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Are you looking for virtual medically-related experiences? The UAB Heersink School of Medicine is offering a virtual immersion experience for pre-medicine students.

What to Expect

  • Virtual sessions with the Heersink School of Medicine's top medical education leaders
  • Hands-on, virtual experience with the diverse modalities by which our students learn
  • Virtual patient simulation and standardized patient settings
  • Opportunities to work with physicians and experience patient encounters using telehealth
  • Mentoring from current medical students
  • Mock interviews
  • And much more

Requirements

  • Preference is given to 2026 AMCAS cycle applicants
  • Must have faced challenging economic or educational circumstances or graduated from rural high schools, high poverty or low performing high schools. According to the Department of Education, low performing schools are defined as those that rank in the bottom 10% of their respective state
  • Preference is given to Alabama residents

Application

Applications open: August 1st, 2024
Apply by: September 27th, 2024

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Contact

Please contact medschool@uab.edu with any questions.

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