The purpose of the University of Connecticut’s Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Center is to provide systematic and sustained resources and advising to students and alumni of the University community for students interested in pursuing professional careers as doctors of medicine and dental medicine, or as physician assistants.

The Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Center, with the support and direction of the Pre-Professional Faculty Advising Committee, provides individual advising, informational group and workshop activities, and professional school application process services to prospective students, current students, alumni, faculty, and University staff.

We offer an annual MCAT/DAT Prep Test course for students preparing to take the exams. Course enrollment increased by 28% this past spring over its inaugural year. In late 2013, the certificate-granting Post-Baccalaureate Program was relocated to the Storrs Campus from the School of Medicine. The administration of the Post-Baccalaureate Program is now housed within Enrichment Programs and maintains close affiliation with the Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine. For Fall 2014, the program received 58 applications and 12 applicants accepted admission into the program. A full slate of workshops for Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental students, and dinner events for students and alumni in the Special Programs in Medicine and Dental Medicine and the Post-Baccalaurate Program, are being planned and scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

The Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Center encourages any student interested in a health profession to meet as early as possible with the Director. Appointments can be scheduled via AdvApp or by contacting the Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Office, listed under the Pre-Professional Programs heading.

Keat Sanford, Ph.D.
Advisor, Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Center
(860) 486-1655
keat.sanford@uconn.edu

Return to Enrichment Programs Faculty Update Fall 2014

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