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About a quarter of medical schools in the United States offer combined undergraduate and medical programs for high school students. High school students have been admitted to going from high school to medical school without the need to apply for a medical school.

When thinking about transitioning your healthcare practice to Canada, many international or foreign-trained physicians pursue alternate career paths as they begin the journey of applying for Canadian medical residency. This may include becoming a clinical or surgical assistant. Unlike medical residency, this is an alternate option in Alberta, for applicants with prior medical backgrounds looking to get started in clinical work.

The popularity of veterinary medicine has created a very competitive admission procedure for places available in each veterinary class. Most of the 30 veterinary schools in the United States, as well as several international programs, use VMCAS for professional development. This centralized service allows students to submit their data to multiple schools by creating a unique application.

A PA seems to grow. A PA works in various medical settings and specialties. But before you become PA, you must graduate from a doctor's assistant program. The PA school varies in length but generally lasts about two years. As the field continues to grow and more opportunities for PA, the competition for accepting the PA program is more difficult.

Applying for a nurse practitioner program can be a daunting and stressful process. Are the ratings and test results competitive? Will you accept the NP program despite your lack of nursing experience? Will you finally be accepted on the program or will you leave living in the mother-in-law cellar for the rest of your life?