Resources and Documents
Here you will find various documents and other resources to help you on your pre-health journey.
Academic and Career Information
See our Explore Health Careers page for academic and career information by medical field.
General Education Recommendations
We recommend that all pre-health students enroll in courses that meet the following General Education requirements to help you develop a broad understanding of the health professions in relation to other disciplines of study.
General Education Recommendations (PDF)
Linkage Programs
HPAO is in the process of developing Linkage Programs with various campuses. Linkage Programs are formal agreements between various health professional schools and California State University Long Beach that offer students special consideration for admission.
- CSULB Linkage with Marshall B. Ketchum Physician Assistant Program: Students interested in this program must first join the CSULB Pre-Physician Assistant Club (email: csulbpact@gmail.com)
Med/Grad School Resources
- Pre-requisites Across Health Professions & Pre-Health Plan for Non-Science Majors (PDF)
- Medical School Admission Requirements (PDF)
- Pre-Health Application Timeline and Checklist (PDF)
- Health Professions Centralized Application Services At-A-Glance (PDF)
- Summer and Gap Year Opportunities (PDF)
- Interviewing for the Health Professions (PDF)
Diversity Resources
- AMSA Gender and Sexuality Resources
- Immigrants Rising: Empowers undocumented young people to pursue their dreams of college, career, and citizenship in the United States.
- Minorities in Medicine (AAMC)
- Point Foundation: Scholarships for meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
- Pre-Health Dreamers (PHD): A rapidly growing information-sharing network and community of over 150 pre-health undocumented students across the country. PHD investigates and shares information on career pathways for pre-health undocumented students as well as advocates for more progressive institutional and governmental policies for undocumented students.
