The first page of the Duluth Supplemental
Information Form for medical
school applicants asks each to list their hometown history from birth to the
time of application (Community Name, County, State, Population Sizw, Dates
Lived In Community)
Top Workforce Outcomes Rankings - Duluth is a leader
Family Medicine Standards and Constants - how difficult it is to graduate more than 25% into family medicine
And some reasons why Duluth succeeds:
Focusing on the specific qualities of family physicians, not just origins.
The rest of the questions on the Duluth Supplemental form include the
following (only some of which are relevant to selection of rural
practitioners; some of them are necessary for legal reasons):
In what ways do you fit the goals of this school?
How do you envision your life and medical practice ten years from now?
Describe any participation in any health care (volunteer, employment) or
social care activities.
Describe a crisis situation in your life. How did you deal with it, and how
did it effect you?
How familiar are you with life in a rural setting? What are some advantages
and disadvantages of living in a rural community?
What is your concept of the role a physician plays in a rural/nonurban
community? What are some of the important responsibilities of a family
practice or other primary care physician?
Briefly describe your career plans in the event that you do not attend
medical school.
What are your recreational and leisure activities?
Please update the information contained in your AMCAS application. Indicate
grades earned, alterations in your proposed coursework or graduation dates,
additions to your extracurricular activities, and anything else that you
feel the committee should know.
Describe how you have contributed to or supported your family, extended
family or local community.
Please describe what you are currently doing. If you have already graduated,
please indicate what you have been doing since graduation, and what your
plans are for the coming year.
For reapplicants only: what have you done to improve your application to the
University of Minnesota school of medicine Duluth?
Were you ever the recipient of any action by any college or medical school
for unacceptable academic performance or conduct violations? If yes, please
describe.
Have you ever been convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic violation
or parking violation?
Have you ever been convicted of a felony?
If the answer is yes to either of the two previous questions, please attach
an explanation on a separate sheet.
Do you consider yourself a resident of the state of Minnesota?
If yes, how long have you been a resident of Minnesota? _________
(months/years)
if no, do you have ties to the state of Minnesota? Please explain.
From whom should we expect to receive letters of recommendation on your
behalf? Review ³information for applicants to the entering class of 2003²
before completing this section.
___ My school will provide a health professions advisory committee letter.
___ My school will send a packet of recommendation letters from individuals.
___ I have requested letters from the following individuals:
_______________________________________
It is clear that we are trying to find the person behind the academic
numbers, the people that are service oriented and with a rural background.
To reiterate, since our first graduating class of 1976, more than 50% of all
alumni have selected Family Medicine as a specialty. In terms of practice
location, again for all students, the figures are:
22.7% practice in communities smaller than 7500
42.6% practice in communities smaller than 20000
56.8% practice in communities smaller than 50000
We are all very proud of these outcomes.
If anyone has any questions, they can call me anytime.
Jim Boulger