Pre-Health Modules
Exploring
You can orient yourself to the Middlebury pre-health program by watching a short video (you’ll need to be signed in with your Middlebury e-mail) where you’ll learn about what makes for a successful pre-health student. While watching the video, some students have found it helpful to take notes on the Pre-Health Circle graphic. After you’ve watched the video, take some time to familiarize yourself with our website and the pre-health slate of suggested courses.
Anatomy of an Applicant & Self-Assessment
Anatomy of an Applicant: Self-Assessment Tool (use to identify areas of strength and opportunities for growth, and to guide your conversations with pre-health advisors)
Readiness & the Health Professions Committee
Health Professions Committee Overview
HPC Readiness Self-Assessment - due NOV 15th for HPC review during that academic year
Professionalism
Pre-health students will encounter the term ‘professionalism’ many times during their preparation for professional school. While most people have an intuitive sense for what professionalism means, it can be helpful to think of professionalism in terms of values and behaviors.
Examples of values that comprise professionalism in medicine include competence, morality, compassion, respect, responsibility, and communication.
Behaviors associated with professionalism reflect the values of a profession. For example, responsibility can mean paying attention to deadlines, arriving on time, and dressing in a way that is accepted by the profession. Good communication is another aspect of professionalism, and we ask you to reflect on your communication practices. Do you take the time to carefully read and review e-mail communications? Do you respond to e-mail communications in a timely manner, using language appropriate for the workplace? If you have asked a professor or advisor a question, or reached out for guidance or a letter of recommendation, do you close the communication loop with an expression of thanks and an acknowledgement of their efforts?
Professionalism also means being responsible on social media, and adhering to best practices during interviews. The Middlebury College Health Professions Committee and most professional schools strictly prohibit candidates from recording and sharing information about interviews, and will ask for candidates to attest that they are not using any recording devices.
Adapted from: Aspiring Doctors and Professionalism in Medicine