Overview of Medical Careers
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How many osteopathicschools and brach service participate in AACOMAS?
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34
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how many pharmacy programs paerticipate in PHARMCAS?
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111
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how many physician assistants programs participate in CASPA?
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179
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How many chiropractic schoos are there in Florida?
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2
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How may pharmacy programs are there in Florida?
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6
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How many Podiatry Schools are there in Florida?
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1
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the name for the application service for osteopathic medicine?
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AACOMAS
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Which health professional careers share the SAME national admission test?
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Podiatry, Osteopathy
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Which of the health professional careers national application services accept applications beginning in June?
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AMCAS, ADSAS, AACOMAS
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What is a difference in the handling of applications for Allopathic programs versus the handling of applications for Osteopathic programs, at the relevant national application service?
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Receipt of Letters of Recommendation
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Approximately how many hours will you be spending at the MCAT test site
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5
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In what type of interview does the interviewer have previous knowledge of your application material.
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open file
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The current total numeric maximum score for the 2014 MCAT
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45
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What category is no longer used in the current MCAT?
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writing sample
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M.D. medical school programs
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Combined MD./Ph.D programs Early decision M.D programs
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Who do optometrists work for?
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No one they are independent
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Do you need a degree for Optometry school
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no
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How many schools of optometry are there in the U.S. including Puerto Rico?
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21
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Female students make up approximately what part of most optometry classes [based on 2011 statistics]?
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2/3
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In 2015 how much longer will the MCAT be?
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2 hours
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Which Florida school DOES NOT have a Pharmacy program?
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FGCU
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What is minimally required by the majority of pharmacy programs?
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60 semester hours
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How long are pharmacy programs
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4 years
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What does PCAT stand for?
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Pharmacy College Admissions Test
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How many programs are there for osteopathic medicine? (including branches)
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34
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The first two years of the typical osteopathic curriculum focuses on
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basic sciences
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Which states license doctors of osteopathic medicine?
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All of them
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OMT
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Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
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How many chiropractic schools/programs in Florida?
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2 Palmer College of Chiropractic National University of the Health Sciences
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How many dentistry schools/programs are in Florida?
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3 University of Florida Nova Southeastern University LECOM
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How many Allopathic medicine schools/programs are there in Florida?
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7 Florida Atlantic University Florida State University Florida International University University of Central Florida University of Florida University of Miami University of South Florida
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How many osteopathic medicine schools/programs are there in Florida?
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2 Nova Southeastern University LECOM
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How many pharmacy schools/programs are in Florida?
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6 University of Florida Florida A&M University Nova Southeastern University Palm Beach Atlantic LECOM USF
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How many optometry schools are there in florida
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1 Nova Southeastern University
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How many podiatry schools are the in florida?
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1 Barry University
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How many veterinary schools are in florida?
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1 University of Florida
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How many physicians assistant programs are there in florida?
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5 University of Florida Nova Southeastern University: Ft. Lauterdale, Naples, and Orlando Campuses Barry University: Miami Shores and St. Petersburg Campuses
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When do you send out residency applications?
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3rd and 4th year of med school
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How many semester hours are required for allopathic med school?
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120
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USMLE 3
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when you specialize
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USMLE 2
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to graduate med school
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AACOMAS
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(Osteopathic) 26 schools and 8 branch campuses
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AACPMAS
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(Podiatry) 9
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AADSAS
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(Dental) 55
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AMCAS
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(Medical Schools) 141
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CASPA
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(Physicians Assistant) 179
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PHARMCAS
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(Pharmacy) 111
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VMCAS
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(Veterinary) 36
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OPTOMCAS
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(Optometry) 21
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When does the MCAT not have seats?
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June-September
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How many categories does the PCAT and Dentistry test have?
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8
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After you graduate optometry school when can you start practicing?
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Immediately after
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GPA for optometry school
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3.45
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What admissions test must you take for optometry
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OAT (Optometry Admissions Test)
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For osteopathic medicine there is a heavy emphasis on what subject?
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Anatomy
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What are the only osteopathic training programs currently accredited in Florida, of the 29 colleges with 38 locations that have such programs in the United States?
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Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine branch campus
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Osteopathic GPA
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3.0 or higher
