PSEP is an intensive six-week full time summer program for highly motivated students who are interested in pursuing a career in the health professions.
Results:
Eligibility:
The Program is designed for rising sophomore undergraduates interested in health profession careers in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, or physical therapy. To be eligible, students must have completed Biology I and II or Chemistry I and II; and have an overall GPA no less than 3.0. Applications whose overall GPA is less than 3.0 will not be considered.
In addition, applicants must meet ONLY one of the following criteria:
Should you have questions about your eligibility, please contact Ms. Shirley Smith at ssmith27@usf.edu.
Students receive a $1,500 grant for participation in the PSEP program. The grant is paid out in two installments.
The 2012 PSEP application (and attachments) must be received or postmarked by Friday, March 23, 2012. Submit via mail or hand deliver completed application packets to:
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Office of Student Diversity & Enrichment
Attention: Shirley Smith, Director
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 24
Tampa, FL 33612-4799
For questions regarding the program and/or application process please contact:
Shirley Smith
ssmith27@usf.edu
(813) 396-9944
On the left - PSEP Class of 2009 at Premier Community HealthCare Group, Inc. in Dade City with Marlene Hart, M.D, medical director (left front) and Kim Schuknecht, C.E.O. (left back).
"I participated in PSEP mostly to improve my verbal reasoning skills for the MCAT and after taking the verbal reasoning and test taking skills sections of the program, I have seen an improvement. I am very grateful for this opportunity, especially the test taking skills section which helped me to re-analyze my outlook on the VR section and improve my score."
"PSEP has given me a lot of confidence and clearly clarifies what it means to be a PREMED."
"This program has really helped me learn more about what the medical profession is really about and how there is so much more to it then just knowing how to treat patients."
"As a student from another university, the students, faculty, physicians have all made me feel at home during the PSEP program. This program has allowed me to gain a lot of insight into the type of physician that I would like to be, and has helped clarify my path into that goal."