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2024 AMWA Premedical Division Brochure

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!

Medical School Admissions / Applications

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

BeMo

BeMo Academic Consulting Inc. (“BeMo”) is one of the most sought-after admissions consulting firms in Canada famous for helping students of all backgrounds get into medical school and other professional programs.

We believe everyone deserves access to higher education regardless of racial, cultural and socioeconomic background.

With over 24,000 students, and a success rate of 93.5%, BeMo has helped more students get into competitive programs than any other academic consulting firm in the field.

Our mission is to make admissions fair through our paid mentorship programs, bi-yearly scholarship program for pre-medical and medical students, free blogs and videos, advocacy for access to education, and our research and development of the next generation of admissions screening tools that are better at selecting top performing while remaining fair to all applicants.

bemoacademicconsuling.com

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CramBetter

Need help with your undergrad math and science classes? CramBetter is a 24/7 online tutoring service for college physics, chemistry, organic chemistry, and math classes from precalculus to calculus 3. CramBetter provides study guides and practice exams that are focused only on the material that’s likely to show up on exams, and the tutors explain all the topics covered in class in simple terms, without the academic jargon. If you want to your med school application to be competitive, getting good grades in your undergraduate classes is a must. CramBetter has an excellent track record of improving student GPAs, especially for premed students on their way to medical school. Try CramBetter today with an exclusive AMWA membership discount by becoming an AMWA Member today! To access the discount, log in to the AMWA Member Portal and select “Member Benefits.”

https://crambetter.com/

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Anki Remote

AMWA Premed Members receive an exclusive $10 discount on Anki Remote devices—designed to help students master long-term study habits using Anki. Make your studying more efficient with this simple, powerful tool!  Visit Anki Remote to learn more and claim your discount. To access the discount code, log in to the AMWA Member Portal and select “Member Benefits.”

MedSchoolCoach.com

EduMed.org

As an AMWA Premedical member, you have access to free resources regarding financial aid! Their financial aid guide focuses on taking a proactive approach to paying for college, so students can determine their financial needs, make a plan, and maximize the aid they receive through diverse (and sometimes unfamiliar) options. 

Pixorize

Founded in 2018 by two Ivy League medical school graduates, Pixorize turns the most complex facts covered on the MCAT and USMLE Step 1 exams into easy-to-remember visual stories. Pixorize’s expansive content library includes over 700 mnemonic videos in biochemistry, immunology, pharmacology, microbiology, neuroanatomy, psychology, sociology, and other sciences. Join the tens of thousands of students who have gained an edge on their exams by studying visually with Pixorize! Learn more at https://pixorize.com.

Through its partnership with Pixorize, AMWA pre-medical and medical student members receive exclusive discounts on Pixorize subscriptions. Login to access these discounts.

Gold Standard MCAT-Prep

• Giveaway: Gold Standard MCAT Crash Course with two months of free access to three students (total sponsorship value $299) yearly. About the course: https://www.mcat-prep.com/MCAT-crash-courses/
• 10% discount on MCAT prep courses and MCAT practice tests

Professional Development

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

Premedical Opportunities

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!

EduMed.org

As an AMWA Premedical member, you have access to free resources regarding financial aid! Their financial aid guide focuses on taking a proactive approach to paying for college, so students can determine their financial needs, make a plan, and maximize the aid they receive through diverse (and sometimes unfamiliar) options. 

Medical Student Vlogs

These videos were created in 2020 but the information is still current. The videos can be found at this link: https://tinyurl.com/medstudentvlogs!

… And much more!

Please see our Membership Benefits Page, Awards & Scholarships Page, and Advocacy Page for more information on ongoing initiatives, scholarships, resources, discounts, and ways to become involved!

About AMWA – Resources

Career Guide and Work/Life Balance

The practice of medicine can be very rewarding. Physicians are respected members of the community who can take pride in their ability to contribute to society by helping prevent illness and by treating people when they are sick. Opportunities in medicine are plentiful and there are many different directions a person can take with the same background training. Physicians usually enjoy a great degree of job security and earn a good living.

This guide is presented from a woman’s perspective and is intended to help high school and college women who are interested in a career as a physician. Although every experience is unique, there are some shared aspects that we have tried to capture to aid interested women in proceeding in an informed way. We have attempted to answer questions you may have regarding medicine and show you the road that you need to take to be successful in achieving your goal.

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements: Dr. Bernice Cohen Sachs, Jackie Nichols, MPH, Dr. Farzanna Haffizulla, Dr. Michele Bloch, Dr. Leah J. Dickstein, Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps, Dr. Roselyn D. Epps, Marie Glanz, Tameka Pyles, Lisa Schlitzhas, and Dr. Jane van Dis

We gratefully acknowledge Janet Bickel for her permission to use excerpts from her book, Women in Medicine: Getting In, Growing, and Advancing.