The Caduceus Club's
purpose is to aid the students of Eastern Kentucky University in
accomplishing their health career goals. The main focus is prepare them
to obtain admission into professional schools (such as medical, dental,
optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, physician's assistant and others).
Traditionally the club has had many guest speakers to familiarize
students with different aspects of the health professions. We would
like to continue this tradition and try to involve students in
activities that will enhance their chances of reaching their goals. In
addition, the club sponsors a book sale each year, takes trips to
regional medical schools, organizes practice admissions exams for the
professional schools, organizes area professional health-care givers
for shadowing experiences for the students, and finally has an awards
banquet at the end of the academic year.
The club has a lot to
offer potential health career students. This web page is also part of
our outreach to the EKU community, and we hope it will be helpful to
you. If you would be interested in joining our organization, then click
on "To Join..." in the menu at the right. To find out about our
activities, then choose "Activities". "Links" will lead you to a great
many sites to help you in planning a career and guidelines to gain
admission to a school appropriate for you. The "Pre-med Guide" was
prepared by one of our students and former Club president, Dawn P.
Wierwille, who has subsequently gone on to medical school. The Guide
should be an invaluable resource in preparing your application for
medical school. There will soon be similar guides for the other
pre-health options.
