Useful Links

Useful websites for health pre-professional students

Allied Health

• Association of Schools of Allied Health Professionals

Allopathic Medicine

• American Medical Association
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• Getting into Medical School: very helpful general information and FAQs for applicants from AAMC
• Med Schools and Careers: information on schools, careers, and the MCAT as well as advice and admissions requirements of all medical schools in the U.S. from the Princeton Review Web site
• Interview Feedback: includes resources and information on medical school interview questions and answers
• Top Medical Schools - Primary Care: from the U.S. News and World Report on America's Best Graduate Schools

Alternative Medicine

• American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
• Acupuncture.com: lists acupuncture schools, both accredited and non-accredited
• Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Athletic Training

• National Athletic Trainers' Association

Chiropractic Medicine

• National University of Health Sciences: Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine
• Northwestern Health Sciences University

Dentistry

• American Dental Education Association: formally the American Association of Dental Schools
• American Dental Association
• American Student Dental Association
• US Dental Schools
• University of Minnesota School of Dentistry

Financial Aid

• Student Aid on the Web - FAFSA Information

Health Professionals (General)

• The Princeton Review
• National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health

MCAT Preparation and Information

• The Official Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) Web site: includes general information about the MCAT and information on the computerized MCAT as well as sections on registration, examinees with disabilities, practice tests, MCAT scores, examinee data, research, and news.
• About the MCAT Exam
• MCAT Exam Registration 

Resources for Preparation

• Complete Guide to the MCAT: from the Princeton Review
• Your Complete Guide to the MCAT: a course from Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
• Dr. Flower's MCAT

Nursing

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Occupational Therapy

• American Occupational Therapy Association 

Optometry

• American Academy of Optometry 

Osteopathic Medicine

• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine 

Pharmacy

• Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
• Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
• American Pharmacists Association

Physical Therapy

• American Physical Therapy Association
• World Confederation for Physical Therapy

Physician Assistant

• American Academy of Physician Assistants
• The PA Forum: The PA Resource Center

Podiatric Medicine

• American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine
• American Podiatric Medical Association

Public Health

• American Public Health Association

Sports Medicine

• American College of Sports Medicine
• American Society of Exercise Physiologists