premedical
- adjective
- /ˌpriːˈmɛdɪkəl/
:
premédico
- She enrolled in a premedical program to meet the requirements for medical school admission.
- premedical student
- premedical program
Examples
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Since 1995, Indiana University School of Medicine has operated an internally funded premedical post-baccalaureate program that enrolls applicants from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds.
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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.
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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).
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It narrates the experiences of five disadvantaged and underrepresented minority students in a premedical postbaccalaureate program preparing to retake the MCAT.
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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.
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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
6
4.2
Courses or programs that prepare students for medical school
Relating to studies or activities that prepare someone for a job
Acting as an introduction that prepares students for later study in a subject
How Advanced
- Specialized
1
7.6
- Specialized
50
6.0
- Specialized
44
6.3
152
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.