The extensive information provided on this site was compiled by Dr. Charles Ferguson to help students improve their chances of success in health-related careers. You'll find resources to help you assess your personal fit with specific careers. You'll also find tips for getting into medical school and other health-related programs.
CLAS Health Careers Advising: Your #1 Resource
Dr. Charles Ferguson, Dr. Kent Nofsinger and Denise Leberer are available to assist in planning a course of study designed to improve your chances of success in the health career of your choice and Trishia Vasquez is available by appointment for the BA/BS MD program. For additional resources please click here. Please click on the links above for Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Nofsinger, Denise and Trishia's walk-in office hours for advising.
EVENTS AND SEMINARS:
The information below lists current events and seminars that may be of particular interest for students pursuing a career in the Health Professions. To see University events and seminars happening on the Denver and Anschutz campus, please click here.
Wednesday, May 16, 6:00p - The Blair - Caldwell African American Research Library will present a special showing of Cancer Cell Research: The Way of All Flesh at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16. This is the 1997 BBC documentary that was referred to throughout The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. The video is one hour long. At this time, the library only has the film on short-term loan, so if you are interested in seeing it please try to attend this screening. If you have questions or wish to RSVP, please contact Althea Redd at althea.redd@gmail.com or Terry Nelson at 720.865.2404.
THURSDAY. MAY 10TH, NOON-1:00P - GLOBAL HEALTH LECTURE SERIES.
"Vaccine Safety: The Risk of Undermining Our Successes at the Global Level", presented by Patrick L.F. Zuber, MD, MPH. 
Global Health Lecture Series 5 10 12.pdf
NEW MINOR IN HEALTH HUMANITIES (HEMHM)
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is pleased to introduce a new undergraduate interdisciplinary minor, Health Humanities (HEHM). This minor highlights humanities and related social science approaches to medicine and health.
The health humanities offer insight into the human condition as it pertains to the arts and sciences of healing and deepen understanding of disease and wellness, pain and suffering, personhood, the nature of death and dying, embodied experience, and the limits of technological knowledge. Attention to literature, history, philosophy, rhetoric, and the arts reveals the ethical, cultural, and social contexts of health and medicine. For more information please see the attached document. New Minor in Health Humanities.pdf
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT CHANGES COMING TO THE 2015 MCAT
AAMC’s Board of Directors approved the MR5 committee’s recommendations for the 2015 MCAT exam. The changes are designed to help students prepare for a rapidly-changing health care system and an evolving body of medical knowledge while addressing the needs of a growing, aging, and increasingly-diverse population. Among the changes are added emphasis on the social and behavioral sciences, scientific inquiry and reasoning skills, and introductory biochemistry. The critical analysis and reasoning skills section will ask students to analyze information in passages from a wide range of social sciences and humanities disciplines, including ethics and philosophy, cross-cultural studies, and population health.
For details about the content of the future exam, see: https://www.aamc.org/students/download/266006/data/2015previewguide.pdf
MCAT COOPERATIVE
The MCAT Cooperative is now enrolling students for our summer course and we are offering it for $700 (less than half the price of typical Kaplan and Princeton courses). The course itself is taught by current MD students who have recent success with the MCAT and the admissions process in general. We keep our class sizes low so our teaching staff can have a more interactive dynamic with the students, offering around 63 contact hours.
Please visit us online at www.mcatcooperative.com . If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us: mcatcooperative@gmail.com