For immediate release: Sept. 18, 2008
Contact: Anne McMillin, APR
Health Science Communications
Office 775-682-9254
Mobile 702-292-4247
amcmillin@medicine.nevada.edu
School of Medicine offers two preview sessions
for prospective medical students
Designed for undergraduates considering medicine as a career
LAS VEGAS/RENO, Nev.— The University of Nevada School of Medicine is offering two preview sessions for undergraduate college students considering applying to medical school.
Las Vegas and Reno undergraduates considering a career in medicine should plan to attend one of these free informational sessions. Families are welcome. The first orientation is planned for Tuesday, Oct. 7 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Reno at the School of Medicine’s Pennington Medical Education Building, Room 16. The second session will be held Tuesday, Oct. 21 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the UNLV Student Union, Room 208B, in Las Vegas.
Each preview includes presentations on the admission process, advice for financial planning for medical school and perspectives offered by current medical students and faculty members. These previews are designed for those thinking about applying for medical school as well as those in the application process.
Please fill out an RSVP card online to register and indicate which session you will attend. For more information, call (702)671-6457 for the Las Vegas preview day or (775)784-6063 for the Reno orientation.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.