Dr. Diane DavisMs. Marylane McGlinchey

What is the Health Professions Advising Program? (HPAP) Director, Dr. Diane

Davis

Advisors and support structure

Maintain Website Coordinate with

academic departments

Email for questions Mock interviews

and debriefing for pre-med/dent/ and vet students

Conduct advising workshops

Why Talk to You Now? To be sure you’re REALISTIC about your goals. To give you the MINDSET needed to achieve your

goals. To suggest that you have at least one ALTERNATE

PLAN plan if you don’t achieve your current goal Careful selection of major for pre-professional students For all, selection of courses that preserve as many

options in health care as possible (pre-health core). For all, suggestion that you explore other career

options that are less commonly known and know their course requirements.

Establish your Class Standing You determine your class standing for pre-health

by the number of pre-requisites you have completed. You may be a junior, in your major, but a sophomore in your pre-health pursuit.

 For purpose of advising, you are a “sophomore” if  1. You plan on applying to the undergraduate

majors Athletic Training, Medical Lab Science, Nursing or Respiratory Therapy this semester or in the spring so that you can start the professional phase in the fall of 2011

 OR

  2. You plan on entering a post-baccalaureate

program in the fall of 2013.

Be Able to Answer the following Questions: What health career are you interested

in?

Why do you want to pursue this career?

Is there a “certain” undergraduate major that is required?

What pre-requisites are required to enter the post-graduate program?

After answering the questions above, consider the following: Evaluate your cumulative GPA Is your GPA realistically high

enough now? If not, why not? Is your major the

right fit? If not, what is your strategy for

improvement?

After answering the questions above, consider the following: Do you have exploration

experiences? Why should you explore your

career choice? What have you done so far? What

plans do you have for next semester?

What summer experiences should you begin to investigate?

After answering the questions above, consider the following: Have you considered all SU

undergraduate majors related to health?

When and how do you apply for acceptance into these majors?

Major Application Date Selected Requirements Admission Decision Date

Internships/ Clinical Assignments Program Director

Athletic Training

Mid-November GPA >2.8 overallGPA >2.8 pre-reqs100 observation hours

End of fall semester Arranged by Salisbury University for qualified students

Dr. Donna Ritenour

Community Health

Not applicable All major courses C or better Not applicable Students must find their own internships, but department must give final approval.

Dr. Susan Muller

Exercise Science

Not applicable All major courses C or better Not applicable Students must find their own internships, but department must give final approval.

Dr. Susan Muller

Health Education

Semester prior to methods classes- Must have 56 earned hours

GPA >2.5 overallGPA >2.75 major coursesPassing Praxis scores or equivalent

June 15 for fall admission & January 15 for spring admission

Arranged by Salisbury University for qualified students

Dr. Susan Muller

Medical Lab Science

March 31 GPA >2.0 overallGPA >2.0 pre-reqs

April 7 Arranged by Salisbury University for qualified students

Johanna Laird

NursingFirst degree

February 1 GPA >2.75 overall will be considered; GPA >3.0 recommended; Pre-req sciences-no more than one grade lower than a C Must take A2 admission exam

March 10 Arranged by Salisbury University for qualified students

Dr. Lisa Seldomridge

NursingSecond degree

December 10 GPA > 3.0 overall in 1st degree Pre-reqs-Chem or Physics, A & P, Micro, Patho, Stats; must write brief essay re: professional goals, Also required- 2 references & interview.

March 10 Arranged by Salisbury University for qualified students. Note that accelerated program extremely vigorous and outside employment not advised.

Dr. Molly Parsons

Respiratory Therapy

February 1 GPA >2.3 Rolling admissions until class is full

Arranged by Salisbury University for qualified students

Dr. Robert Joyner

Social Work Early October GPA >2.5 overallGPA >2.7 major courses

End of fall semester

Arranged by Salisbury University for qualified students

Dr. Deborah Mathews(Brenda Jorden for info)

There are Other Health-Related Job Titles that You may want to Learn more about.Cytogeneticist

Pathologist’s assistantCytologistMolecular diagnosticsHistology technologist

Job Titles continued…..

Interested in patient contact? Consider……..Registered dieticianPhysician’s assistantOccupational therapistDental hygienistNuclear medical technologist

Job Titles continued….

