Is your goal to become a doctor, dentist, veterinarian,
physical therapist, or nurse? Do you have questions about requirements
and/or the application process for health care fields? If so, come
meet Marti Truhitte, the Health Science Career
Advisor located at the Career Center.
Marti Truhitte
Health Science Career Advisor
Career Center 305 Bay Tree Building
Phone: 831 459-5705
Email: truhitte@ucsc.edu
Academic Office Hours:
The Health Science Career Office is open M-Th 8-1.
Individual drop in appointments are M,T,W and Thursdays from 10-noon.
The Health Science Career Office is available to all University
of California, Santa Cruz students who are interested in a career
in the health professions. Please see below for a list of specific
services. We enjoy a highly competitive rate of success in acceptance
to health professional programs. Though Santa Cruz does not have
any professional schools in the health science field, the Santa
Cruz campus offers preparatory courses for health professions such
as medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine. The information
on this web site is intended to serve as guides for preparing for
the health professions field. For more information, drop-in advising,
or one-on-one advising, please stop by for a visit. We are
here to help you through this important and challenging process!
Specific services include:
- General advising regarding medical school and clinical health
related professional programs, including, but not limited to:
- Career goals
- Career assessment
- Majors
- Course selection
- Prerequisites
- Changing trends in medicine and allied health programs
- Personal statement Review
- Interviewing
- Competitiveness (am I a viable applicant?)
- Professional school selection
- Assistance with timelines
- Assistance with applications
- How to make my application stronger
- Postbaccalaurate programs
- Advise on MCAT, DAT, OAT
- Letter selection, evaluation forms
- Advise on gaining experience in chosen field
- Direct advise from Professionals in the medical and allied health
field (admissions deans, doctors, military recruiters, health
professionals, etc)
- Individual appointment available
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