Preparing for Medical School and the Medical Profession: Advice to Advisors

Abstract

In recent years, medical schools have experienced a dramatic increase in student applications for admission. The increase comes at a time of great change in the medical profession resulting from the effects of health care reform and the expansion of biomedical knowledge and applied technologies. Students making applications to medical school should know how these changes will impact the practice of medicine as well as how medical schools are revising their medical curricula to meet the challenges of a 21st century medical practice. Prospective applicants should adapt their undergraduate preparations for medical school and the medical profession accordingly.