Other health related jobs. Consider……..Industrial hygienistEnvironmental healthHealth Education/Community health educator

Genetics counselorEpidemiologist

Pre-requisite courses for Health Professions Programs

We will provide generic recommendations today.

IMPORTANT! Check requirements at all the schools in which you’re interested.

Check back periodically; courses may not change often, but they can change.

Course Worksheet

Please fill in the following- with your grade, if class is completed OR with the semester you will be taking the course ORwith an “X” if it’s not required for your profession

 This sheet is to get the advising process

started. Be sure to check individual school requirements.

Pre-medical/pre-dental/pre-osteopathy/pre-chiropractic minimum course recommendations

CHEM 121 AND 122: General Chemistry CHEM 221 AND 222: Organic Chemistry CHEM 417: Biochemistry

(primarily dental)

BIOL 210 AND 213 Intro Biology/Zoology PHYS 121 AND 123: General Physics BIOL 215 AND 216 Anatomy &Phys

often not req’d but helps

MATH 135 OR 140 OR 160 OR 201College Algebra OR Applied Calculus OR Calculus

(depends on school, on DAT but not MCAT)

  Pre-pharmacy minimum course recommendations- CHEM 121 AND 122: General Chemistry CHEM 221 AND 222: Organic Chemistry CHEM 417*: Biochemistry* BIOL 101 OR 210*: General Biology* BIOL 211 Microbiology, BIOL 215 AND 216: Anatomy & Physiology PHYS 121 AND 123: General Physics CMAT 100 Fundamentals of Communication ECON 211 Microeconomics

MATH 155 AND 160 OR 201 Statistics AND Applied Calculus OR Calculus

* CHECK YOUR TARGET SCHOOLS TO SEE IF A FULL YEAR OF BIOLOGY AND/OR BIOCHEMISTRY IS REQUIRED.  Many pharmacy schools have dropped biochemistry as a requirement.

Pre-veterinary minimum course recommendations

CHEM 121 AND 122: General Chemistry CHEM 221 AND 222: Organic Chemistry

CHEM 417: Biochemistry BIOL 210 AND 213: Biology/Zoology PHYS 121 AND 123: General Physics MATH 155Statistics

MATH 140 AND 160 OR 201:College Algebra AND Applied Calculus OR Calculus (depends on school)

Pre-optometry minimum course recommendations

CHEM 121 AND 122: General Chemistry CHEM 221 AND 222: Organic Chemistry BIOL 210 AND 213: Intro Biology/Zoology PSYC 101:General Psychology BIOL 211 Microbiology BIOL 215 AND 216: Anatomy & Physiology PHYS 121 AND 123: General Physics

MATH 155 AND 160 OR 201Statistics AND Applied Calculus OR Calculus (depends on school)

Pre-physical therapy minimum course recommendations- considerable variability between schools- CHECK!

CHEM 121 AND 122: General Chemistry BIOL 101 OR 210: General Biology BIOL 215 AND 216: Anatomy & Phys PHYS 121 AND 123:General Physics MATH 140 : College Algebra/Trig MATH 155: Statistics BIOL 211: Microbiology (UMES) PSYC 101 AND 300: General AND

Developmental Psychology

Pre-physician assistant minimum course recommendations

CHEM 121 AND 122: General Chemistry CHEM 221: Organic Chemistry 1 BIOL 211 Microbiology BIOL 215 AND 216: Anatomy and Physiology PHYS 121: General Physics 1 MATH 155: Statistics PSYC 101 AND 300: General & Developmental Psych

Recommended major(s): Depends on school –

Schools that don’t require clinical hours: any major but school pre-requisites must be met.

Schools that do require clinical hours: SU Majors that include clinical hours are nursing, respiratory therapy, clinical lab science, exercise science, athletic training and social work. School pre-requisites must be met and may not be included in those majors. Otherwise, students can major in anything and get clinical hours outside of SU (EMT, CNA, etc.)

Important Things to Remember (www.salisbury.edu/henson/hpap) Check the HPAP

website for all upcoming events, workshops, special advising sessions and health profession program recruiter visits.

It is your responsibility to make sure that you meet all the requirements for health profession program admission. Please make use of all the resources available through HPAP.