Forum: Author Hangout

In a WIP, one character is a high school guy who is interested in becoming a doctor. In high school, he has managed to become an assistant trainer, wrapping ankles, massaging tight or twisted muscles, and thinks he might want to study sports medicine. He has grades good enough to get into most any college, but his family lacks the financial means to pay for it. His only hope is a scholarship. He knows he faces four years of pre-med before getting into a medical college. Question he does not know the answer to - will he take any medical courses in pre-med? I've checked several sites - discovered that anatomy and organic chemistry come up in pre-med - but not whether there any actual medical courses. Anybody know where I can find the answer?

Pre-med isn't a major you can actually take, it's more of a track. If you're pre-med you'll end up with A&P, a lot of chemistry classes, and some physics/statistics. You'll end up with a B.S. in Chemistry or Biology too.

Undergrad level medical stuff would mostly be first aid courses, some of the nursing classes, and maybe some physical therapy/sports medicine stuff, but those aren't likely to be taken by someone trying to go to med school.

Most medical schools don't care too much what your education background is. In fact, even non-science majors are generally accepted as long as the can hit certain minimum knowledge levels in Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry.

For future reference, the r/Writeresearch subreddit is a great resource for this kind of question. Just pay attention to the rules: no questions that can be answered with a Google search and no self-promotion (ie, don't ask for help with a scene/ character).

It's a pretty large and old sub, so there's enough people that you can usually find answers to some pretty specialized stuff. Top posts in just the past week include popular hairstyles of the Victorian era, scuba diving in Cuba, 19th century court martial procedures, surviving falls, and daily life on a military base.