Speakers for Pre-Med meeting

[jdido09]

Anyone have ideas for the types of speakers that would be informative for a Pre-Med meeting at a university? Looking for some ideas. Would it be useful to have a staff member at a nearby medical school come by and talk?

Researcher, Public Health Specialist, etc. Looking to see what others have experienced.

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[mccarty7]

If you could, I think it would be great to have one or two medical students come speak about their experiences so far. However, it may be hard to get any med students to come, since they will most likely be pretty busy. Obviously, it might be useful to have a physician speak and answer questions, as well. I know I would have loved to have been able to speak with someone on an admissions board, too, just to see what inside tips they might have had to offer. 🙂

Btw, I think it's great that there's even a pre-med meeting going on. My school's pre-med program SUCKED.

 

[ILikeDrugs]

Whatever you do, don't invite a pre-med advisor to speak.

 

[mccarty7]

Whatever you do, don't invite a pre-med advisor to speak.

Agreed!

 

[LizzyM]

Try to get the local Medical Society (every state has one and many counties & big cities, too) to send local physicians to talk about their own careers and career trajectories (one per meeting). There are many specialties and types of practice that you might be unfamiliar with if your frame of reference is your own health care or one or two family members who practice medicine. People who are active in the medical society tend to be the outgoing types who would enjoy spending an hour with members of a pre-med club.

Your school's alumni office may also be able to help you identify undergrad alumni who are practicing physicians in the area. They may be easy to recruit as speakers because they have a tie to your school.

 

[Perrotfish]

Get at least one student or physician who really understands the military scholarships to explain its benifits and obligations (don't ask a recruiter!). Most local medical schools will have some sort of military student's association you can ask for contact info. You might also want to do something similar for the public health scholarships.

 

[StudyShy]

Try to get the local Medical Society (every state has one and many counties & big cities, too) to send local physicians to talk about their own careers and career trajectories (one per meeting). There are many specialties and types of practice that you might be unfamiliar with if your frame of reference is your own health care or one or two family members who practice medicine. People who are active in the medical society tend to be the outgoing types who would enjoy spending an hour with members of a pre-med club.

Your school's alumni office may also be able to help you identify undergrad alumni who are practicing physicians in the area. They may be easy to recruit as speakers because they have a tie to your school.

That's a good idea. 🙂

 

[cheesier]

Paul Farmer or an admissions counselor from a nearby med school.

 

[deleted357625]

Anyone have ideas for the types of speakers that would be informative for a Pre-Med meeting at a university? Looking for some ideas. Would it be useful to have a staff member at a nearby medical school come by and talk?

Researcher, Public Health Specialist, etc. Looking to see what others have experienced.

they tend to be physicians, pre-med advisers/health professions advisers, anyone knowledgeable in the process, med students. etc..

 

[iusesharpies]

The best speaker I've ever heard for pre-med was a doctor who was also on a top med school admissions committee for ten years.

 

[RedRaider19]

I agree with everyone above me - admissions reps from the school, med students, and perhaps a practicing doctor. Another idea that we did at one of our meetings was to have someone from the Career Services office come and talk with us about interviewing. It was pretty useful, especially since our organization was pre-health and covered other professions. It helps people start to get in the mind set to interview (helps reduce the pre-interview freak out when you knew what was coming months in advance.)