Dr. Lyle Wadsworth reviews information with former Stetson pre-health student,
Casey Myers, in preparation for the pre-clinical internship experience.

Stetson's Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC) takes an active role in helping Stetson students prepare for a medical or health career. Members of the committee advise you in course selection, inform you about the many professional school and health career options available, assist in setting up internships, help you prepare for admissions tests and advise you on application procedures. HPAC maintains contact with the American Association of Medical Colleges, the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions and the many application services. HPAC has an advisory group, consisting of health professionals, to keep you abreast of changes in health care training and work. It also maintains a library of various professional school catalogs and other books, videotapes and computer software useful to students interested in the health professions.

Perhaps the most important role of HPAC is to prepare a letter of recommendation for you following your Junior year. HPAC collects recommendations from faculty members, physicians, and peers, transcripts, an updated resume and a brief autobiographical sketch from each student and then meets with students in a formal interview session. Using this information, along with personal knowledge of the student, HPAC compiles a letter which paints a complete picture of you as a person and as a future health care provider.

HPAC Members are:

• Michael S. King, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Committee Chair
  
• Derek Barkalow, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
  
• Ramee Indralingam, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry
• Carrie Nance, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology
  
• Harry Price, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry
  
• Alicia Schultheis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
  
• Michele Skelton, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Integrative Health Science
  
• Lyle E. Wadsworth, M.D., Physician in Internal Medicine