UF alumnus and codeveloper of Proactiv Dr. Kathy Fields will speak to UF students at the 17th annual Medical College Forum.
The Medical College Forum on Feb. 8 will allow people interested in the medical field to be one step closer to their career by offering the opportunity for students to meet with medical school admissions directors and a medical student panel.
The MCF is sponsored by UF’s chapter of the American Medical Student Association and will be held at the University of Florida College of Medicine.
Zachary Field, 22-year-old UF biology senior and a Medical College Forum director, said the directors decided to chose Fields as the keynote speaker because she was once in the shoes of many of the aspiring medical students.
Fields was an undergrad at UF and was told by many pre-med advisers that she couldn’t get into medical school and to switch her major. But Fields went on to create one of the most successful skincare brands in the world, Field said.
“It’d be great for her to talk about the persistence and the drive,” Field said. “If you want to go into medicine, do it wholeheartedly and don’t let anybody stop you.”
Other speakers include AMSA national president Nida Degesys, a panel of students in medical schools around the nation and presentations by admissions directors.
Students will get a chance to hear directly from the people who determine whether they get accepted into medical school, Field said.
Zara Zaidi, 20-year-old applied physiology and kinesiology junior, said she hopes to learn about the school she’ll be applying to.
“It gives you a realistic feel of what the application process involves and what each individual school requires,” Zaidi said.
[A version of this story ran on page 4 on 1/31/2014 under the headline "Proactiv creator to speak at UF during medical school forum"]
