Resources

Selected Publications

1. Sun M, Huo B, Dow T, Brennan K, Haupt S, Smyth M, Wheelock M. Career Factors Valued by Medical Students Interested in a Surgical Career. International Journal of Surgical Education. 2022 Sep 9.

2. Rafiq R, Dow T, Hatchette J, Arnason. The impact of a brief clinical experience in pathology on medical student interest and understanding of careers in pathology. Canadian Journal of Pathology. 2021 Nov 1;13(4).

3. Huo B, MacNevin W, Dow T, & Rajda M. The Impact of Previous Cardiology Electives on Canadian Medical Student Interest and Understanding of Cardiology. International Journal of Medical Students, 9(3), 207–212. Jul 2021.

4. Roberts A, Haupt T, Raju K, Dow T, Toguri JT, Smyth RM, Bowes D. Reducing Medical Student Performance Anxiety through the Pre-clerkship Residency Exploration Program (PREP). Dalhousie Medical Journal. 2021 Jun 20;47(2).

5. MacNevin W, Dow T, Rafiq R, Sun MM, Bowes D. The Impact of a Rotating Elective on Medical Students' Perception of Radiation Oncology. Cureus. 2020 May 2;12(5).

6. Sheppard E, Smyth M, Dow T, Haupt TS, McVeigh S. The Effect of a 2-Week Pre-clerkship Residency Exploration Program on Specialty Interest and Understanding of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation. 2020 Mar 1;2(1):100035.

7. Haupt TS, Dow T, Smyth M, Roberts A, Raju K, Toguri JT, MacLeod A. 12 Tips for taking a Student Led Medical Education Program from Concept to Curriculum. MedEdPublish. 2019 Oct 10;8.

8. Smyth M, Toguri JT, Dow T, Haupt TS, Roberts A, Raju K. Medical student exposure to anesthesiology through the Pre-clerkship Residency Exploration Program: impact on career interest and understanding of anesthesiology. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie. 2019 Sep;66(9):1126-8.

9. Haupt TS, Dow T, Smyth M, Toguri JT, Roberts A, Raju KL, Bowes D. Medical student exposure to radiation oncology through the Pre-clerkship Residency Exploration Program (PREP): effect on career interest and understanding of radiation oncology. Journal of Cancer Education. 2019 Jan 23:1-7.

Files

1. PREP overview document

Media

1. Smyth, M., Haupt, S. and Dow, T. Interview with Kenneth Conrad. “Student‑run program showcases careers in different medical specialties”. Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine News.

2. Haupt TS, Dow T, MacNevin W, and Smyth M. (2019). “GET PREPped: Student-led medical education combats physician shortages and aids in career decisions”. Doctors Nova Scotia Magazine, 19(4), pp. 12.