Questions for the Program Director & Advisor

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Dr. Lisa Schwartz: Program Director for the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-medicine Certificate Program and Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Health Sciences

Dr. Lisa Schwartz is an education professional with more than 20 years of experience in the higher education and healthcare industries conducting program, curriculum, student, and faculty development, marketing, grant writing, and quantitative and qualitative research. She currently serves as director of the Post-baccalaureate Pre-medicine Certificate Program. She has also served as the Associate Director of the Research Education, Training and Career Development (RETCD) component of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National (CTSI-CN), an NIH-funded, $20 million collaborative initiative between The George Washington University and Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC).

Previously, Dr. Schwartz was a Senior Education Specialist with the College of Professional Studies (CPS) at The George Washington University where she supported the marketing and recruitment of graduate programs within CPS and the Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

Prior to that, Dr. Schwartz was the director of the Master’s in Genetic Counseling (MGC) Program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine where she led the planning, organization, administration, evaluation, and delivery of the educational and clinical activities of the training program. She was also the co-principal investigator on two HRSA-funded grants, Interdisciplinary Healthcare Training and Delivery and Genetic Interdisciplinary Faculty Training Program (GIFT) of Duke University.

Dr. Schwartz is certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC).




Patrick Corr: Assistant Director of Admissions and Enrollment Services and advisor to the Pre-Medicine Program

Patrick Corr has a background in higher education administration and immigration. Much of his work has been with medical and pre-medical students. At George Washington University, he works to support a number of new academic programs including the Post-Bacc in Pre-Medicine and a new PhD in Translational Health Sciences Program.

Previously, Patrick worked at the New England College of Optometry and Boston University where he supported international degree seeking students as they navigated the F-1 and J-1 visa process. He has also worked as a consultant with a number of small colleges in New England as they developed support programs for their international student populations.



Please us this space to ask any questions you have about the Post-Bacc in Pre-Medicine Program!

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[Libelule]

Hello,
Thank you for providing this space to send our questions about the GW program.

Regarding the linkage to GW school of medicine, it says in the website that you would have to be entering into the post bacc with a 3.6 gpa. Does that precludes anyone starting the post bacc with a lower gpa from being elegible for the linkage, even if they complete the program with a gpa above 3.6?

In addition, do you consider candidates who do not have previous volunteering experience in clinical settings? I'm a professional in a very different field and unrelated to medicine.

Thank you!

 

[EdDoc2010]

Hello,
Thank you for providing this space to send our questions about the GW program.

Regarding the linkage to GW school of medicine, it says in the website that you would have to be entering into the post bacc with a 3.6 gpa. Does that precludes anyone starting the post bacc with a lower gpa from being elegible for the linkage, even if they complete the program with a gpa above 3.6?

In addition, do you consider candidates who do not have previous volunteering experience in clinical settings? I'm a professional in a very different field and unrelated to medicine.

Thank you!

Hi!

Thank you for your post! Yes, the GW MD Program sets the minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.6 for eligibility to apply to their program through the linkage program. The GPA does not include courses taken within the Post-bac Pre-med Program. Of course, even if ineligible for the linkage, graduates of the Post-bac Pre-med Program are eligible and encouraged, if interested, to apply to GW's MD Program through the regular medical school admissions cycle.

Although previous volunteer work in a clinical setting is highly encouraged to (1) show that the applicant has explored the medical profession and decided they wish to pursue a career in medicine, and (2) make the application for both the post-bac program and medical school more competitive, we will consider applications without previous experience. Other, non-clinical experience, including volunteer and professional, are valued as well. There are opportunities to obtain clinical and/or research experience while in the GW Post-bac Pre-med Program, if admitted, through our partnerships with a variety of hospitals and other organizations throughout the DC region.

Lisa