How to get from High school to Med School in Canada – majors, courses, research

  • High School to Med School: Major, Courses, Research, Honours, Directed Studies
  • An incoming med student’s path from High School to UBC Medical School
  • We answered your premed questions that you have left in the comments or in messages on:
  • 0:28 The benefits of volunteered in a hospital as a high school student
  • 0:53 Shadowing a surgeon while in high school
  • 1:24 University / Undergrad
  • 1:36 What courses/classes to take
  • 2:07 Choosing a Major
  • 3:17 Research
  • 5:09 How she found her research position What’s it like to do a Honours project and What she did for her Honours Research project The benefits of doing Directed Studies
  • 7:39 How to send your first email asking a faculty member to be your mentor
  • 9:34 Benefits of Directed Studies
  • Other videos coming in upcoming weeks on:
    • Choosing to do a Gap Year
    • Study tips
    • Time Management and Beating procrastination
    • Trying to get publications as a premed
  • I’m Shanna, a Canadian medical student. Every Wednesday afternoon, I release short videos with interviews with different med students, advice videos, and Day in the Life vlogs. Subscribe for a chance to learn how to be the most productive and stress free med student or applicant you can be. Let’s thrive in medicine together. 🙂