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Essentials sessions

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Essentials Sessions are designed for undergraduate and post-bachelor students pursuing pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-PA, and pre-nursing, pre-optometry, pre-veterinary, pre-health sciences, or pre-OT.  Held year-round, essentials sessions will familiarize students with the required and recommended prerequisite coursework, major and minor selection, extracurricular activities and healthcare experiences, professional exploration, the application timeline, and other helpful campus resources.

Pre-Medicine

Pre-Med advisors request that you attend an Essentials Session prior to scheduling a one-on-one appointment.

Sessions will be held either in-person or via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Friday, March 24 from 2:00-3:00pm on Zoom

Tuesday, April 4 from 2:30-3:30pm in the UAC Computer Lab

Thursday, April 27 from 6:00-7:00pm on Zoom

Sign up for a pre-med session

Pre-Dental

Pre-Dental advisors request that you attend an Information Session prior to scheduling a one-on-one appointment.

Sessions will be held either in-person or via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Wednesday, March 22 from 6:00-7:00pm on Zoom

Wednesday, April 26 from 11:00am-12:00pm in the UAC Computer Lab

Sign up for a pre-dental session

Pre-Physician Assistant

Pre-PA Essentials sessions are geared towards students taking undergraduate level coursework at Wayne State in order to apply to any Physician Assistant program in the country. Pre-PA students need to attend an Essentials meeting prior to scheduling a one-on-one appointment. Non-WSU students planning to transfer to WSU are welcome to attend. Please note: These meetings are not an overview of the College of Pharmacy and Health Science Master's in Physician Assistant Studies program.

Sessions will be held either in-person or via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Thursday, April 6 from 6:00-7:00pm on Zoom

Sign up for a pre-physician assistant session

Pre-Nursing

These sessions are designed to share the "essentials" of a competitive application to the College of Nursing.  Each session includes suggested resources and experiences that pre-nursing students can use as they prepare their applications.  The session includes supplemental materials review at the College of Nursing Information Sessions.  *Fall 2022 Pre-Nursing Freshmen: Consider being part of a Pre-Nursing First Year Interest Group!

Sessions will be held either in-person or via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Tuesday, March 21 from 1:30-2:30pm on Zoom

Monday, April 10 from 2:00-3:00pm on Zoom

Sign up for a pre-nursing session

Pre-Optometry

All sessions will be held via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

There are no remaining pre-optometry essentials sessions this semester.  Please check back for future dates.

Pre-Veterinary

All sessions will be held via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Wednesday, March 29 from 1:30-2:30pm on Zoom

Sign up for a pre-veterinary session

Pre-Health Sciences

These essentials sessions are designed for undergraduate and post-bachelor students interested in the pre-health sciences: pre-clinical laboratory science, pre-mortuary science, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, pre-radiation therapy technology, and pre-radiologic technology. Meetings will cover all aspects of preparing for and applying to the programs. 

All sessions will be held via Zoom.  Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Thursday, April 13 from 2:00-3:00pm on Zoom

Sign up for a pre-health sciences session

Pre-Occupational Therapy

All sessions will be held via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Thursday, April 6 from 11:00am-12:00pm on Zoom

Sign up for a pre-occupational therapy session

 

Questions?  Contact us at premedadvising@wayne.edu