1. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is responsible for providing primary health care to 108 counties of West Texas. We are interested in hearing about the areas of medicine that interest you.

Please indicate the area(s) of medicine you are interested in and briefly describe your significant activities for each respective interest in the available text box. (150 Words Each)
(150 word limit per selection)

• • Practice in an underserved area and/or work with an underserved population
  • Rural/Border health
  • Medical Research/Academics
  • Primary Care
  • Other (Please describe below)

2. Have you experienced any road bumps in your academic career? (Low academic performance, dropping, retaking, or failing courses, etc.)
(250 word limit if you select “yes”)

3. As a part of your journey, please share any instances when a goal of yours was deterred or even halted. What lessons did you learn from this experience, and how did it shape your approach to future challenges? (250 words or less)

4. If you are applying to a dual degree program, please rank them in order of preference.

• • MD/MBA
  • MD/MPH
  • FMAT
  • MD/PhD
  • MD/JD
  • MD/E

5. Have you experienced any hardship or adversity, personally or professionally? If yes, please share your experience with us. (200 words or less)

6. Please tell us about your favorite recreational/leisure activities (100 words or less)

7. Please share with us your ideal practice. For example: Where would you practice? Who would your patients be? What would your specialty be? (100-word limit)

8. Do you consider yourself from West Texas or as having West Texas ties? If yes, what town or county did you reside in, or what other factors would you cite? (100 words or less)

9. Do you consider yourself to be first generation? If yes, please explain your reasoning (Examples of Definition: both of your parents are born outside of the USA, both of your parents have education or a degree outside of the USA, both of your parents do not have an education higher than high school). (100 Words or Less)

10. Have you ever participated in any TTUHSC special programs? (Checklist)

• • Middle School to Medical School (M2M)
  • Early Dedication to Medical Education (EDME)
  • Future Healthcare Professional’s Experience (FHPE)
  • Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
  • Premedical Enrichment Program (PEP)
  • Graduate Medical Education Sciences (GMES)
  • N/A

Medicine and Engineering (MD&E) Prompts:

1. Describe your motivation to pursue this program at TTUHSC, be sure to include how you expect to benefit from our program. (200 words or less)
2. How do you anticipate this program making you a more efficient caregiver? (200 words or less)
3. Please list the highest-level math/chemistry/physics course you have taken or are currently taking. (200 words or less)

Family Medicine Accelerated Track (FMAT) Prompts:
3 year MD path leading to FM residency in Lubbock, Amarillo, or Permian Basin

1. What motivates you to participate in the FMAT program? (200 words or less)
2. What experiences have you had that would prepare you for this intensive program? (200 words or less)
3. What, in your opinion, distinguishes Family Medicine from other medical specialties? (200 words or less)

1. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is responsible for providing primary health care to 108 counties of West Texas. We are interested in hearing about the areas of medicine that interest you.

Please indicate the area(s) of medicine you are interested in and briefly describe your significant activities for each respective interest in the available text box. (150 Words Each)
(150 word limit per selection)

• • Practice in an underserved area and/or work with an underserved population
  • Rural/Border health
  • Medical Research/Academics
  • Primary Care
  • Other (Please describe below)

2. Have you experienced any road bumps in your academic career? (Low academic performance, dropping, retaking, or failing courses, etc.)
(250 word limit if you select “yes”)

3. As a part of your journey, please share any instances when a goal of yours was deterred or even halted. What lessons did you learn from this experience, and how did it shape your approach to future challenges? (250 words or less)

4. If you are applying to a dual degree program, please rank them in order of preference.

• • MD/MBA
  • MD/MPH
  • FMAT
  • MD/PhD
  • MD/JD
  • MD/E

5. Have you experienced any hardship or adversity, personally or professionally? If yes, please share your experience with us. (200 words or less)

6. Please tell us about your favorite recreational/leisure activities (100 words or less)

7. Please share with us your ideal practice. For example: Where would you practice? Who would your patients be? What would your specialty be? (100-word limit)

8. Do you consider yourself from West Texas or as having West Texas ties? If yes, what town or county did you reside in, or what other factors would you cite? (100 words or less)

9. Do you consider yourself to be first generation? If yes, please explain your reasoning (Examples of Definition: both of your parents are born outside of the USA, both of your parents have education or a degree outside of the USA, both of your parents do not have an education higher than high school). (100 Words or Less)

