Inside Geisinger Med School Admissions with Dr. Michelle Schmude

Admissions Straight Talk

Welcome to the 600th episode of Admissions Straight Talk! In this milestone episode, host Linda Abraham sits down with Dr. Michelle Schmude, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Professor of Medical Education at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, to explore the innovative and comprehensive Total Health Curriculum.

Dr. Schmude shares how this evidence-based program prepares medical students for the complexities of 21st-century healthcare through early clinical experiences, team-based learning, and a focus on systems-based and humanistic medicine.

Listeners will also learn about exciting updates at Geisinger, including the evolution to Geisinger College of Health Sciences and its impact on healthcare education, as well as details on the Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program, which allows students to graduate debt-free in exchange for service in underserved areas.
Relevant Links:

• Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
• Med School Admissions: What you Need to Know to Get Accepted
• Evaluating a Situational Judgment Test for Use in Medical School Admissions: Two Years of AAMC PREview Exam Administration Data

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• Accepted: Your Guide to CU School of Medicine
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• NYMC: How to Get In
• How to Write Essays That Will Get You Into Medical School

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Rozdziały

1. Welcome Dr. Michelle Schmude, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (00:00:00)

2. Can you give an overview of the Geisinger Med School program focusing on its more distinctive elements? (00:01:39)

3. What's new at Geisinger? (00:06:05)

4. Reviewing the total health curriculum and its three fees phases. (00:08:04)

5. Reviewing the six themes in the curriculum and how they manifest in the Geisinger experience (00:10:27)

6. The Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program (00:13:51)

7. What is the Geisinger secondary application like? (00:16:29)

8. What do you think of applicants using chatGPT or other AI options in writing their essays? (00:18:54)

9. What does the AAMC PREview give you that you don't get from the rest of the application? (00:20:05)

10. What are the mistakes you commonly see applicants make? (00:24:15)

11. The Geisinger MMI interview (00:26:26)

12. Do you want students you admit to have both research experience and clinical exposure? (00:28:52)

13. How do you evaluate multiple MCAT scores? (00:31:57)

14. How do you choose admits from so many applicants? (00:32:39)

15. How do you view update letters either before interview, after the interview or from waitlisted applicants? (00:34:21)

16. What would you have liked me to ask you? (00:36:05)

17. Faculty advisors and mentors (00:37:01)