Welcome to the CMU Health Professions Program
The Health Professions Program (HPP) is an advising resource for all current CMU students and alumni interested in pursuing a career in a health profession. Such careers include medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, optometry, physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and genetic counseling, to name a few. Students interested in careers in biomedical research are also welcome. The program is designed to assist students with:
- Exploration: What are some possible health careers? What are the pre-reqs?
- Preparation: How do I become a competitive applicant to a health professions school?
- Application: What does the application process entail? What is the CMU Committee Interview Process?
- Mentoring: Connecting students to alumni and other professionals in the health professions.
ENROLL in the HPP by subscribing to the HPP Mailman email information list.
COVID-19 messaging to HPP students:
As of March 23, 2021:
- AAMC Medical School interviews (MD & MD-PhD) - many schools incorporated the new AAMC VITA interview tool during the AY21 application cycle. Please click here for a quick summary of VITA.
- MCAT:
- MCAT examinations return to full time length and 4 week evaluation.
- AMCAS current updates:
- May 3 - AY2022 AMCAS opens
- May 27 - AMCAS app submission begins
- June 25 - AMCAS begins transmitting verified primary apps
- TMDSAS
- May 3 - TMDSAS opens
- May 17 - submission begins
- June 1 - TMDSAS begins application transmission to schools
- Nov 1 - deadline to submit application
- Dec 15 - Dental schools start offering acceptances
- AACOMAS
- Early May - AACOMAS opens and goes live
- AADSAS
- May 11 - AADSAS AY22 opens
- June 1 - AADSAS app submission begins
- Most if not all MD and DO med schools will accept P/F or P/NP grades from the Spring 2020 semester during the AY21 cycle. The HPP will continue to monitor these communications and will share additional updates as they become available regarding summer and fall 2020 classes.
For Spring 2021, ALL HPP advising will continue to be conducted remotely.
For the latest updates, please refer to the CMU Alert Emergency Notification System page on COVID-19
Upcoming Events
News:
- Read about the creation of the CMU Medical School Alumni Mentor Program (MSAMP)
- How art and the humanities make for a better physician
- A CMU alumna at Pitt Med is helping to rewrite the oath of Hippocrates
- Traveling this holiday season? Here is some advice from doctors.
- A CMU alumna interviewed about how covid-19 added to her motivation to enter medicine
- A CMU alumna talks about the power of mentorship in medicine
- Moral injury in frontline health care workers facing COVID-19 pandemic
- Med students graduating early to help fight COVID-19
- Medical education during a pandemic
- CMU alumnus weighs in on COVID-19 treatment
- Safehouse - Philadelphia non-profit opening nation's first supervised injection site
- Major changes to USMLE Licensing exam: Step 1 moves to P/F
- Ending gender harassment in medicine
- The importance of equity, diversity and inclusion in medicine
- Will free medical school lead to more primary care physicians?
- Check out what a CMU alumna has to say about med school at Baylor College of Medicine
- Why doctors know almost nothing about the health effects of marijuana
- The importance of psychological safety in medicine and other areas such as academics
- DO vs. MD: How much does the medical school degree type matter?
- Will artificial intelligence replace doctors?
- Weill Cornell Medicine announces debt-free medical education
- Discovering the hidden curriculum in med school
- How can health professions and grad schools do better for disadvantaged students
- Social Media in Medicine - evolving guidelines
- Thinking about med school after a previous career?
- Star Student-Athlete is on Track for Medical Career
- Trading Places: When doctors become patients
- Rooting out implicit bias in medical school admissions
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Bloody hands, dirty knives: The horrors of Victorian medicine
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Exposing vulnerabilities: How hackers could target your medical devices
- Putting Kindness in the curriculum
- 7 ways to reduce medical school debt
- Students learn to treat pain, with and without opioids
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The white coat: Symbol of professionalism or hierarchical elitism?
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Five emerging medical specialties you’ve never heard of — until now
- Breaking News Aug, 2018: Free Medical tuition at NYU Langone Medical School
- Learn more about the CMU Global Medical Brigades (.pptx file) and Global Public Health Brigades (video & .pptx file) service trips to Nicaragua, Spring Break, 2018.
- Pursuing medicine through engineering at CMU - see how the HPP helps engineering students pursue a career in health care.
- Read about how CMU helps to create a more holistic health care experience (article).