What makes The Best Medical Schools the leading medical school guide? ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE A CRUCIAL DECISION The medical school you choose determines how you'll spend the next four years of your life and greatly influences what you will do when you graduate. The updated 2000 Edition of The Best Medical Schools advises you of the facts about admission requirements and curriculum at the 137 allopathic and 19 osteopathic schools; plus, it provides all the practical information you need to apply: What is the school's MCAT score release policy? How much clinical exposure can you expect during preclinical years? What is the grading/promotion policy? Are there special programs for members of minority groups? How much financial aid is available? Plus: campus and e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, admissions deadlines, tuition, and more Post-baccalaureate programs and the nontraditional student If you're an older, nontraditional applicant, you probably have plenty of questions about getting into med school. A special chapter inside offers advice on: The financial and personal implications of being an older student Which schools are particularly friendly toward non-traditional students Where you can complete your post-bacc training, and how to survive the MCAT Plus, follow eight nontraditional students through the entire process: from applying to accepting HELPFUL ADVICE FOR THE DREADED INTERVIEW Almost everyone has heard horror stories about someone else's interview. We prepare you for the selection committee by telling you what you can expect to be asked: from the tried-and-true favorites to off-the-wall questionsthat might make you flinch.

Drawn from the extensive database of Guide to Reference, this up-to-date resource provides an annotated list of print and electronic biomedical and health-related reference sources, including internet resources and digital image collections.

The United States is rapidly transforming into one of the most racially and ethnically diverse nations in the world. Groups commonly referred to as minorities-including Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, and Alaska Natives-are the fastest growing segments of the population and emerging as the nation's majority. Despite the rapid growth of racial and ethnic minority groups, their representation among the nation's health professionals has grown only modestly in the past 25 years. This alarming disparity has prompted the recent creation of initiatives to increase diversity in health professions. In the Nation's Compelling Interest considers the benefits of greater racial and ethnic diversity, and identifies institutional and policy-level mechanisms to garner broad support among health professions leaders, community members, and other key stakeholders to implement these strategies. Assessing the potential benefits of greater racial and ethnic diversity among health professionals will improve the access to and quality of healthcare for all Americans.

This is a comprehensive survey of the causes and consequences of declining trust in healthcare, and provides suggestions for its restoration. The authors identify the elements of trust in the environment of modern healthcare, and analyse the sources of mistrust in key areas of medicine.

The Princeton Review's The Best 167 Medical Schools gives you complete and up-to-date info about the best allopathic, osteopathic, and naturopathic schools in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.