YouTube Videos to Teach and Inspire!
- ICU Advantage
- ICU Advantage is a great YouTube page that posts insightful medical education videos. If you want to learn more about medical terminology, physiology and anatomy, or anything else related to field of medicine, this page has it all covered. It is also a great reference for content review for any classes you may be taking during your Pre-Health years!
- Med School Insiders
- Med School Insiders gives Pre-Health students insight to what life is like after your undergraduate years. This page posts great study strategies and tips, MCAT mastery videos, Day in the Life videos of various medical professionals, and "So You Want to be a ___?" videos. If you want to explore different medical professions, need some assistance on studying, or want to learn more about the medical field, visit this page to find all your needs!
- Shemmassian Academic Consulting
- Shemmassian Academic Consulting is one of the best resources for Pre-Health students on the Pre-Med track. This page provides MCAT help including MCAT passage walk throughs, daily MCAT questions, and MCAT courses and sign-up links. This page also provides insight to medical school applications, interviews, and residency information for after medical school. It also provides insight to individual medical schools that may be on your list that you wish to apply to. Check out this page to find awesome resources and connections!
- Sydney Dong
- Sydney Dong is a current medical student who offers valuable advice and resources for Pre-Med students. On her page, she shares insight to her application cycle and points out where she went right and wrong throughout her application. She also posts extremely useful resources for Pre-Med students to use during their Pre-Health years and will take lots of stressors and worries off of students. Check out her page for inspiration and advice during your Pre-Health journey!
- Medical School HQ
- Medical School HQ is a great resource for Pre-Med students. This page includes application renovations and tips for how to become the most competitive applicant for wherever you wish to apply. They have a mission statement which is to help get you accepted to your dream medical school. Check out this page to grow during your Pre-Health years and prepare for your application cycle to medical school!
Recommended Medical/Health Books for Pre-Health Students:
Below is a list put together by current U of A Pre-Health Students of recommended books that have helped inspire them to help those in need and continue to study fields in the medical world.
- The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer – Siddhartha Mukherjee
- The Gene: An Intimate History – Siddhartha Mukherjee
- The Laws of Medicine – Siddhartha Mukherjee
- The Body: A Guide for Occupants – Bill Bryson
- The Unseen Body – Jonathan Reisman
- When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End – Atul Gawande
- The Pre-Med Journey – Lakshya Trivedi
- My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey
- Cutting For Stone – Abraham Verghese
- The House of God – Samuel Shem
- The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician’s First Year
- Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon’s First Years – Michael J. Collins
- What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine – Danielle Ofri
- Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance – Atul Gawande
- Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science – Atul Gawande
- How Doctors Think – Jerome Groopman
Various Other Resources!
- Interfolio
- Interfolio is a great resource when collecting Letters of Recommendation. Through Interfolio, you have the ability to request a LOR after filling out a form and some brief information you would like your writer to know and mention. These LORs can be stored in Interfolio without you ever seeing them and can be saved for when it is time for your application. This is a great idea if you have a mentor early on in your Pre-Health career who you want to write you a LOR while your work with them is still fresh in their head!
- Student Doctor Network
- This website includes vital information for all Pre-Health professions and information about these professions. Whether you are looking to be a physician, dentist, optometrist, pharmacist, podiatrist, psychologist, veterinarian, etc., this website has all the information you will need!
- Old Pre Meds
- Old Pre-Meds is an excellent page to visit if you are on the Pre-Med track and are planning on applying to medical school. This page offers great tips and tricks for when applying and provides unique and personalized help to make your application stronger and to make yourself the best applicant you can be.
- Great resources for pre-meds
- Anki
- Anki is one of the most well-known apps to use for content review. Whether you are preparing for a graduate/professional school exam, such as the MCAT, PCAT, GRE, etc., or are reviewing for an exam coming up in one of your courses, Anki is a great tool to use to ensure you truly understand and know all the material on your exam. This application is one you need to check out!
- Complete Anatomy
- Complete Anatomy is a great application and tool to use during your physiology and anatomy courses, or whenever you are learning about the human body. This application provides adjustable 3D models of the human anatomical body, that includes labels and intricate details. This app allows you to switch between different organ systems and learn about tiny features included in human anatomy.
- Anatomy 3D Atlas
- Anatomy 3D Atlas is an excellent tool to use to help you learn human anatomy and physiology. This apps has multiple adjustable views of the human body with labels to help you understand memorize what you are looking at. Use this app to help study for exams and learn more about all the details and features of the human body.
- Volunteer Match
- Volunteer Match is a great resource to use to find volunteer opportunities wherever you may be located. This website provides you information to all the potential opportunities available within your community where you can give back and make a positive change. These opportunities are an excellent way to learn more about the diverse world and become an active leader in the community.
- KMap
- KMap is a University of Arizona resource that shows you all the research being done on campus within certain departments, fields, areas, topics, etc. Simply type in a specific keyword into this resource, and all the faculty conducting research affiliated with that keyword will be presented on this map. If you are looking to get involved in research on campus, this is an excellent resource to find a project that you will have a great interest in.
- Undergraduate Research Online Database
- The Undergraduate Research Online Database is a University of Arizona resource that provides you information about all the research being done across campus. Whether you are interested in oncology, neurology, cardiology, sports medicine, etc., this database will show you all the projects being done in your topic of interest and faculty members to reach out to for information about joining their project. If you are looking to find research on campus, this is a great resource to use.
- Indeed
- Indeed is one of the most commonly used job-finding platforms across the country. Indeed can find you job opportunities in whatever field you are looking for. Whether it is related to health-care or not, you can find job opportunities and openings in whichever location you request. If you are looking for some work, Indeed is a great first place to start looking.
- Handshake
- Handshake is a great resource for students who are looking to network and find jobs and/or internships. Through Handshake, you are able to view numerous job/internship opportunities that you can apply for. So many students use this website on campus to find openings and opportunities to help boost their professional careers.