USC Pre-Health Advisement

Student Spotlight! We would like to congratulate one of our alumni Hector Gonzalez ‘17 on being accepted to medical school!!!! 🏥📚🧑🏻‍💻

Read about his journey below……⬇️
Hometown: McFarland, CA 📍
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies, C/O 2017

As a student at USC, I often felt lost while navigating the pre-medical curriculum. However, my experiences have shown me that although this path feels uncertain, there are students and campus organizations that make journey worthwhile. My Pre-Health advisor always believed in my success and gave me the tools and resources to make this recognition on my own.

After nearly 4 gap years and post-baccalaureate coursework, I am elated to say that I gained acceptance to numerous medical schools including UC Davis, UC Irvine PRIME-LC, University of Illinois, Michigan State University, Rush Medical College, and Stanford School of Medicine.

To the next aspiring physician, I’d like to emphasize the importance of reflection throughout your journey. It is only when we fully understand our story that we are best able to share it with the world.

If you got accepted into a health professions program and would like to be featured on our page DM us. ❤️💛✌🏽
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❗️Southern California Pre-PT Conference❗️
Happy Monday Pre-Physical Therapy Community! Save the date for our biggest event of the year! Join us for a day of panels tailored toward undergraduate students interested in pursuing a career in the field of physical therapy. Physical therapists of varying specialities will be discussing the diversity of the profession and attendees will have an opportunity to network with admissions representatives from various Southern California DPT programs. We hope for students to create lasting professional connections with other Pre-Physical Therapy students and accomplished physical therapists within the region.

Our increased priority for the safety of our speakers and guests has made us decide to host this year’s conference virtually. Due to our event being virtual, we have opened it up to all Pre-PT students across the US and abroad to join in on our conference.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to join! If you or anyone you know is interested in registering for this event, please visit the Eventbrite link in our bio to register. All updates about the conference will be posted here on our Instagram as well as on our Eventbrite page. We hope to see you all there! FIGHT ON ✌️!

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RSVP now for USC's 6th Annual Pre-PA conference where you can hear from practicing PAs, representatives from PA program admissions teams, & PA students to discuss the profession, application process, impacts of COVID-19, primary care & more! This event will be held virtually and is free of charge. Spots fill up quickly so be sure to sign up soon! ☆☆

Join USC BAA on Thursday, April 14th at the Ritz-Carlton, Marina Del Rey for the 46th Annual USC BAA Scholarship benefit. Come celebrate our 2022 honorees: Danny Blakewell Jr., Wilma Pinder '62, Lloyd T. McKinney Jr. '80, Diamonté "Saweetie" Harper ’16 and BAA scholar Jaya Hinton (Class of 2022). Don't miss the USC BAA premier scholarship fundraiser. Reserve your tickets at https://tinyurl.com/uscbaa46thbenefit.

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Attend our workshop to learn more about going into the application cycle for health professional programs!

https://bit.ly/uscprehealthcya

WALK INS Tuesday and Thursday from 1-4pm!

Join us on Wednesday February 16th, 2022 at 7pm-9pm

for the documentary screening and watch party of
Black Men in White Coats

RSVP today!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeY7XilxuzSMrExOp89NSC25HIPLM3CltrHqcpwwyVGt_B2sg/viewform

Attention current freshmen, sophomore and community college students! Interested in exploring the health professions this summer? Apply to the WesternU Summer Health Professions Education Program for a fun, yet, intensive 6 weeks of exploring the health professions and get a taste of graduate health professions programs. To apply, click the following link: https://www.shpep.org/apply-to-shpep/

To learn more about WesternU SHPEP's program, join us at our Webinar at 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 11. Click or copy the URL to register - or use the QR Code: https://forms.gle/r2J2a8LhneK82FP88

We are excited to announce that the GRE is no longer required as of the 2022-2023 admissions cycle! For questions, please email [email protected]

Visit dornsife.usc.edu/css for more information.

Contact Dornsife Admission and Student Success at [email protected] with questions.

The Steps to Success with the SHPEP Application webinar is available now via our YouTube channel! Check it out:
http://ow.ly/5iN050GPfBc

AACN commends the U.S. House of Representatives for including major investments in nursing education in their Build Back Better Act (H.W. 5376), which passed earlier today. AACN celebrates the inclusion of $500 million for schools of nursing in underserved areas. This groundbreaking initiative provides funding to help enroll and retain nursing students, recruit and retain diverse nursing faculty, expand clinical education opportunities, and modernize nursing education programs. Learn about this groundbreaking initiative by reading the press release: https://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Press-Releases/View/ArticleId/25106/house-passes-build-back-better-act

Today on PCOM's Instagram Story and in honor of Health Professions Week ( ), join PCOM Alumni and faculty member, Ashely Poole, PsyD '20, LPC, assistant professor of clinical psychology, as she takes over the account! Learn more about her perspective and what it means to be a clinical psychologist: instagram.com/pcomeducation

Wednesday!

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Volunteering Opportunity!

Pre-Medicine Student Volunteers The Pre-Healthcare Volunteer Program provides pre-med students the opportunity to participate in direct observation of physician-mentors at Cedars-Sinai. Learn more.

Tomorrow!

Applying to SHPEP? Don't miss out on this informational webinar happening during Health Professions Week! http://ow.ly/QHIZ50GAoHy

NEW MINOR!

80 years after being forced to leave USC, a degree of honor for the Nisei The university will issue posthumous degrees in their names of the Japanese American students who were forced into internment.

I Finally Hit 'Submit' on ERAS—Now What? Virtual Interviewing Advice from AACOM’s CORP As virtual residency interview season begins, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) spoke with four AACOM Council on Residency...

Become a mentor with the USC BAA Legacy through Mentoring Program. Provide guidance and support to USC while building lasting relationships with alumni ans students. Apply to become a mentor here: https://tinyurl.com/uscbaaltlmentoring21

Volunteering Opportunity every Friday with Violence Intervention Program

Every FRIDAY we co-host a food distribution site with our partners , and and connect with our community! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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"With the transition back to campus, for some students, they may be more inclined not to return to campus but do more Zoom classes and remain remote, because of the caregiving responsibilities,” said USC Family Caregiver Support Center Director Donna Benton. “For others, it was a hard decision, but they did come back to campus, which meant that the families had to find someone else to step in for caregiving.”

USC students speak about caregiving experiences - Daily Trojan Students and faculty discuss the realities and hardships of caregiving.

One week from today: Join The Summer Health Professions Education Program - SHPEP and Tour for Diversity in Medicine for a free webinar at 7PM ET "Navigating the Health Professions as an Underrepresented Student." Register and learn more here: http://ow.ly/JD6e50GqaHo

There is still time to register for tomorrow's webinar! We are joined by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) to discuss the many career options available in the physical therapy pathway! Click here:
http://ow.ly/FOzs50GqWG9