Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC)
Dr. Jeannette Runquist , Chair
Many students at BSC intend to pursue careers in various health professions such as: medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, optometry, veterinary medicine, and graduate programs in nursing, pharmacy, public health and occupational/physical therapy.
The Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC) consists of faculty from the divisions of Science and Math, Humanities, and Behavioral and Social Sciences. The Pre-Health advisor (Dr. Jeannette Runquist, 226-4882) is the chair of HPAC. She is available to consult with students who are interested in learning more about health-related career opportunities. Her duties include assisting students with planning 4 year schedules, pre-health internship placements, and preparation of graduate/professional school applications (AMCAS, AADSAS, VCAS).
HPAC maintains a bulletin board to make students aware of health related programs, volunteer/job opportunities, application deadlines, financial aid opportunities and health professional school information and recruiting sessions.
HPAC provides a composite evaluation for students who are applying to the graduate/professional schools. The procedure for requesting an HPAC evaluation can be found below under "Guidelines for Pre-Health Students." Other useful information and pre-health requirements are given below.
Useful web sites for pre-health students include:
www.medicalstudent.net - Site developed and maintained by medical students which contains useful general information, chat rooms for premedical and pre-dental students.
Association of American Medical Colleges - Contains information on application procedures to American Medical Schools including AMCAS (American Medical College Application Service).
American Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges - Contains useful information on application procedures to Veterinary Medicine Schools.
American Dental Association - Click on Education for information on professional school application and AADSAS (Association of American Dental School’s Application Service).
www.scholarware.com Commercial site for the purchase of DAT study guides and useful links on dental school admission.
Vanderbilt University - Click on School of Nursing for information on prerequisites and application procedures to the Masters of Science (MSN) program.
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Under find, click on schools, then onto School of Optometry for information on the contents of the Optometry Aptitude Test (OAT).