Pre-Health Career Pathways empowers students to prepare for and successfully pursue careers in the health professions. We specialize in working with our pre-medical, pre-physician assistant (PA) and pre-dental populations, but we encourage all students to explore their career options in health fields. We focus on competency-based advising, encouraging students and future applicants to engage in self reflection, rigorous pursuit of academic enrichment, and intentional exploration of on campus involvement and engagement.
We are part of the Center for Career and Experiential Education (CCEE), proudly supporting student success through engagement in high quality personal and professional experiences.
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The newsletter is our primary method of communicating information about pre-health professional opportunities, events, and resources—both on campus and off campus—to interested students. You must be subscribed to the newsletter to receive updates about the application process and relevant deadlines.
There is no formal application or declaration process for becoming a pre-health student at URI. We consider joining the newsletter the unofficial way of declaring yourself on a pre-health professional track.
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The URI difference
Prestigious Awards
Pre-health students who work with the Office of National Fellowships are competitive in highly prestigious national scholarship competitions.
Unique opportunities
The Early Identification Program with Brown University’s Alpert School of Medicine is open to RI juniors who show exceptional promise.
Special pathway
Johnson and Wales University interviews qualified URI applicants to the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies.
News and events
- Student Pre-Health Clubs and Organizations - Through clubs and organizations, URI pre-health students have built a supportive community of peers. Here is a sample of our student groups.
Interview with Alex Conklin, First Year DPT Student at URI - First-year DPT student has advice for current pre-health students: "If you have a positive mindset and believe in yourself, you’ll do the best you can and be successful."
Interview with Mazen Taman, ‘23 - As a first year medical student at Brown, Mazen Taman shares his thoughts on life after URI and his advice for other students.
Interview with Nana Ofei-Tenkorang, ’12 - The current Chief Resident of the family medicine residency program at Cleveland Clinic in Akron, Ohio shares her thoughts on how URI helps prepare students for medical careers.