PPAC Workshops

This 60-minute workshop is designed to walk a student through the academic requirements necessary for admission to their interested pre-health program. After attending this workshop, students are then prepared to meet with an advisor and have a thoughtful, strategic, advising appointment; moving beyond a program’s academic requirements and instead focusing on what the student can do to be admitted. Before scheduling a first-time appointment with an advisor we require that all students attend this workshop. Also plan on attending Pre-Health 201 to learn more about what you should be doing to be a successful applicant.

Once you’ve learned about the academic requirements for admission, (attended Pre-Health 101,) this 60-minute workshop focuses on the activities that a student should participate in to be admitted to the program of their choice. Health professional schools desire to see students have a balance of outside activities and responsibilities and view this as an indicator of the applicant’s ability to deal with the rigors of life as a health care professional. To help you succeed, this workshop discusses what clinical experience, shadowing, research, intellectual curiosity, and most importantly community service activities you can be doing to show your dedication to the profession.

This 60-minute workshop explains what a personal statement is (and is not.) But most importantly, this workshop teaches a student how to get started on crafting their own personal statement. The student will leave with a specific plan on what they need to do and have a better understanding of what professional schools are looking for in the personal statement. Students are required to attend this workshop prior to scheduling a personal statement editing session with the Pre-Professional Advisement Center. (Open to all students applying to professional/graduate school programs.)

This is an open Zoom room where applicants are encouraged to bring their questions specifically regarding the intricacies of managing the health professional school application.

This 40-minute workshop is designed to remind you of all the things you know about interviewing but sometimes forget in the moment. We’ll talk about how to prep for virtual interviewing, how to answer the basic questions, (“tell me about yourself,") to sound polished and prepared and NOT canned, and how to be ready to ask intelligent, thoughtful questions back to the interviewer.

This 50-minute focuses specifically on interview preparation for health professional school programs. We will discuss how to approach the MMI and ethical questions, discuss strategies of how to prepare for a variety of interview styles, and review the appropriate follow-up process after an interview has taken place.

During prime interview season we will be hosting these sessions once a week. We have found that one of the best ways to prep is to do it as a group. What one person thinks as being a key factor in analyzing the question may be something you never considered. Hearing different perspectives and brainstorming issues together will serve you in your own interview. There's no prep necessary, the discussion leader will provide you with questions, assign you into breakout rooms, and allow time for you to practice. We will then meet back as a group to discuss. Each session will be different questions. Feel free to attend as often as you feel necessary. Please view the Events Calendar to access the times and Zoom link.