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Myths, Expectations, and Hurdles

Published:2022-04-29 Issue: Volume: Page:332-345
ISSN:2475-6601
Container-title:Advances in Medical Education, Research, and Ethics
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Author:

Jones Andrew¹,Ibewuike Alexandra²,Kim Shelley³,Ganjoo Rohini³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Rochester, USA

2. University of Kentucky, USA

3. The George Washington University, USA

Abstract

With an increasing demand for healthcare jobs, there has been a corresponding surge in applications to medical schools. Typically, the advice extended to students is standardized rather than individually tailored to each applicant. The purpose of this chapter is to share resources and personal experiences regarding expectations, myths, and hurdles students may experience when applying to medical schools. The authors, pre-medical and medical students, along with their mentor, discuss how to manage both goal setting and failure as well as how to evaluate the process for application enhancement or reapplication. The intent is for pre-medical advisors to use this chapter as an ancillary resource to enhance the advisor-student relationship and leverage that relationship to improve the student's application.

Publisher

IGI Global

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