10. Have you ever participated in any TTUHSC special programs? (Checklist)

• • Middle School to Medical School (M2M)
  • Early Dedication to Medical Education (EDME)
  • Future Healthcare Professional’s Experience (FHPE)
  • Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
  • Premedical Enrichment Program (PEP)
  • Graduate Medical Education Sciences (GMES)
  • N/A

Medicine and Engineering (MD&E) Prompts:

1. Describe your motivation to pursue this program at TTUHSC, be sure to include how you expect to benefit from our program. (200 words or less)
2. How do you anticipate this program making you a more efficient caregiver? (200 words or less)
3. Please list the highest-level math/chemistry/physics course you have taken or are currently taking. (200 words or less)

Family Medicine Accelerated Track (FMAT) Prompts:
3 year MD path leading to FM residency in Lubbock, Amarillo, or Permian Basin

1. What motivates you to participate in the FMAT program? (200 words or less)
2. What experiences have you had that would prepare you for this intensive program? (200 words or less)
3. What, in your opinion, distinguishes Family Medicine from other medical specialties? (200 words or less)

1.  Area of Interests: (150 word limit per selection)

Practice in an underserved area and/or work with an underserved population

Rural/Border health

Medical

Research/Academics

Primary Care

Other (Please describe below)

2. Have you experienced any road bumps in your academic career? (Low academic performance, dropping, retaking, or failing courses, etc.)

(250 word limit if you select “yes”)

3. Please share any lessons learned during your academic journey. For example, a time a goal of yours was deterred and maybe even halted, how did you handle that situation? (250 words or less)

4. If you are applying to a dual degree program, please rank them in order of preference.

5. Are you applying to our MD & E program? (additional prompts if “yes”)

6. Are you applying to FMAT? (additional prompts if “yes”)

7. Have you experienced any hardship or adversity, personally or professionally? (200 word limit if “yes)

8. Please tell us about your favorite recreational/leisure activities (100 words or less)

9. Please share with us your ideal practice. For example: Where would you practice? Who would your patients be? What would your specialty be? (100-word limit)

10. Do you consider yourself from West Texas or as having West Texas ties? If yes, what town or county did you reside in, or what other factors would you cite? (100 words or less)

11. Do you consider yourself to be first generation? If yes, please explain your reasoning (Examples of Definition: both of your parents are born outside of the USA, both of your parents have education or a degree outside of the USA, both of your parents do not have an education higher than high school). (100 world limit if “yes” – optional)

12. Have you ever participated in any TTUHSC special programs?

Middle School to Medical School (M2M)

Early Dedication to Medical Education (EDME)

Future Healthcare Professional’s Experience (FHPE)

Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)

Premedical Enrichment Program (PEP)

Graduate Medical Education Sciences (GMES)

N/A

The only prompts that are REQUIRED are 1, 3, 8 and 9.

1. Please indicate the area(s) of medicine you are interested in and briefly describe your significant activities for each respective interest in the available text box (100 words).

a)Practicing in an underserved area

b)Rural Health

c)Medical Research

d)Medical Academics

e)Primary Care

f)Border Health

g)Public Health

h)Other (Please describe below)

2. Have you experienced any road bumps in your academic career? (Low academic performance, dropping, retaking, or failing courses, etc.). If so, please explain (250 words or less)

3. Please share any lessons learned during your academic journey. For example, a time a goal of yours was deterred and maybe even halted, how did you handle that situation? (250 words or less)

4. If you are applying to a dual degree program, please rank them in order of preference.

5. Are you applying to our MD & E program?

6. Are you applying to FMAT?

7. Have you experienced any hardship or adversity, personally or professionally? If yes, please share your experience with us. (200 words or less)

8. Please tell us about your favorite recreational/leisure activities (100 words or less)

9. Please share with us your ideal practice. For example: Where would you practice? Who would your patients be? What would your specialty be? (100-word limit)

10. Do you consider yourself from West Texas or as having West Texas ties? If yes, what town or county did you reside in, or what other factors would you cite? (100 words or less)

11. Do you consider yourself to be first generation? If yes, please explain your reasoning (Examples of Definition: both of your parents are born outside of the USA, both of your parents have education or a degree outside of the USA, both of your parents do not have an education higher than high school). If yes, then explain? (100 words or less)

12. Have you ever participated in any TTUHSC special programs?

Middle School to Medical School (M2M)

Early Dedication to Medical Education (EDME)

Future Healthcare Professional’s Experience (FHPE)

Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)

Premedical Enrichment Program (PEP)

Graduate Medical Education Sciences (GMES)