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PMSS Application Process

An application is complete and ready for review when all of the following materials have been received. Finalists will be granted a virtual or telephone interview.

You can also download a copy of the application as a guide to help prepare when filling out the application online. Please note that all applications must be turned in online, any mailed/emailed application will not be accepted.

Important Dates for PMSS 2021:

  • February 15, 2021 (1:00AM PST) – Online Application Opens
  • March 26, 2021 – Application Closes
  • June 14, 2021 – Program Starts
  • July 23, 2021 – Program Ends

*The online application & supplemental materials (including Letter of  Recommendations) needs to be received by this date to be considered for screening.

How to Apply:

STEP 1: COMPLETE AN ONLINE APPLICATION 

All documents below need to be uploaded through the online application portal (PDF COPY REQUIRED)

  • Unofficial transcripts from all colleges and universities attended (PDF Form)
  • Personal Essay of 2-3 pages describing your personal, family and community background; your motivation for a medical career; what you have done to develop your interest and knowledge of modern medicine; and what you hope to accomplish by participation in UAMS PMSS.

Letter of Recommendation: Letter writers will receive an e-mail (at the letter writer’s email address that the applicant inputted in their application) granting them access and instructions on how to upload their letters online.

  • One letter of recommendation, one from a science professor (math, biology, chemistry and other science course) or from a premedical advisor or employer.
    • The applicant will receive an auto generated email confirmation whenever an LOR has been submitted in their behalf by their writers.
    • It is the applicants responsibility to follow-up with their letter writers for a timely submission of their letter of recommendations.

Note for the letter writers:

We suggest first checking your Spam and Trash folders to ensure that the email was not accidentally classified as spam. If the recommender email message is not in any of these folders, please email Kimberlyn Blann with Subject Line: PMSS  II 2021 LOR Assist and we can assist you further. The letter of recommendation needs to be uploaded before the posted deadlines above for the application to be considered complete.

STEP 2: UPON ACCEPTANCE TO THE PROGRAM, PLEASE SUBMIT THE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

  • Completed PMSS 2021On-boarding checklist and support documents
  • Unofficial Transcript(s) (Applicant can send transcripts directly to Division for Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DDEI) as long as it is sealed from their institution)

Accepted Applicants must mail in all additional documents in ONE envelope packet. Mail documents to:


Kimberlyn Blann
UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4301 West Markham St., Slot #625
Little Rock, AR 72205

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