PLME Advantages?

bruno14
Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:56:58 +0000

PLME question queen here.

I_wanna is correct in that you don’t have to spend all of your time choosing classes and activities just because you think they’ll make you a good candidate for med school.

There’s no extra workload besides the required PLME courses (basically the pre-med requirements). There are research and volunteering opportunities available, but not anything that wouldn’t be available to another student. There’s just some extra infrastructure to help you get them.

In admissions, you need to be able to show that you know what being a doctor means, and that you are devoted to this career path. Basically, you need experience in medicine, may it be through volunteering, shadowing, or research. Having gone to Colombia to do vaccinations is great (though probably not possible), but you can get the same experience through volunteering at your local health clinic, for example. No need to go overboard.