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Pre-med Guide
by
Tambra Stevenson

                    There are three kinds of people in the world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, those who wonder what happened.
                   -Unknown

Hello, I am Tambra Stevenson, an undergraduate, from Oklahoma State University
                who is majoring in Human Nutrition with a Spanish minor with a pre-med option.  I truly
                   feel that I  am a person who makes things happen and I am doing so through the development of this webpage.  The purpose of this wepage is to assist those who wish to
pursue the field of medicine much like myself.
 

                    You can check out my resume and also a mini pre-med seminar outline that I was supposed to present at my school which contains some additional helpful links.
 

MedWorld Opinion Forums
                    This website is helpful in answering any questions that you may have if you are pre-med or a medical student.

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
            The AAMC's Minority Medical Education Program (MMEP) provides summer enrichment programs for those prospective minority medical students. It is part of the Project 3000 by 2000. You can read more on this wonderful opportunity by clicking on AAMC. I speak from personal experience. I attended the Baylor/Rice Honors Premedical Academy. It was truly a worth while learning experience.

American Medical Student Association (AMSA)

American College of Preventive Medicine

American Public Health Association

Public Health Caucus

Assocation of Schools of Public Health

Office of Minority Health
Read the Healthy People 2000 for Black Americans Report

Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
                    CDC contains several educational and training opportunities throught summer programs, internships and the like.

Summer Programs
               Check this link our for summer programs ranging from research to clinical settings that are
                totally paid. Also for those want to combine both interests--medicine and spanish or another foreign language.

Tambra's TOP TEN Reasons for attending a summer program

Financial Advice and Resource$: Part I

Financial Advice and Resource$: Part II
Supplies lucrative links for minority scholarships, fellowships, and more

Pre-Medical Resources
Valuable books that assist in obtaining your career goals.

Advice from medical students
Also, check out Xavier University's pre-med advisor's recipe to get into medical school.

Pre-Med Timeline
Are you on the right course?

Medical School Information @ MIT
                Medical School Information MIT's strengths in the sciences makes it an excellent starting point for
               a career in medicine. Many MIT students apply as seniors, but a significant number have been graduate students (even PhD candidates) or alumni...

Pre-Health Professions Information @ CWRU
                   Case Western Reserve University Pre-Health Professions Information Revised Spring,1997
                 Memo to: All Premedical Students From: Joanne Westin, Ph.D., Premedical Adviser Office of Undergraduate Studies

 Other links:

Oklahoma State University
Check out my school, organizations, and so forth.

Resource Site for the Environmentally-Conscious
             

U.S. News
            Check the rankings of medical schools and the various programs where your interests may lie.

HealthWeb: African American Health
              The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences. Louisiana State
           University provides approximately 30 biographies and pictures of African Americans.
Historical statistics on the number of PhD's in the sciences are available.
 

                    I will continue to update the webpage periodically. Please do not hesitate to email me, if you have any questions or concerns.
 
 
 

Email me at tambra08@hotmail.com

Last updated: February 25, 2000