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premedical

premedical

4.7
Studies that prepare students to enter medical school
  • adjective
  • /ˌpriːˈmɛdɪkəl/
translation icon : premédico
  • She enrolled in a premedical program to meet the requirements for medical school admission.
  • premedical student
  • premedical program

Examples

  • Since 1995, Indiana University School of Medicine has operated an internally funded premedical post-baccalaureate program that enrolls applicants from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Additionally, the sample size was small, and the participants in this study were not representative of the typical premedical student.

    Academic text (2015)
  • This would require, however, that the students be familiar with PBL, which is not generally part of the premedical experience.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Physics departments have long been providing service courses for premedical students and biology majors.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Further research is needed to characterize humanistic and intrinsic-level factors among premedical students that are linked to eventual practice in underserved areas.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Conclusion: A group of disadvantaged and underrepresented premedical students found that confronting a PBL case to prepare this group for the MCAT was valuable.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Premedical post-baccalaureate programs have addressed this issue, with varying degrees of success, and have served to expand the pool of successful medical school applicants (Whitten, 1999).

    Academic text (2009)
  • It narrates the experiences of five disadvantaged and underrepresented minority students in a premedical postbaccalaureate program preparing to retake the MCAT.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Dr. Carmichael, a first-year chemistry professor and director of the premedical program at Xavier University of Louisiana, was chosen to give this address by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Two senior premedical students in the college, Ed Pettitt and Beth Gancher, have initiated the newest adaptation of Talking with Kids about HIV/AIDS: Help Understand and Guide Me (HUG Me), a program with the Ithaca Youth Bureau (Ithaca, New York).

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

premed
vspremedical
  • US
6 4.2

Courses or programs that prepare students for medical school

is the full formal term rather than the short informal label
preprofessional
vspremedical
6.3

Relating to studies or activities that prepare someone for a job

is focused specifically on preparing students for entry to medical school
propaedeutic
vspremedical
  • Formal
9.9

Acting as an introduction that prepares students for later study in a subject

is used for general introductory teaching rather than specific medical preparation

How Advanced

subspecialist
  • Specialized
1 7.6
fellowship
  • Specialized
50 6.0
residency
  • Specialized
44 6.3
medical school
152 3.2
premedical
4.7

Surface Forms

premedical positive

Morphology

premedical = medical (semi-transparent) = pre + medical

The prefix clearly means 'before', but the educational sense 'preparing for entry to medical school' is somewhat more specialized than a purely literal time relation.

Etymology

Premedical is made of pre- meaning 'before' and medical meaning 'related to doctors and medicine', like in medicine. So premedical describes the courses or study you do 'before' medical school to get ready to become a doctor.