Appointments

Pre-Health

We have many students who are preparing for careers in the health professions. There are many different types of health professions like physician, dentist, or physical therapist.

We want to incorporate our student's career goals into their academic graduation plans. Informing your advisor of your health professions interest is important because there is a lot to know about being a health professions student.

Pre-health advising is a type of academic advising that is focused on the academics and co-curriculuars necessary to pursue one of the many health professional careers. For each profession, there are high expectations and specific criteria of students who pursue it. Additional and continued ongoing training is necessary to be a health professions advisor.

There are several academic advisors who trained to provide health professions advising. In general, career advising can be completed in conjunction with an advising appointment. However, it is common for a student to need additional advising time to cover all of the items needed for both graduation (academic advising) and health professional school preparation (pre-health advising).

Division of Health Professions Advising

The Division of Health Professions Advising is dedicated to providing our USF undergraduate students with information and guidance in preparing at USF for their career aspiration as a health professional.

Their office provides

• informational group sessions on requirements for health professional schools,
• how-to workshops on the application processes for health professional schools,
• health professions coaching program, and
• training for USF academic advisors who work regularly with pre-health students.