Focus on Social Mission “Non-Academic” Pre-Requisites Written Statements on Application Volunteer Service to Communities Understanding of Career Choice

6. Sources For Information MD School Association of American Medical Colleges www.aamc.org www.aamc.org DO Schools American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine www.aacom.org

7. Other Professions Have Similar Requirements Physician Assistant Nurse Practitioner Rehabilitation Sciences Pharmacy Graduate Medical Sciences