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All Aboard the Pre-Health Cruise: Services, Packages, and Destinations. 2007 NACADA National Conference Baltimore, MD Kathy Hestand University of Kentucky Danita Turpin. University of Kentucky. Public Research-extensive Land grant university
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All Aboard the Pre-Health Cruise:Services, Packages, and Destinations 2007 NACADA National Conference Baltimore, MD Kathy Hestand University of Kentucky Danita Turpin
University of Kentucky • Public • Research-extensive • Land grant university • Lexington, Kentucky
Health Profession Colleges • Medicine • Dentistry • Nursing • Pharmacy • Public Health • Health Sciences
Central Advising ServiceUndergraduate Studies Staff • Director • Assistant director • 12 Academic advisors • Clerical staff (2 FT) • Student workers Students We Advise • Undergraduate Studies students • Non-degree • National Student Exchange students • Pre-professional students (in addition to their major advisor)
Pre-Health Advising at UK • Medicine • Optometry • Podiatry • Dentistry • Nursing • Pharmacy • Physical Therapy • Physicians’ Assistant
Pre-professional Cruise:Beginning to End • Pre-Sailing Preparation • Check-in • On-Board Activities • Shore Excursions • Emergency Plan
Pre-Sailing Preparation • High School Students • Transfer Students • Career Changers • Outreach
Check-In Freshmen Meeting & Individual Appointments • Our Services • Pre-Professional Information • Campus & Community Connections
On-Board Activities • Health Experience • Academics • Networking • Volunteering • Research
Shore Excursions Procedures to Disembark • Timeline • Admissions Tests • Application Procedures • Assessing levels of competitiveness
Emergency Plans for the Adrift Student • Modification plan • Departure plan
Packages • Listserve • Volunteer List • Handouts • Website • Letters of Recommendation
Strengths Student driven Not major specific Well versed in other options Diversity Partnerships with health colleges Challenges Contact is voluntary Roles not defined Not many schools have this model Very demanding on existing staff Strengths/Challenges
Allopathic (25/13) Duke Indiana Marshall Mayo Ohio State Robert Wood Johnson Arkansas Florida Kentucky (44) Louisville (23) Virginia Commonwealth Wright State Yale Osteopathic (8/8) Chicago College Kansas City University Lake Erie College Lincoln Memorial University (2) Ohio University Pikeville College (14) Touro University West Virginia School (2) Dental Howard West Virginia Loma Linda Ohio State (3) Louisville (7) Kentucky (19) 2007 Destinations
Discussion Central Advising Service 109 Miller Hall University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0035 www.uky.edu/UGS/centadv859.257.3383 Kathy Hestand kshest00@email.uky.edu Danita Turpin dlturp2@email.uky.edu
Discussion Central Advising Service 109 Miller Hall University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0035 www.uky.edu/UGS/centadv859.257.3383 Kathy Hestand kshest00@email.uky.edu Danita Turpin dlturp2@email.uky.edu