Another great post in our blog series: A Liberal Arts Education: How you can become a better doctor through non-premedical requirements.

Calling all recent baccalaureate college graduates (BA/BS) interested in public health. The CDC has a fantastic 2-year training program opportunity — the Public Health Associate Program (http://www.cdc.gov/phap/index.html). You must have earned your degree in 2011, 2012 or graduate by July 2013. Applications will open on or about February 1 — apply throughhttps://www.usajobs.gov/studentsandgrads/. Create an account so you’ll be ready!

Check out Aspiring Docs new Inspiring Story from a resident specializing in Emergency Medicine!

Elizabeth Phillips

Undergraduate: Duke University, 2005

Medical school: Case Western Reserve University, 2011

Residency Training: The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Specialty: Emergency Medicine