Campus Connections

The Health Professions Newsletter serves as an important channel of communication between the Health Professions Advisory Committee and you.  There will be 3 newsletters per semester that will highlight upcoming events and focus on a particular career in the health professions to broaden your perspective on medically-related career opportunities.  Since this newsletter is the first for this academic year, it will introduce some existing opportunities and activities on campus and outline generally what students in each year should be doing.

1. Pre-Health Student Groups

Stetson has four pre-health related student groups:

  • members of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) discuss health professions with local practitioners and meet admissions personnel from health professional schools.  AMSA meets every other week at 5:30 in 257 Sage (look for signs around Sage announcing meetings). Contact cmatthew@stetson.edu.
  • MedEx is a student group that focuses on providing its members with medical experience. For example, they visit children at Arnold Palmer Hospital, volunteer at Camp Boggy Creek and with Give Kids the World, raise money for medical charities, and even have organized medical mission trips. MedEx meetings are on alternate weeks at 5:30 in 218 Sage (look for signs around Sage announcing meetings). Contact cleslie@stetson.edu
  • the American Pre-Veterinary Medical Association (APVMA) sponsors activities for pre-vet students.  They also have frequent meetings in Sage Hall announced by email and poster.  Contact scapria@stetson.edu
  • Global Medical Brigades mobilizes students to bring healthcare to rural areas of Panama over spring break. Contact cthuruth@stetson.edu.

2. Health Professions Resource Library

A resource library is located in 142 and 149 Sage Hall. Please use the materials on professional careers, schools, and admissions tests at your convenience.

3. Homepage

www.stetson.edu/artsci/prehealth/

Our homepage contains most of the information that you need to know about being a pre-health student. This includes information on careers in the health professions, how to apply to professional schools and upcoming events on campus.

4. Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC)

HPAC is here to advise you and assist in your gaining admittance to professional school. Dr. M. King is the HPAC chair. Please feel free to contact him in person or by email with questions or concerns.

5. Your Focus

Each year: Excellent grades and medically-related experience.

Freshmen: Concentrate on getting off to a good start in your courses, gain exposure to the medical field.

Sophomores: Continue excellence in the classroom and exposure to the medical field. Consider Stetson’s pre-clinical internship course that is offered over the summer.

Juniors: Prepare for the admissions test (taken spring or summer), sign up to be interviewed by HPAC (Dec.), be interviewed by the committee (Spring), and begin application process (May).

Seniors: Complete application process, prepare for interviews.

 

CONGRATULATIONS! At least 18 Stetson alum were admitted to start health professional school this Fall!

Medical School (MD):

  • Emily Funk—Penn State
  • Maria Harper—Duke Univ.
  • John Kelly—Ross Univ.
  • Dane Moran—Johns Hopkins
  • Melissa Morello—USF
  • Chris Riley—VCU
  • Kyle Schmitt—FIU

Medical School (DO):

  • Parker Chapman—PCOM (Atl)
  • Adam Rawji—Nova Southeastern
  • Trevor Tobin—Kansas City
  • Trevor Tyner—LECOM

Anesthesiology Assistant:

  • Alexandra Rodzinskaia—NSU

Dentistry:

  • Cliff Bryan—LECOM
  • James Kortbus—NYU

Pharmacy:

  • Jeffrey Bosse—South University

Physician Assistant:

  • Jeremy Wright—NSU (Orlando)

Physical Therapy:

  • David Adelman—FIU

Public Health:

  • Ashley Rutherford—Kentucky