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Post-Baccalaureate Programs for Students Who Have Completed Their Pre-Medical Requirements
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If you have completed the basic requirements for medical school, but your grades in those courses do not make you competitive for admission, you should take additional upper-level science courses to boost your science GPA before you apply. You can do this by taking classes as a non-matriculating student at a university. Or, you can complete a post-baccalaureate program, which is more structured, and enables you to receive on-site advising.
Some post-baccalaureate programs are non-degree programs; others give students the opportunity to complete a master’s degree. Of those that offer a master’s degree, several are at medical schools, where students typically take their post-bac courses alongside medical students. To assist you with investigating your options, two program lists are given below: one for programs that are not affiliated with a medical school, and another for programs that are. These lists may not quite be complete; a regularly-updated, searchable database of post-baccalaureate programs is available at the AAMC web site.
The following is a list of programs that are NOT affiliated with a medical school:
American University
Post-baccalaureate Pre-medical Certificate Program
Dr. Frederick Carson, Director
(202) 885-1770
Barry University
Post-Baccalaureate/Master of Biomedical Sciences Combination Program
(305) 899-3379; or toll free: 1-800-756-6000, extension 3379
healthsciences@mail.barry.edu
City College of New York
Pre-medical Studies Program
Duquesne University
Post-baccalaureate Pre-medical Program
(412) 396-6335
postbacpremed@dug.edu
Harvard Extension School
Health Careers Program
Dr. William Fixsen, Director
(617) 495-2926
University of Miami
Pre-medical Post-baccalaureate Program
(305) 284-5176
University of Pennsylvania
Special Science Program, College of General Studies
(215) 898-7326
The following are programs at medical schools:
Boston University School of Medicine
Master of Arts in Medical Sciences
(617) 638-5120
Master of Arts in Clinical Investigation
617-414-1329
Chicago Medical School
Master of Science in Applied Physiology
(847) 578-3209
Drexel University College of Medicine
Interdepartmental Medical Science Program, Medical Science Preparatory Program
Gerald Soslau, Ph.D., Program Director
(215) 762-7864
imsinfo@drexel.edu
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Medical Masters Program
(757) 446-8424
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Special Masters Program in Physiology
202-687-1179
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Biomedical Sciences Post-Baccalaureate Program
(814) 866-8146
New York Medical College
Basic Medical Sciences Interdisciplinary Program
(914) 594-4197
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Biomedical Sciences Certificate
800-999-6998, (215) 871-6700
admissions@pcom.edu
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Post-baccalaureate Program
Keat Sanford, Director
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine / VCU
Pre-Medical Basic Health Sciences Certificate
(804) 828-6916
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