Who are health professions advisors?
Students exploring or planning a career in medicine should seek out the health professions advisor on their campus to assist them. Most U.S. colleges and universities designate an individual as the school’s health professions advisor. That person may be a faculty member, often in the sciences, who advises health professions students as well as teaches them, and perhaps even performs scientific research. The health professions advisor may be a member of the academic dean’s office that oversees all academic advising at the institution. Another possibility is that the advisor is housed in the school’s career center, specializing in advice regarding health careers. The common denominator is that health professions advisors are knowledgeable, supportive individuals whose role is to provide information and guidance as you prepare for your chosen profession. How can a health professions advisor help you? Your advisor can help you determine which courses satisfy premedical requirements, how to
