Pre-Med Club
Meeting Minutes
Spring 2014 ♦ TNR 461 ♦ General Meeting
Dr. Matthew Olmstead D.O. Emergency Medicine – The
Process of Medical School
Date: Tuesday February 11th
Start Time: 5:00 PM.
End Time: 6:00 PM
I.
Dr. Olmstead initially wanted to give us some tips on how to get to medical
school. He provided us with the following information and was very insightful:
A. Why medicine?
a. Job opportunities
b. Work as part of a team
c. Help others
d. Serve your community
e. Challenge
f. Prestige/respect
g. Continuous learning
h. Lifestyle/Wealth
i. Science of medicine knows no borders.
B. Options after Undergrad
a. Pharmacist
b. Optometrist
c. Chiropractor
d. Advanced Nurse Practitioners
e. Nurse Anesthetist
f. Physician Assistant
g. Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.)
h. Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.)
i. Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
j. Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
C. So you want to go to medical school…
a. Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
i. 4 year program
ii. Traditional medical degree
b. Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
i. 4 year program
ii. Emphasis on primary care physicians
1. 60 % of D.O.’s practice in primary care specialties
2. Family medicine
3. General Internal Medicine
4. Pediatrics
5. OB/GYN
iii. Many D.O.’s practice in rural or medically underserved
communities.
iv. Additional training in the Musculoskeletal System
1. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)
D. Requirements for Admission
a. Bachelor’s Degree
b. Science GPA and Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher strongly
recommended to be considered for admission. No grade lower
than a C will be accepted for prerequisite coursework.
c. Coursework required
i. Biology/zoology: 8 semester hours with lab
ii. General chemistry: 8 semester hours with lab
iii. Organic Chemistry: 4 semester hours with lab
iv. Biochemistry: 3 semester hours
v. Physics: 8 semester hours with lab (may substitute 3
semester hours of Statistics)
vi. English, English composition, speech, or literature: 6
semester hours
vii. Other recommended courses include cell biology,
microbiology, immunology, physiology, and anatomy
d. Exposure to medicine
i. All applicants must have exposure to medicine
documented in a letter of recommendation from a heath
care provider. Exposure is required so applicants will
have already determined whether the osteopathic or
medical profession is right for them. This experience can
be paid or volunteer.
e. Take the MCAT
i. Test results within the last 3 years, prefer within the last 2
years.
E. How to apply
a. Application Services
i. American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS)
ii. American Association of Collages of Osteopathic
Medicine Application Services (AACOMAS)
b. Supplemental Applications
c. Letters of recommendation
d. Interview day
i. Competitive Applicants are invited for on-site interview
ii. Typically Sept-Feb but may be different depending on the
school
iii. All day interview
1. Morning presentations (introductions, curriculum,
financial aid)
2. Lunch with current students
3. Interview (About 30 min)/ tours
F. How to apply example:
a. Timeline information for the Entering class of 2014
i. May 8, 2013 AMCAS application available
ii. June 4, 2013 Earliest date to submit AMCAS application
iii. September 12, 2013 Last MCAT test date for 2014
application consideration
iv. November 1, 2013 Last date to submit AMCAS
application
v. December 1, 2013 Secondary application deadline
vi. May 15, 2014 Last day to make a final decision on which
medical school you will be attending
vii. August 18, 2014 First day of class
G. This is going to cost how much?
a. Tuition/Fees/Expense
i. You will borrow your tuition, fees, and a salary for 4 years
ii. Tuition: DMU $42,392 (2013-2014, UW-Madison $24,919
iii. Total cost for attendance :
1. Year 1: $66,809
$46,271 (Resident)
2. Year 2: $65,217
$56,170(Non-Resident)
3. Year 3: $71,622
4. Year 4: $70,173
H. Curriculum
a. Year 1
i. Introduction to osteopathic medicine
ii. Introduction to medicine and the internet
iii. Biochemistry and molecular genetics
iv. Osteopathic manual medicine 1
v. History of medicine
vi. Behavioral medicine
vii. Anatomy
viii. Cell & tissue biology
ix. Neuroanatomy
x. Microbiology/immunology
xi. Physiology
xii. Physical diagnosis 1
xiii. Basic life support
xiv. Geriatrics
xv. Pathology
xvi. Radiology
xvii. Introduction to medical ethics and the doctor-patient
relationship
b. Year 2
i. Pharmacology
ii. Evidence-based medicine
iii. Preventative medicine/nutrition
iv. GI
v. Cardiovascular
vi. Physical diagnosis II
vii. Osteopathic manual medicine II
viii. Medical ethics II
ix. Respiratory
x. Hematology/oncology
xi. Endocrine
xii. Infections disease
xiii. Renal
xiv. Reproduction
xv. Neurology
xvi. Psychiatry
xvii. Rheumatology/orthopedics
xviii. Ophthalmology
xix. ENT
xx. Dermatology/allergy
xxi. Advanced cardiac life support
xxii. Neonatology laboratory
xxiii. Ophthalmology laboratory
xxiv. ENT laboratory
xxv. Gynecology laboratory
c. Electives
i. Advanced dissections in anatomy
ii. Animal-assisted therapy
iii. Beginning medical Spanish
iv. Chronic care
v. Clinic research methods and ethics
vi. Complementary and alternative medicine
vii. Cranial nerves
viii. Death and dying
ix. Diagnostic strategies
x. Dissecting the medical drama genre
xi. End of life care
xii. Exploring the human condition
xiii. Geriatrics
xiv. Images of women in popular culture
xv. Interviewing and communications kills
xvi. Introduction to figure drawing
xvii. Medical Spanish
xviii. Medicine and the arts
xix. Mental illness and the cinema
xx. Nutrition survival 101
xxi. Pain and pain management
xxii. Problem-based anatomy
xxiii. Problem-based learning biochemistry
xxiv. Reproductive health choices
xxv. Rural medicine
xxvi. Spiritual and religious issues in patient care
d. Year 3 & 4
i. Clinical rotations
I. Medical Licensing Exam
a. USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Exam)
i. Step 1
ii. Step II (CK), Step II (CS)
iii. Step III – Licensing exam
b. COMPLEX (Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing
Exam)
i. Level I
ii. Level II
iii. Level III – Licensing exam
J. Post-Graduate Training
a. Internship/Residency
i. Apply doing your 4th year
ii. Begin July 1st of each year
iii. Range 3-8 years
b. Fellowship
i. 1-4 years
K. Board Certification Examinations
a. Specialty Specific
i. Emergency Medicine
1. Part 1 (Written Exam)
2. Part II (Oral Exam)
3. Part III (Clinical Exam)
4. COLA
5. CMA
a. 120 hours over a 3 year block
6. Recertification every 10 years