Core Competencies Q&A - June 8, 2025 @ 9 PM Eastern

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Holistic admissions are about more than your grades and test scores; they want to know you have the skills to be successful as a healthcare professional. Learn how to identify and highlight your academic and pre-professional competencies.

 

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Background reading

Technical Standards

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Students With Disabilities in Medical School | Student Doctor Network | SDN

Updated December 1, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and to update formatting. Medical school, for some, remains the

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Medical school technical standards outline the essential physical, cognitive, and behavioral requirements for successful completion of the MD program, ensuring students can meet the demands of medical education and practice. These standards cover areas like observation, communication, motor skills, intellectual-conceptual abilities, and behavioral/social skills, with accommodations available for those with disabilities. - from Google Gemini-assisted search: "Summarize medical school technical standards."

Core Competencies

The Premed Competencies for Entering Medical Students

Successful medical school applicants are able to demonstrate skills, knowledge, and abilities in these areas.

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What Medical Schools Are Looking For: Understanding the 15 Core Competencies | Student Doctor Network | SDN

When you think about how medical schools will evaluate your application, it can seem like a mystery. What will an admissions committee look at first? How

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How to Assess Your Academic Competencies | Student Doctor Network | SDN

Over a decade ago, I wrote a series of articles (here is Part 1) that heralded the growing importance of understanding “competency.” Over the last decade,

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I also discuss competencies for DO, DDS/DMD, and DVM/VMD applicants in my article:

How to Assess Your Pre-Professional Competencies | Student Doctor Network | SDN

In 2023, AAMC revised the AAMC Premed Competencies to align with the PREview situational judgment test, incorporate changes in medical education after the

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AAMC webinar 2023

 

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Also, The Physician Charter (ABIM)

Physician Charter | ABIM Foundation

The Physician Charter intends to encourage dedication to medical professionalism to improve the health care system for the welfare of society.

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The Premed Competencies for Entering Medical Students

Successful medical school applicants are able to demonstrate skills, knowledge, and abilities in these areas.

students-residents.aamc.org