The Holistic Admission webcast is designed to assist both biomedical science and clinical faculty in exploring the complex dynamics of weighing and balancing applicants’ experiences and attributes with their academic achievements as a means of accomplishing the mission-based excellence they seek. The author provides a background for instituting and using a holistic review process to screen, interview and select applicants for medical school admissions while offering a context for the motivation for change, the challenges faced and the lessons learned. 

Target Audience

DMU faculty and staff.

Speaker

Marlene Ballejos, PhD
Assistant Dean for Admissions at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine