Health Professions

Useful Health Professions Web Sites

• Human Medicine – MD/DO
• Chiropractic
• Dentistry
• General Health Career Information
• Diversity Opportunities and Information
• Forensic Medicine
• Medical Technology
• Naturopathic & Alternative Medicine
• Nursing
• Nutrition
• Occupational Therapy
• Optometry
• Pharmacy
• Physical Therapy
• Physician Assistant
• Podiatry
• Post-Bacc Programs
• Public Health
• Speech Therapy
• Veterinary Medicine

Human Medicine – Physician (MD and DO)

Professional, MCAT and Application Sites

• AspiringDocs.org This site is designed to encourage more well-prepared African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American students to pursue careers in medicine.
• Association Of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) This site provides general information about allopathic medicine (MD degree), including links to the US allopathic schools.
• American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) This site provides information about and access to the on-line application used for almost all of the allopathic medical schools.
• American Association Of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) This site provides general information about osteopathic medicine (DO degree), including links to the US osteopathic schools.
• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (AACOMAS) This site provides information about and access to the on-line application used for all of the osteopathic medical schools.
• American Medical Student Association (AMSA) This site provides useful information to pre-medical and allopathic medical students.
• Interview Information This site will give you a lot of information about medical schools as well as feedback from med school applicants about their interviews and the schools/curricula/student bodies, etc. The interview information may be very helpful, but you are cautioned to be aware that “quality control” varies quite a bit on this site. If something seems off, it probably is.
• MCAT Access this site to register to take the MCAT
• Off Shore (Foreign) Medical Options Information about and links to off shore medical schools
• Student Osteopathic Medical Association(SOMA) This site provides osteopathic medical students with lots of useful information.
• Texas Medical & Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS) This site provides the entry point to information about and the application for 7 of the 8 medical schools in Texas (Baylor is not included).

General Interest, Issues, Opportunities

• Issues in Medicine This link starts with interview information, but also includes current issues in medicine.
• The Next Generation, a free, on-line pre-medical journal sponsored by the New England Journal of Medicine
• Physician Shortage Area Program- This site describes a special program with Jefferson Medical College for students interested in a career in small town/rural family medicine. Allegheny students who fit the criteria for this program receive preferential treatment in the admissions process.
• Sports Medicine - This is the web site of the American College of Sports Medicine and contains a wide variety of information about the field of sports medicine.
• Virtual Mentor – The on-line ethics journal of the AMA, this site has case studies in medical ethics and other articles on ethics and professionalism in medicine.

Chiropractic Medicine (DC)

• American Chiropractic Association (ACA) This site gives general information about chiropractic medicine and Association activities.

Dental Medicine (DDS and DMD)

• American Dental Education Association (ADEA) This site provides general information about dental education and US dental schools.
• American Dental Association (ADA) This site provides information about the DAT, the test required of all dental applicants.
• American Student Dental Association (ASDA) This site has good infoormation for pre-dental students concerning dental school admission and financial aid.
• AADSAS This site links you to the on-line dental application via the ADEA website.
• Scholarware DAT Review This test prep company provides a good CD-ROM review for the DAT, a test that is only given on computer.
• Texas Medical & Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS) This site provides the entry point to information about and the application for all 3 dental schools in Texas.

Diversity Opportunities and Information

• AAMC Minorities in Medicine Information and links for minority students interested in allopathic medicine.
• Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association APAMSA is a national organization that aims to address those issues important to Asian-American medical students.
• Hispanic Medical Association Information and links for Hispanic practitioners in all types of medicine.
• Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Health This committee of AMSA aims to reduce health disparities between different racial, ethnic and cultural groups through advocacy, education and service.
• Gay and Lesbian Medical Association The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) is the world’s largest and oldest association of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health care professionals. The site provides good information and links.
• Latino Medical Student Association The LMSA was founded to represent, support, educate, and unify US Latino(a) medical students.
• Native American Medical Students ANAMS is a student organization representing Native American graduate health professions students of all types throughout the US and Canada.
• Post Baccalaureate Program at Georgetown A one year experience at Georgetown U. School of Medicine for students from a disadvantaged background who show promise for a future in medicine.
• Premeds of Color This site is dedicated to providing premedical students of color with an online resource to better prepare them to apply to medical school.
• Student National Medical Association The SNMA is the nation’s oldest and largest independent, student-run organization focused on the needs and concerns of medical students of color.
• Summer Medical and Dental Education Program This site describes the SMDEP, a FREE (full tuition, housing, and meals) six-week summer academic enrichment program, that offers freshman and sophomore college students intensive and personalized medical and dental school preparation. Program components include a learning skills seminar, academic preparation, and clinical experience.
• Women in Medicine The American Medical Women’s Assoc. is the only multispecialty organization dedicated to advancing women in medicine and improving women’s health.

Forensic Medicine/ Forensic Science

• American Academy of Forensic Science This site offers general information about forensic science as well as a listing of graduate programs.

General Health Career Information

• ExploreHealthCareers.org This site includes overviews of 76 health careers with academic requirements, accredited programs, and job outlook. It also includes salary ranges, enrichment programs, timely articles and information on current health topics.

Medical Technology

• Medical Technology at Rochester General Hospital This site offers info on medical technology in general and the RGH (Rochester, NY) program in particular.

Naturopathic Medicine

• American Association of Naturopathic Medical Colleges This site offers general information about careers in complementary and alternative medicine. It also links to the five member schools offering naturopathic medical education.
• Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
• National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Nursing

• General Nursing Resource – This site offers information about all levels and types of nursing.
• Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (Case Western Reserve U) This site describes the school of nursing with which Allegheny has a cooperative program.
• Nurse Widwifery – This site offers good information about the nurse midwife profession and links to other helpful websites.

Nutrition

• American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNA) This site offers good information about the field of nutrition including the research and education being conducted.

Occupational Therapy

• American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) This site has a wealth of information about the field of occupational therapy and links to schools offering masters and doctoral level OT programs.

Optometry (OD)

• Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) This site provides general information about the field of optometry and the individual schools that grant the OD degree.
• Optometry Admission Test (OAT) Information about the test and how to apply to take it is available at this site.
• Scholarware OAT Review This test prep company produces a good CD-ROM review for the OAT for a reasonable price.

Pharmacy (PharmD)

• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) This site provides general information about pharmacy education, links to schools and degree requirements.
• Pharmacy Application Service (PharmCAS) This site provides information about and access to the on-line application service used by the pharmacy schools.
• Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) This site provides information about and access to the admissions test required by about half of the pharmacy schools.

Physical Therapy

• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) This site provides a great deal of information about the profession in general and the various levels of educational programs. There are links to the individual schools.

Physician Assistant (PA)

• American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) This site provides general information about the profession and how to become a PA.
• CASPA - Centralized Application Service for Physician Assistants
• GRE – The exam required by most PA schools

Podiatry (DPM)

• American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM) This site provides general information about podiatric medicine and represents six of the seven podiatry schools in the US.
• American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine Application Service (AACPMAS) This links to the site where you may apply on-line to six of the seven podiatry schools.
• American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) This is the site of the professional podiatric association and provides good information on the field and on foot health.
• Podiatric Mentor Network This site provides a listing of podiatrists who are willing to talk to students about the profession and, possibly, to spend time shadowing.
• Summer Internship—Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine Summer Internship specifically for students interested in podiatric medicine.

Post-Baccalaureate Programs

• www.aamc.org/students/considering/postbac/start.htm This site lists programs for students wanting to improve their credentials (science grades or MCAT scores) as well as programs for students who did not originally intend to pursue a career in medicine and now need the core sciences and medical experience.
• www.naahp.org/resources_postbac.htm Good general information and links to specific programs
• www.drexelmed.edu/biograd/mlas/ This site describes a post bacc program that is especially appropriate for pre-veterinary students.

Public Health

• American Public Health Association (APHA) This site has good general information about public health and the variety of career directions that an MPH offers.
• Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) Everything you would need to know about schools of public health!
• What is Public Health? This site has lots of general information about careers in public health
• Requirements for a Degree in Public Health
• SOPHAS The centralized application service for accredited schools of public health will be available July 2006
• “What is Public Health?” This is a good general site illustrating the many ways public health touches us all.

Speech and Hearing Therapy

• The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association This site offers general information and links to educational program sites
• Program Guide to speech and hearing education programs

Veterinary Medicine (VMD and DVM)

• Academy of Rural Veterinarians – This site is dedicated to promoting and supporting rural veterinary medicine.
• American Pre-Veterinary Medical Association A site for pre-veterinary students with good information and links.
• Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) This site has lots of information about veterinary medicine and has links to all US and Canadian veterinary schools.
• GRE - The exam required by most veterinary schools
• Veterinary Medical College Application Service (VMCAS) This site provides access to the centralized application service which many (but not all) veterinary schools use.
• Texas Medical & Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS) This site provides the entry point to information about and the application for Texas A&M Veterinary School