Nontraditional Resources

In November, we hosted a Non-traditional Student Seminar Series where medical student panelists were asked to speak on topics pertaining to the application process, taking gap years, MCAT prep, and overcoming setbacks through the experience of a non-traditional student perspective.

Many non-traditional students who are career changers or have taken large gap years have difficulty finding mentors and resources, and lack the school advising services that help students navigate the medical school application process. This series of seminars allowed current medical students with diverse backgrounds and pathways into medicine to share their experiences, insights, resources, and advice to non-traditional pre-medical student members hoping to apply to medical school.

In case you missed our nontraditional speaker series, check out our resource document and login to access the zoom recordings!

PreMed/Med Division Collaboration Secondary Videos

Log in via your AMWA account to check out these awesome “Secondary Videos” our medical school branches made to help our premedical students with this year’s application cycle.

Interview Tips Tutorial

The Medical Student Division has prepared a small tutorial on a few interview strategies that we have found to work well when preparing for the medical school interview trail. While interviewing as well, considering using the AMWA Student Hosting Program to stay at AMWA members’ homes in the locations that you are interviewing. This will allow you to connect with AMWA members while saving some money for your celebration once you’ve gotten into medical school!

The Interview

The Free Guide to Medical School Admission

The medical school admissions process is long and can be stressful. Applying to medical school requires insider knowledge, connections, and financial resources. This guide is to help encourage students and give ideas to “close gaps that privilege and structural biases have put in your way.” Some of our fabulous AMWA physicians have created this FREE guide for your use.

The Free Guide to Medical School Admission

Obtaining Clinical Experience / Research

Take a look at the slides and recording of our Getting Clinical Experience / Research Workshop to learn some tips to find your next clinical, research, internship, or job opportunity!

Mentorship Opportunities

Visit the Mentorship Committee page 

Resume Building Tutorial

We know that the medical school application process can be hard. We hope that this tutorial about how to build your resume in order to become a competitive medical school candidate can be useful for you as you embark upon this challenging process.

Resume Building

Global Health Programs for Premedical Students

List of Global Health Programs for Premedical Students

Volunteering abroad is a wonderful way to experience a whole new perspective on medicine, public health, or another culture in general! However, sometimes the decision of which program to choose or which organization to get involved with can seem daunting as there are so many out there! Our pre-med team has compiled a list of organizations and programs that do amazing work with the communities they partner with. These organizations range from participating in community development work in Peru to assisting with vision and eye care in Armenia. If you’re interested in volunteering or interning internationally, but don’t know where to start, feel free to explore this list! You can also reach out to our Global Health Chair for more information on any of these organizations, or to request to add a new program to the list!