Medical Specialties
The doctor who treats skin conditions like acne, rashes, and sunburn.
What is a dermatologist?
The period of medical training that immediately follows medical school graduation, lasting between 3 and 8 years.
What is residency?
This healthcare professional helps patients recover mobility and strength after an injury, often found in a rehab center.
What is a Physical Therapist?
The four-year college degree you must finish before you can apply to medical school.
What is a bachelor's degree?
What the letters MCAT stand for.
What is the Medical College Admission Test?
This specialty focuses on the brain and nervous system, treating diseases like stroke and epilepsy, without surgery.
What is neurology?
A doctor in their very first year of training after graduating medical school is called this.
What is an intern?
A healthcare professional who can diagnose, treat, and prescribe medication, but works under the supervision of a physician.
What is a Physician Assistant?
Taking this step means spending time watching and learning from a physician in a clinic or hospital.
What is shadowing?
The number of main sections on the MCAT, all of which are scored and combined for your total score.
What is four?
This specialist treats newborns, toddlers, children, and teenagers.
What is a Pediatrician?
The term for the final, optional 1-3 years of training needed to become a subspecialist, like a cardiologist or a trauma surgeon.
What is fellowship?
This type of nurse has a Master's degree and can serve as a primary care provider (Hint: often uses the initials NP)
What is a Nurse Practitioner?
The two science subjects most often required as prerequisites for medical school.
What are Biology and Chemistry?
The highest possible total score you can achieve on the MCAT.
What is 528?
Specializing in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults
What is Internal Medicine?
The common term for the annual computer system that matches medical students with residency programs across the country.
What is The Match?
A healthcare professional specializing in the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of eyes and vision disorders
What is a Optometrist?
A grade point average that specifically calculates your grades in courses from biology, chemistry, physics, and math
What is your Science GPA (BCPM GPA)?
How long the MCAT lasts (The amount of time it takes to complete the test)
What is 7-8 hours?
This specialist diagnoses disease by looking at tissues and fluids in a lab, often without directly interacting with the patient.
What is a Pathologist?
After residency, a doctor must pass a difficult exam to become officially recognized, or this, in their chosen specialty.
What is Board Certified?
This professional helps people improve skills needed for daily life and work, like getting dressed or cooking, after an illness or injury.
What is an Occupational Therapist?
These "extracurriculars" are crucial for medical school applications because they show you can handle high-stress situations and long hours.
What are volunteering, clinical experience, and research?
The maximum number of time a person can take the MCAT in their lifetime.
What is seven?