Pre-Med/Pre-Health Tips
For those interested in the health professions, you should be well informed about the requirements and characteristics of several career fields and plan your undergraduate curriculum to broaden your options. You should be realistic about your own abilities and have several alternatives in mind. Below you will find several different health-related professions:
The ideal Pre-Med student will have:
Additional Resources
Career Center
Have you ever considered exploring Healthcare as a career but were unsure about how to start? There are many components to begin your pre med/pre health journey! If you are unsure about which health career interests you most, you are encouraged to speak with a Career Coach.
- Visit the Healthcare Website
- Job Search Tools and Templates
- Get involved in student clubs or Activities, click here for the full list.
- Join Handshake
- Contact Career Coach, Heather O'Connor
Experience
Your courses and grades are just some of the areas in which you are evaluated. You may also be evaluated on:
1. Shadowing
2. Leadership
3. Undergraduate Research
4. Volunteering:
- Stony Brook Medicine Hospital Volunteers
- Response- Crisis lifeline volunteer
- Lifeline
- Stony Brook University English Pals
- LI State Veteran's Home
- Center for Service Learning and Community Service
5. Clinical Experience/Internships/Work Experience:
- Medical Scribe (ScribeAmerica)
- Medical Assistant (often, private practices will train you)
- Phlebotomy
- Certified Nursing Assistant
- EMT, EMS