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Mayo Clinic School of Medicine – Arizona (Scottsdale, AZ)

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Program Overview

Mayo Clinic School of Medicine – Arizona (Scottsdale, AZ)

Secondary Deadline
November 1, 2024
Secondary Fee
$120
FAP Waiver
Full Fee Waived
Casper Required
No
Screens Applications
Yes
Accepts Application Updates
Yes Post Interview/Email
Mission

To educate and inspire a diverse workforce of physicians and scientists through excellence in medical education, research and clinical care; to alleviate human suffering by providing compassionate and culturally sensitive care; to enhance the biomedical sciences through discovery and innovation; and to advance the national health care system through population science and leadership.

  • Physician leaders. Physicians model servant leadership in a wide variety of professional settings.
  • Patient-centered. Exemplifying humanism and Mayo Clinic’s unique model of patient-centered health care.
  • Science-driven. Supporting evidence-based medicine and accelerating discovery and innovation using traditional and emerging sciences, and improving the health care system by applying tools from the science of health care delivery.
  • Team-based. Working and studying in collaborative groups and facilitating interdisciplinary, collaborative team-based practice.
  • High-value health care. Advancing the science of health care delivery by mastering the necessary knowledge to improve quality, safety and service within health care systems.
  • Resilient. Adjusting and thriving in an evolving health care landscape, through deliberate training in wellness and resilience and ongoing reflection and effective change in self and in others.
  • Diverse and culturally competent. Recognizing, valuing and respecting the richness of diversity and cultural differences.
Vision
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine will transform heath care for both patients and society through excellence in education, discovery, innovation and leadership.

Values
  • Lead
  • Transform
  • Heal

Application Cycles
2026-2027
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

Coming Soon

2025-2026
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

Coming Soon

2024-2025
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

1. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine? Please tell us in a few sentences why you are interested in the top choice track you indicated. (500 words or less)

2. Each of us relates to others through characteristics that make up our individual diversity. Tell us how your diversity is reflected not only in your personal and professional activities but also in your relationships with others, particularly in diverse learning environments. (500 words or less)

2023-2024
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

Each prompt is 500 words or less.

1. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine? Please tell us in a few sentences why you are interested in the top choice track you indicated.

2. Each of us relates to others through characteristics that make up our individual diversity. Tell us how your diversity is reflected not only in your personal and professional activities but also in your relationships with others, particularly in diverse learning environments.

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