Welcome to
Barry Rothman's Health Professions Web Site
at San Francisco State University
Important News
Pre-Nursing Post-Bac Program - Application Now Available (Click Here)
Pre-Nursing Summer 2012 Advising Course (Click Here)
Recent Talks (Click Here)
Instructor Training Program (Click Here)
SF Bay HCOP (Click Here)
Update - Formal Post-Bac Program (Click Here)
Update - Dental Post-Bac Program (Click Here)
Update - Summer Science Institute (Click Here)
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Pre-Nursing Post-Bac Program - Applications Now Available
In summer 2012, we will begin a special 4-15 month Nursing Post-Bac Program for a 20-60 pre-nursing students who still need to take or retake some or all of the nursing school pre-requisite course work. The application for this program is now available. A small number of fall 2012 transfers are now being considered. Deadline, May 15, 2012. Applications for starting in summer 2012 are no longer being considered.
Click Here for more information about the Pre-Nursing Post-Bac Program.
Pre-Nursing Summer 2012 Advising Course
We will offer a low-cost,1-unit Pathways to Nursing course to be held on Tuesdays, 5-8 pm, from July 10 to August 7, 2012 (5 weeks). Its goal is to provide effective career advising to pre-nursing students. This course will be open to all pre-nursing students, whether undergraduates or post-bacs. The course is offered as Credit/No-Credit only, and will cost a total of about $275.
Click Here for more information about the Pathways to Nursing course.
Copies of Recent Talks (pdf)
Click Here for my SFSU Post-Bac Programs presentation at SFSU (Feb 15, 2011) .
Click Here for my Post-Bac Advising Workshop presentation at SFSU (Feb 22, 2011).
Click Here for my Post-Bac Workshop presentation at AMSA-UC Berkeley (Mar 5, 2011).
Click Here for my Post-Bac Workshop presentation at MIH-UC Berkeley (Apr 9, 2011).
Click Here for Dr. Andrea Boyle's Pre-Nursing Info Session at SFSU (Apr 13, 2011).
Click Here for my Post-Bac Panel talk at the WAAHP meeting (May 2, 2011).
Click Here for my Post-Bac Workshop presentation at SUMMA (Feb 11, 2012)
Instructor Training Program
The Formal Post-Bac Program and Dental Post-Bac Program in partnership with Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) at UCSF train instructors to teach the various courses we offer within these two post-bac programs. We will not run the ITP during summer 2012 but instead consolidate our present group of instructors.
Click Here for our ITP web page.
Click Here for our 2-page ITP and Hiring flier.
San Francisco Bay Area Health Careers Opportunity Program (SF Bay HCOP)
SFSU, in partnership with the Stanford University School of Medicine and the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, has been awarded a 3-year federal grant to promote the entry of students who have had to deal with socioeconomic challenges into the health professions. At SFSU, SF Bay HCOP will fund stipends and additional support services for a group of "HCOP Scholars" chosen from the Formal Post-Bac Program, Dental Post-Bac Program and Summer Science Institute (see below). The award will also fund a number of support activities at SFSU, Stanford and UC Berkeley. Lastly, it will fund several joint efforts among the three partner schools to provide advice and support to pre-health students throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Click Here for the SF Bay HCOP web page.
Formal Post-Bac Program
In June, 2010, the Program was split into two components, a Career Changer Track (CCT) and a new Academic Enhancer Track (AET). The CCT continues the highly structured and supportive program already in place for those needing to take pre-requisite science and math courses and a limited number of upper-division science electives in preparation for applying to graduate health professions schools such as medical, dental and pharmacy schools. The AET is a new track for those who need to improve their academic record by retaking some pre-requisites and upper-division science electives as well as taking for the frirst time a number of upper-division science electives in preparation for applying to graduate health professions schools. See the Comparison Table and Summary page for more details.
An online application for the CCT and the AET is always available. Both tracks use the same application, admit students each semester and have the same deadlines. However, the number of students admitted depends on both track and semester (summer: CCT~60, AET~25; fall: CCT~5, AET~25; spring: CCT~3, AET~25). See the Application and Admission web page for details. Applications are now being considered for admission into Cohort 7 (CCT) and Cohort C (AET), both to begin this summer on June 4, 2012.
A small number of fall 2012 transfers are now being considered. Deadline: June 1, 2012. Applications for entry in summer 2012 are no longer being considered.
Dental Post-Bac Program
We offer a highly successful Dental Post-Bac Program for dental school reapplicants and first-time applicants that .have completed all dental school pre-requisite courses, are socionomically disadvantaged and are committed to practice in underserved communitiies. Applications for the 2012-2013 Program are now available. Deadline: April 1, 2012; late applications will be considered if space is available.
Informal Post-Bac Programs
For those taking major's level pre-requisite science and math courses (Career-Changers) or upper-division science courses (Academic Enhancers) in a less structured environment and for lower tuition. Due to recent California budget cuts, 2nd-Bac Programs throughout the CSU have been eliminated as of spring 2010 and will remain closed for the foreseeable future. The Open U Program is still available at SFSU and other CSU campuses, but due to these budget cuts and subsequent increased enrollment demand by undergraduates, it is difficult but not impossible to get into classes through this program. See the Comparison Table for a feature-by-feature analysis of the Formal and Informal Post-Bac Programs.
Summer Science Institute
For socioeconomically disadvantaged undergraduates who intend to enter any health profession. Provides extensive academic support and career guidance during the summer (June 18 to August 10, 2012), and follow-up activities during the fall and spring. Applications for summer 2012 will become available in late 2011. Use the following links: SSI Home Page, SSI Online Application, SSI E-mail. Deadline: March 15, 2012; late applications are no longer being considered.
