Undergraduate students following a Pre-Med curriculum would benefit by the opportunity to work with established professionals in a Biomedical area as part of their academic training.  These proposed courses are an attempt to provide students with such an opportunity.  These courses would be required of all science majors pursuing a Pre-Med curriculum. 

The Preceptorship Co-Ordinator has a bank of approximately 35 preceptors ranging from biomedical research to Physicians with family and specialized practices. Students will be encouraged to identify a preceptor of their own, to be vetted by the Pre-Med Program Director and Preceptorship Co-Ordinator as providing an active learning environment, or may choose from the preceptorships already identified. The following are fields that are deemed suitable:

Ø     A hospital experience in which the student would accompany an intern or resident (including on-call hours). Weekly reports would be required of the student, including background research on the diseases or procedures seen that week.

Ø       A veterinary experience which would include animal husbandry, simple veterinary techniques and assisting in the care of a variety of large and small animals. Weekly reports would be required of the student including background research on the diseases or procedures seen that week.

Ø       A dentistry experience, which would include accompanying the dentist during the day-to-day practice and performing those tasks, which the dentist would assign. Weekly reports would be required of the student including background research on the diseases or procedures seen that week.

Ø       An experience in which the student would be assigned to either a pharmaceutical company or a local biomedical industry. The preceptorship would include laboratory techniques, preparation of protocols and standard operating procedures as applies to the pharmaceutical industry