Difference between revisions of "Brigham Young University. Health Professions Advisement Office"

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==Variant names==
 
==Variant names==
  
Brigham Young University. Preprofessional-Health Advisement Center.
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Brigham Young University. Preprofessional-Health Advisement Center
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Brigham Young University. Health Professions Advisement Center
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Brigham Young University. Health Professions Office
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
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==Functions==
 
==Functions==
  
The Health Professions Advisement Office advised students seeking professional degrees in health-related fields. Advisors for dentistry, medicine, veterinary medicine, physical therapy, and other professions all coordinated efforts through this office.
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The Health Professions Advisement Office assisted students in preprofessional, health-related fields with academic needs, gave counsel, and helped students make the transition into professional schools. The office served all students seeking advisement with regard to health professions, including biomedical engineering, dental hygiene, dentistry, health administration, medicine, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, and physician's assistantship.Advisors for these fields all coordinated efforts through this office.  
  
 
==Assets and Administrative Structure==
 
==Assets and Administrative Structure==
  
The office was part of the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, later Biology and Agriculture, and was overseen by the dean of that college.
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The center was administered by a supervisor, under the direction of an associate dean of the college.
  
 
==Associated Units==
 
==Associated Units==
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Later unit: [[later unit::Brigham Young University. Preprofessional Advisement Office]] ([[date::2006]])
 
Later unit: [[later unit::Brigham Young University. Preprofessional Advisement Office]] ([[date::2006]])
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==Associated Archival Materials==
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Dean's Office Records, 1989-2000 (UA 1337)
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College of Biology and Agriculture Annual Reports, 1982-1994 (UA 729)
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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''ANNUAL REPORT 1982-1983, College of Biology and Agriculture, November 4, 1983'': p. 7 (Health Professions Advisement Office)
  
 
Brigham Young University General Catalog 1975-76: p. 26 (preprofessional-Health Advisement Center; under College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences)
 
Brigham Young University General Catalog 1975-76: p. 26 (preprofessional-Health Advisement Center; under College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences)
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Brigham Young University 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog: p. 24 (first mention of Preprofessional Advisement Center; Health Professions Advisement Office no longer listed, nor the various different advisors which are in the catalogs from 1990-2006—supposed that Health Professions Advisement is incorporated, along with Prelaw, into Preprofessional Advisement Center)
 
Brigham Young University 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog: p. 24 (first mention of Preprofessional Advisement Center; Health Professions Advisement Office no longer listed, nor the various different advisors which are in the catalogs from 1990-2006—supposed that Health Professions Advisement is incorporated, along with Prelaw, into Preprofessional Advisement Center)
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''College of Biology and Agriculture Self-Study, 1995'': p. 16 (listed as Health Professions Advisement Center; center supervisor reports to associate dean; serves all students who seek health professions advisement; "assists preprofessional students in health-related fields with any academic need, gives accurate counsel, and helps achieve successful transition into professional schools); Appendix I: Dean's Office--Assignments, College of Biology and Agriculture (Health Professions Office)
  
 
==Maintenance Information==
 
==Maintenance Information==
  
Record ID:  
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Record ID: EAC-2009-00591
  
Creator: UPB
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Creator: RSP

Revision as of 13:55, 11 March 2010

The Health Professions Advisement Office was established in 1975 as a resource for students planning to pursue careers in medicine, dentistry, and other similar professions. In 2006 it was incorporated into the Preprofessional Advisement Office.

Variant names

Brigham Young University. Preprofessional-Health Advisement Center

Brigham Young University. Health Professions Advisement Center

Brigham Young University. Health Professions Office

Description

Established: 1975

Abolished: 2006

Location: Provo, Utah (1975-2006)

Functions

The Health Professions Advisement Office assisted students in preprofessional, health-related fields with academic needs, gave counsel, and helped students make the transition into professional schools. The office served all students seeking advisement with regard to health professions, including biomedical engineering, dental hygiene, dentistry, health administration, medicine, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, and physician's assistantship.Advisors for these fields all coordinated efforts through this office.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The center was administered by a supervisor, under the direction of an associate dean of the college.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences (1975-1983)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Biology and Agriculture (1983-2006)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. Preprofessional Advisement Office (2006)

Associated Archival Materials

Dean's Office Records, 1989-2000 (UA 1337)

College of Biology and Agriculture Annual Reports, 1982-1994 (UA 729)

Sources

ANNUAL REPORT 1982-1983, College of Biology and Agriculture, November 4, 1983: p. 7 (Health Professions Advisement Office)

Brigham Young University General Catalog 1975-76: p. 26 (preprofessional-Health Advisement Center; under College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences)

Brigham Young University General Catalog 1976-1977: p. 29 (Health Professions Advisement Office first named as such)

Brigham Young University General Catalog 1983-1984: p. 351 (Biological and Agricultural Sciences becomes Biology and Agriculture)

Brigham Young University 1990-1991 General Catalogue: p. 283 (Health Professions Advisement Office, 380 WIDB)

Brigham Young University Undergraduate Catalog 1999-2000: p. 397 (Prelaw Advisement moves from SFLC to WSC)

Brigham Young University 2005-2006 Undergraduate Catalog: p. 400 (Prelaw Advisement still named such through this year)

Brigham Young University 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog: p. 24 (first mention of Preprofessional Advisement Center; Health Professions Advisement Office no longer listed, nor the various different advisors which are in the catalogs from 1990-2006—supposed that Health Professions Advisement is incorporated, along with Prelaw, into Preprofessional Advisement Center)

College of Biology and Agriculture Self-Study, 1995: p. 16 (listed as Health Professions Advisement Center; center supervisor reports to associate dean; serves all students who seek health professions advisement; "assists preprofessional students in health-related fields with any academic need, gives accurate counsel, and helps achieve successful transition into professional schools); Appendix I: Dean's Office--Assignments, College of Biology and Agriculture (Health Professions Office)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2009-00591

Creator: RSP