Lincoln Pre-Health Society

The Lincoln Pre-Health Society was organized to help students who wish to attend health profession schools, such as medical, dental and veterinary school. The society also includes students who are interested in careers in physical therapy, pharmacy, physician assistant and other health professions.

We meet regularly to discuss such topics as the medical school application process, how to write a personal statement, how to interview successfully and how to establish internships with a health professions mentor. We also invite a number of health care professionals to speak to our group. Currently, the meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 4:15 pm.

If you are interested in the Lincoln Pre-Health Society or if you would like more information, please contact Dr. Tonya Laakko Train at 336-278-6653 or e-mail ttrain@elon.edu.

Click here for The Health Professions Home Page

Click here for The Lincoln Pre-Health Facebook Group page

Officers:

The officers for the 2012-13 academic year are:

• President: Morgan Gregg
• Vice President: Rachel Wilson
• Secretary: Kacy Nichols
• Treasurer: Colin Gartner

The Ideal Medical Student

The ideal medical student is a self-directed learner. This means that he or she:

• takes increased responsibility for learning
• establishes his/her own learning goals
• develops his/her own plan to achieve those goals
• exercises self-discipline
• diagnoses, prescribes and evaluates his/her own learning
• uses a variety of learning resources
• recognizes his/her own limitations
• realizes when more information is needed
• locates the needed information