Health Professions Advising offers connections and seminars throughout the academic year. Seminars may be health profession specific or general pre-health development. Click here for the full list of all Aggie Connections.
Fall Quarter Connections and Seminars
- Navigating Pre-Med as a First-Year Student
- Interested in becoming a doctor in the future, but unsure of where to begin your pre-med journey? This Connection will cover what you can do during your first year and beyond to be a successful pre-med student! Learn all about what being pre-med actually entails - we will discuss common myths, look at medical school prerequisites and learn how to manage your classes on the quarter system, explore health-related experiences you can do at UC Davis, provide guidance on building relationships with faculty, and more.
When: Tuesdays, 1:10pm - 2pm
Where: 119 Orchard House
This course is not for credit. Register for Navigating Pre-Med. - Black Students in White Coats
- Are you feeling discouraged in pursuing medicine as a student of color? Health Professions Advising (HPA) is passionate about supporting the diversity of pre-health undergraduate students here at UC Davis. Join HPA as we welcome current Black medical students and Kaiser physicians to share their individual journeys into medicine. Each week, we’ll have a panel of professionals that will share advice and strategies on how to navigate this path. You’ll receive inspiring and practical guidance for beginning your pre-health journey. You’ll also have time to ask lots of questions, so get connected!
*This identity-based Connection is a focused experience for first-year undergraduate students of the African diaspora at UC Davis
When: Tuesdays, 5:10pm - 6pm
Where: Virtual on Zoom
This course is not for credit. Register for Black Students in White Coats. - Narrative Medicine: Finding the Value of your Story in the Process of Preparing for Medicine
- In partnership with the Narrative Pre-Health Journal, this Connection will help students understand the value that they bring to medicine through the Humanities. Observation, analysis, empathy, and reflection combined, act as powerful tools for how we process the human experience. This Connection will expose students to different topics/perspectives in healthcare through a variety of mediums (writing, reading, video, etc.) where they will be able to engage with the material through group discussion and written reflection. Participants will produce writing that can be submitted for publication in our literary journal.
When: Thursdays, 5pm - 6pm
Where: 121 Olson Hall
This course is not for credit. Register for Narrative Medicine. - Pre-Veterinary: Path to Success
- Are you interested in working with animals or becoming a veterinarian? Join our Pre-Vet FYAC to learn more about the pathway to veterinary school. You will learn about veterinary school requirements, experiences and resources available to you at UCD. There will be a combination of guest speakers and discussions. This course is a 1-unit EDU 098 course.
When: Mondays, 5:10pm - 6pm
Where: 1010 Valley Hall (Vet School Campus)
CRN: 50529
Register for Pre-Veterinary Path to Success in ScheduleBuilder.
Winter Quarter
- Pre-Veterinary: Path to Success
- Are you interested in working with animals or becoming a veterinarian? Join our Pre-Vet FYAC to learn more about the pathway to veterinary school. You will learn about veterinary school requirements, experiences and resources available to you at UCD. There will be a combination of guest speakers and discussions.
Spring Quarter
- HPA x UCD Betty Irene School of Nursing: Careers in Nursing Seminar
- HPA is excited to announce that we will offer a two-unit Careers in Nursing Seminar in Spring Quarter 2024, in collaboration with the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing!
This course is designed for pre-nursing students, at any stage in their preparation for becoming a nurse, to explore the pathways to a nursing career. It will feature group and individual presentations, current nursing student and career nurse panel speakers, guest speakers from the School of Nursing, and a tour of the School of Nursing. Students will learn how to write personal statements, develop a school list, and research various qualities of nursing programs to become competitive nursing school candidates.