Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · Courses
PPP
3 courses with the subject PPP, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PPP 111Intro to Health Professions
This course will provide students the opportunity to explore a variety of health professions and gain a better understanding of how each contributes to a comprehensive healthcare team. Working healthcare professionals will be invited to share a day in their lives and the path required to join their profession. Students will develop a plan to prepare for their success in their chosen pre-health pathway. (1)
Is a seminar and workshop course designed to prepare students to apply to Health Professions Schools (such as medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, veterinary medicine, etc.). Topics will include health professional school’s application process, timeline, entrance exam preparation, personal statement, and interview workshops. This course will consist of lectures, speaker presentations, class workshops, individual meetings, and student presentations. Students will have opportunities to continually evaluate their personal motivation by reflective writing and personal discussions. This course will be tailored to the group of students and the professional schools they are applying to that year- medical, dental, optometry, veterinary medicine, etc. Student assignments will include (but not limited to): reflective writing/ journal entries on shadowing and healthcare issues (ethics, current healthcare in US, etc.), personal statement (drafts and revised version), participation, and student presentations.
Is a structured course designed to address the important components of the application process for graduate health professional programs (ex: Medicine, Physician Assistant, Dentistry, Optometry, etc.) and develop personal competencies to succeed in healthcare. This is a seminar and workshop course that will focus on admissions information (personal statements, timelines, application process, etc.), personal development (goal setting, strengths/ weaknesses, motivation, study skills and learning) and capstone research design (selecting project,
